Author and broadcaster Charles Spencer reveals his favourite spots in the UK and why Madagascar is the most memorable place he’s visited By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 15:24 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 15:24 BST, 19 September 2020 Author and broadcaster Charles Spencer checks in to our travel Q&A This week … Read more
SOCIETY OLD HOMES, NEW LIFE by Clive Aslet (Triglyph £50, 304 pp) What made audiences all over the world fall in love with Downton Abbey? Perhaps it was Lady Mary’s exquisite frocks, the Dowager Countess’s waspish put-downs, or the slow-burn romance between Carson and Mrs Hughes. But for many of us the real star was … Read more
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin wants to build a real-life ‘castle’ in his backyard – but his New Mexico neighbors are refusing to bend the knee, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. The 71-year-old creator of Dragonstone, Winterfell and the Red Keep describes his proposed Gothic-style structure as a free-standing ‘seven-sided library’ in a planning … Read more
Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin wants to build a real-life ‘castle’ in his backyard – but his New Mexico neighbors are refusing to bend the knee, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. The 71-year-old creator of Dragonstone, Winterfell and the Red Keep describes his proposed Gothic-style structure as a free-standing ‘seven-sided library’ in a planning … Read more
Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown’s ex-wife says his affairs left her emotionally shattered as he countersues HER for libel Blythe Brown launched a lawsuit against her husband Dan Brown in July She claimed he had extra-marital affairs and ‘secretly plundered’ marital assets Last week, Mr Brown revealed he is countersuing his ex for libel … Read more
Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown’s ex-wife says his affairs left her emotionally shattered as he countersues HER for libel Blythe Brown launched a lawsuit against her husband Dan Brown in July She claimed he had extra-marital affairs and ‘secretly plundered’ marital assets Last week, Mr Brown revealed he is countersuing his ex for libel … Read more
Seven-figure book deal for debut author: Student, 21, to release two young adult novels – including one dubbed ‘an explosive high-school thriller that delves deep into the heart of institutionalised racism’ Faridah Abike-Iyimide’s debut novel Ace of Spades will be released next June The high-school thriller will ‘delve deep into the heart of institutionalised racism’ Abike-Iyimide … Read more
Seven-figure book deal for debut author: Student, 21, to release two young adult novels – including one dubbed ‘an explosive high-school thriller that delves deep into the heart of institutionalised racism’ Faridah Abike-Iyimide’s debut novel Ace of Spades will be released next June The high-school thriller will ‘delve deep into the heart of institutionalised racism’ Abike-Iyimide … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author and illustrator Tony Ross take to a desert island? Tony, a resolute royalist, is halfway through Elizabeth II by Nicholas Davies He would take The Kenneth Williams Diaries by Russell Davies to a desert island The illustrator was first turned on to reading by his Rupert books He could not summon up any … Read more
One Amazon reviewer was left very disappointed by a new novel that’s set partly in the year 2020 — because the author makes no mention of the coronavirus pandemic. US-based Amazon user Wendy W. Legge left the dissatisfied two-star review for the book Honeysuckle Season by Mary Ellen Taylor, which came out this month. Legge complained that … Read more