WHAT BOOK would TV presenter Timmy Mallett take to a desert island? Timmy Mallett would take The Secret Footballer series to a desert island The TV presenter said Hillary Clinton’s political memoir left him cold He said Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 12 March 2020 … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 12 March 2020 TIGERS: STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CATS by Paula Hammond (Amber Books £19.99, 224 pp) TIGERS: STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CATS by Paula Hammond (Amber Books £19.99, 224 pp) Tiger, tiger, burning bright . … Read more
German historian Volker Ullrich, gives a new account of Hitler’s life in a gripping sequel to his mammoth biography of the Fuhrer.
MISCELLANY UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE by Tom Standage (Economist £8.99, 272 pp) This is what Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist, calls ‘a compendium of explanations’. It’s uncommon knowledge in two senses of the word: in the normal sense of ‘rare or infrequently encountered’, and also as in the meaning ‘exceptional and extraordinary’. In short, it’s … Read more
MEMOIR THINGS I LEARNED FROM FALLING by Claire Nelson (Octopus £12.99, 272 pp) Dehydration is a God-awful business,’ says Claire Nelson. ‘Over time, your tongue becomes increasingly dry and scratchy, thickening like a wool mitten. My lips stuck to my gums like Velcro. ‘From there, you feel it in your head; a slowly increasing pressure … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Anthony Cummins For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:27 GMT, 13 March 2020 A THOUSAND MOONS by Sebastian Barry (Faber £18.99, 272 pp) A THOUSAND MOONS by Sebastian Barry (Faber £18.99, 272 pp) Barry’s Costa-winning novel Days Without End told the story of Thomas, who flees … Read more
WORLD FICTION By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:31 GMT, 13 March 2020 KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo translated by Jamie Chang (Scribner £12.99, 176 pp) KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo translated by Jamie Chang (Scribner £12.99, 176 pp) Written in just … Read more
POPULAR By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:37 GMT, 13 March 2020 THIS LOVELY CITY by Louise Hare (HQ £12.99, 400 pp) THIS LOVELY CITY by Louise Hare (HQ £12.99, 400 pp) It’s fifties South London, among the Windrush generation. Twentysomething Lawrie is getting to grips … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 23:41 GMT, 13 March 2020 SUMMER OF RECKONING by Marion Brunet (Bitter Lemon Press £7.99, 270 pp) SUMMER OF RECKONING by Marion Brunet (Bitter Lemon Press £7.99, 270 pp) This book will make you think twice about your next … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 5,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 140,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more