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Which infamous pair turned Clare Balding off for giving walkers a bad name?
Clare Balding answers our burning questions, what’s she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?
2 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Sally Morris picks the best of this month's kid's books: OH DEAR, LOOK WHAT I GOT! by Michael Rosen Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, UNFAIRIES by Huw Aaron, SMALL WONDER by Ross Montgomery
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2 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Windswept poetics in this week's literary fiction: HELM by Sarah Hall, TONYINTERRUPTOR by Nicola Barker, AND NOTRE DAME IS BURNING by Miriam Robinson
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2 Sep, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Craftland by James Fox: The craftspeople weaving our ancient traditions back to life
Meet the weavers, watchmakers and wheelwrights keeping Britain’s noble craft traditions alive
31 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
I thought it was a joke when I was told my best friend Kate Spade had taken her own life. This is the last thing she said to me – and what the woman behind the brand was really like
Kate Spade’s iconic accessories gave her fame and fortune… yet in 2018 she took her own life. Now the woman who really knew her reveals the truth of the private person.
29 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The sceptic who went ghost hunting and found her beliefs shaken: Don't believe in life after death? Read Alice Vernon's astonishing account of what happened to her and you might change your mind…
In her lively, highly readable book about the history of ghost hunting and its continuing wide appeal, Alice Vernon says that expectation plays a large part in whether you do or don’t see ghosts.
29 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Ghosted by Alice Vernon: Why people see ghosts: Expert reveals the real reason – and what YOU have to do to 'encounter' one
A new history of hauntings from an avowed sceptic debunks why people think they see ghosts by proving that the living have far more involvement than the dead.
28 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Read our review of Clare Balding debut novel here – and discover our other favourite Debuts out now
Sara Lawrence reviews the best debuts out now.
28 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Which Bloomsbury set writer does Niall Williams have no time for?
Niall Williams 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?
28 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Murder in a manor house with secrets to hide: The best Classic Crimes novels out now – The House at Devil's Neck by Tom Mead, Agent Redruth by Michael Evans, The Odd Flamingo by Nina Bawden
Barry Turner reviews the best Classic Crime novels out now