BIG SKY by Kate Atkinson (Black Swan £8.99, 512 pp) BIG SKY by Kate Atkinson (Black Swan £8.99, 512 pp) For many years, Jackson Brodie has dreamed of returning to his Yorkshire roots, and in the fifth of Kate Atkinson’s novels about the policeman turned private detective, his wish has been granted. He’s renting a … Read more
LITERARY FICTION By Claire Allfree For The Daily Mail Published: 22:10 GMT, 23 January 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 23 January 2020 THE ISLAND CHILD by Molly Aitken (Canongate £14.99, 320 pp) Superstition and Catholicism sit in uneasy alliance on the weather-battered Irish island where Oona is growing up, her every move watched over by … Read more
Butter-Poached Roast Potatoes By Jessie And Lennie Ware Published: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 Jessie Instagram can sometimes be good for the soul, especially when it comes to food. My friend once posted a night out, showing a butter-poached new potato with a little sour cream and caviar … Read more
Rum Raisin Creme Brulee By Jessie And Lennie Ware Published: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 Jessie We first had this in the Old Bailey, where we had been invited by a judge (an old Manchester friend of my mum’s) to join him for a formal ceremonial lunch. Seven … Read more
RETRO READS By Val Hennessy for the Daily Mail Published: 22:11 GMT, 23 January 2020 | Updated: 23:43 GMT, 23 January 2020 NOT AT HOME by Doris Langley Moore (Dean Street Press £10.99, 298 pp) NOT AT HOME by Doris Langley Moore (Dean Street Press £10.99, 298 pp) It’s 1945, London, and beguiling Tonia, whose … Read more
‘Triple Threat’ Chocolate Brownies By Jessie And Lennie Ware Published: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 Jessie People have requested this recipe the most after hearing about it in the Ed Sheeran episode. My doctor brother Alex says that this triple shot of chocolatey goodness is more like a … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2020 1950S IN VOGUE: THE JESSICA DAVES YEARS by Rebecca C. Tuite (Thames & Hudson £65, 256 pp) 1950S IN VOGUE: THE JESSICA DAVES YEARS by Rebecca C. Tuite (Thames & Hudson £65, 256 … Read more
Marmite and carrot soup By Jessie And Lennie Ware Published: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 1 March 2020 Jessie Marmite sits high on my list of everlasting loves. A poached egg doesn’t taste right without Marmite spread on buttery brown toast, and my offering to any late-night gathering in university halls … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2020 | Updated: 11:35 GMT, 31 January 2020 THE VOLUNTEER by Jack Fairweather (Penguin £7.99, 528 pp) THE VOLUNTEER by Jack Fairweather (Penguin £7.99, 528 pp) On September 19, 1940, German soldiers burst into a Warsaw apartment where a man was … Read more
YOUNG FICTION By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 January 2020 | Updated: 11:41 GMT, 31 January 2020 EVERNIGHT by Ross Mackenzie (Andersen Press £7.99, 352 pp) EVERNIGHT by Ross Mackenzie (Andersen Press £7.99, 352 pp) There was a man made of midnight and his name was Shadow Jack . . … Read more