The widow of a millionaire author faces being ‘thrown out on the streets’ in a bitter legal battle with her stepchildren and daughter over their £3.5million house. Rana Seale was married to Patrick Seale for 29 years and lived with him in their three-storey, six-bedroom property in fashionable Holland Park, west London. She says their … Read more
The widow of a millionaire author faces being ‘thrown out on the streets’ in a bitter legal battle with her stepchildren and daughter over their £3.5million house. Rana Seale was married to Patrick Seale for 29 years and lived with him in their three-storey, six-bedroom property in fashionable Holland Park, west London. She says their … Read more
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Feeling down? Then get up and walk: Authors share their personal accounts of curing depression by putting one foot in front of the other Robert Martineau shares his experience of walking to cure depression in a book The 27-year-old traveled to Ghana after getting tired of his London law firm Jake Tyler has penned a … Read more
A museum devoted to Jane Austen has sparked fury by announcing plans to her subject the author to a ‘historical interrogation’ over alleged links to the slave trade. The celebrated author – and noted abolitionist – wrote Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park while living in a cottage in the Hampshire village of Chawton, which has now … Read more
Jane Austen’s love of tea is to be investigated as part of a ‘historical interrogation’ into her links to the slave trade. The celebrated author wrote Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park while living in a cottage in the Hampshire village of Chawton, which has now been turned into a museum. Staff at the home devoted to … Read more
Despite a landmark report this week concluding that Britain is a model for other countries when dealing with matters of race, a chorus of voices from the Left have condemned its findings. Among the most inflammatory attacks on the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities’ report were that it ‘sweeps the history of slavery under … Read more
Authors of the race report hit back at ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ abuse after Labour MP Clive Lewis tweeted a picture of the Ku Klux Klan with the caption: ”Move along. Nothing to see here’ The authors of a report into racism in Britain said they welcomed ‘robust debate’ But in a joint statement released last … Read more
Authors of the race report hit back at ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ abuse after Labour MP Clive Lewis tweeted a picture of the Ku Klux Klan with the caption: ”Move along. Nothing to see here’ The authors of a report into racism in Britain said they welcomed ‘robust debate’ But in a joint statement released last … Read more
A bestselling author who became ‘obsessed’ with freeing a convicted murderer from prison has revealed how the nearly six years she has spent on the case has left her ‘absolutely broke,’ ‘seriously ill,’ and ‘years past deadline’ on her next book. Sara Gruen, whose 2006 novel Water for Elephants sold 10 million copies worldwide, has … Read more