WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island? Comedian and author David Baddiel is now reading The Last Trial by Scott Turow He says that he would take Updike’s series of four Rabbit books to a desert island While reading Billy Bunter books by Frank Richards gave him the reading bug By Daily … Read more
My shame at being a school bully by new Bond author Anthony Horowitz: Writer says he joined ‘pack’ in a bid to avoid being teased himself James Bond author Anthony Horowitz became a bully to ‘avoid being bullied’ Father-of-two said on a podcast how he was an unhappy and overweight child He would starve himself … Read more
The original Monopoly board game was inspired by segregated Atlantic City in the 1930s with property prices reflecting deep racial disparities between white and black residents, an author has claimed. Mary Pilon, who wrote her book The Monopolists about the hidden history of the beloved board game in 2015, argued that it’s property values ‘reflect … Read more
Infrared scans have revealed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was the author of hidden graffiti on his 1893 painting The Scream. The inscription near the top left corner reads ‘kan kun være malet af en gal mand’, which translates from Danish as ‘can only have been painted by a madman’ and was thought to have been … Read more
Historian and author Christopher Lee who wrote BBC’s This Sceptred Isle dies aged 79 after coronavirus battle Christopher Lee passed away at his home in Sussex surrounded by his family His wife Fiona Graham-Mackay said the author had tested positive for Covid-19 The 79-year-old won acclaim for the BBC’s This Sceptred Isle on BBC Radio 4 … Read more
Historian and author Christopher Lee who wrote BBC’s This Sceptred Isle dies aged 79 after coronavirus battle Christopher Lee passed away at his home in Sussex surrounded by his family His wife Fiona Graham-Mackay said the author had tested positive for Covid-19 The 79-year-old won acclaim for the BBC’s This Sceptred Isle on BBC Radio 4 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island? Author Francis Spufford is reading Hermione Lee’s biography of Tom Stoppard He says that he would take The Book of Psalms from the Bible to a desert island Reading Tolkien’s The Hobbit when he was six gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail … Read more
Best-selling author Candice Brathwaite has clarified confusion over being ‘replaced’ by Rochelle Humes to present a documentary about the high death rate of black women during pregnancy and childbirth in the UK. The writer took to Instagram on Saturday to state that she was ‘gutted’ to discover she would no longer be fronting the Channel … Read more
Glasses that made Google short-sighted: Author explores how change happens and why it often fails – including the tech company’s specs Damon Centola has penned a thought-provoking book about how change works When Google Glass was debuted in 2013, it became a monumental flop Author suggests it was due to a failure to understand the science of … Read more
An ‘exhilarating’ debut from a young Irish author depicting a young woman reliving past toxic relationships could be set to follow in the footsteps of the widely-successful Normal People. Acts of Desperation, by Megan Nolan, 30, who lives in London, echoes the hit novel by Sally Rooney in its dark depiction of a destructive and … Read more