WHAT BOOK would thriller writer Clare Mackintosh take to a desert island? Clare Mackintosh is currently reading The Giver Of Stars by JoJo Moyes She would take Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson to a desert island British thriller writer revealed Patricia Highsmith has left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2020 … Read more
Why Boris should study an ant colony! Fascinating nature book shares unique discoveries about the animal kingdom – from ‘calm and purposeful’ insects to how a desert mouse conserves water Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone explore nature in fascinating book AnimalKind British authors examine ant colonies and reveal that swans mate for life PETA founder … Read more
Feeling worried about climate change has now been recognised as a legitimate mental health issue.
WHAT BOOK would novelist Sadie Jones take to a desert island? Sadie Jones is currently reading My name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout She would take Middlemarch, Nicholas Nickleby or Vanity Fair to a desert island British novelist said The Bonfire Of The Vanities left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 20 … Read more
HISTORY THE STONEMASON by Andrew Ziminski (John Murray £20, 336pp) West Kennet Long Barrow has been standing amid the downs of North Wiltshire since around 3650 BC — a thousand years before the first Egyptian pyramid was so much as a gleam in a Pharaoh’s eye. And you can still crawl inside it. This is … Read more
OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHT by Petina Gappah (Faber £16.99, 320pp) Set after the death of Victorian explorer David Livingstone, Petina Gappah’s novel is part of a trend for putting history’s supposed bit-part players centre-stage. Incredibly, Livingstone’s African retinue trekked across the continent so that his body could be buried in Britain. Gappah fictionalises two … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:16 GMT, 21 February 2020 THE ADVENTURES OF MAUD WEST by Susannah Stapleton (Picador £9.99, 320pp) There is no shortage of female detectives in fiction, from Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple to Dorothy L. Sayers’ Harriet Vane. But had … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:16 GMT, 21 February 2020 THE SKY ATLAS by Edward Brooke-Hitching (S&S £25, 256pp) THE SKY ATLAS by Edward Brooke-Hitching (S&S £25, 256pp) Combining myth and science, this breathtaking book explores our obsession with the sky. It’s packed … Read more
CRIME By Geoffrey Wansell for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 21 February 2020 THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins £12.99, 384pp) Foley burst on to the crime scene with her debut The Hunting Party last year, and this second outing confirms her exceptional talent. The premise … Read more
CONTEMPORARY By Sara Lawrence for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 00:17 GMT, 21 February 2020 TOPICS OF CONVERSATION by Miranda Popkey (Serpents Tail £14.99, 224pp) This is a fascinating character study in which we catch up with our protagonist at various points in her life. From insecure student to … Read more