29 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson: It is not hoarding if it warms your heart
They may seem trivial to others but – from cake tins to porcelain figurines – we should never let go of our sentimental things, says Bee Wilson in her feel-good, pro-clutter book.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
What do you get if you combine Dickens, Bond and Harry Potter? The best Children's books out now – Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel, Heir of Storms by Lauryn Murray
Sally Morris reviews the best Children’s Books out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
MY LIFE IN A GARDEN by Carl Gorham: Nature? It will ruin your garden
Gardening is meant to be a relaxing pursuit, but after the death of his wife, Carl discovered the trials and tribulations that come hand in hand with curating nature.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The name's Deaver, Jeffery Deaver: How 007 kick started Jeffery Deaver's reading…and writing career
This week, Jeffery Deaver answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Hard-hitting Debuts to start this summer: The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne, Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie, Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
Sara Lawrence reviews the best Debut novels out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
LIVE FOREVER by John Robb: How a hammer to the head and Like a Virgin kicked off Liam Gallagher's career
We all know about their infamous feuds with Blur, the band and between themselves. But in his new book, John Robb lifts the lid on what it is really like being a Gallagher.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
'A zippy, witty puzzler of conceptual cleverness': The best Literary Fiction out now – The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine, Monaghan by Timothy O'Grady, The Original by Nell Stevens
Anthony Cummins reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
A tense thriller that still lets you savour the tastes of France: The best Classic Crime novels out now – An Enemy in the Village by Martin Walker, Night at the Crossroads by Georges Simenon, And Cauldron Bubble by Brian Flynn
Barry Turner reviews the best Classic Crime out now.
24 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Number of Canadians with pension plans jumped by 300K. Are you one of them?
According to Statistics Canada, the number of Canadians who were members of a registered pension plan grew by 293,500, or 4.2 per cent, from 2022 to over 7.2 million in 2023.
Constance Craig Smith lifts the lid on the joys of living on Britain’s canals as extolled by Jo Bell.