WHAT BOOK would author Santa Montefiore take to a desert island? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 Author Santa Montefiore (pictured) would take Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth to a desert island …are you reading now? Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book Of Longings. This … Read more
How guns for peace backfired! Author explores the stories behind the innovators of modern weapons Andrew Nahum has penned a book exploring how guns have shaped societies Richard Gatling hoped machine guns would allow fewer soldiers to fight in wars American Samuel Colt, thought his arms would be ‘the best peacemakers’ By Nick Rennison For … Read more
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:09 BST, 1 July 2021 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 1 July 2021 BODNANT GARDEN by Iona McLaren (Pitkin £16.99) BODNANT GARDEN by Iona McLaren (Pitkin £16.99) Prince Charles says it is ‘one of Wales’ greatest treasures’; Harold Nicolson called it ‘one of the wonders of … Read more
She went shopping – and stumbled across WWII: The untold history of six female war correspondents Going With The Boys tells the fascinating untold stories of female journalists Tells tale of Clare Hollingworth who broke the news Germans invaded Poland American Martha Gellhorn at 28 was the only female reporter present at D-Day By Helen … Read more
Ezra and Iris got together at Oxford University, where their mutual friend Nance has remained for a PhD.
PICTURE THIS By Ciara Dossett For The Daily Mail Published: 22:59 BST, 24 June 2021 | Updated: 22:59 BST, 24 June 2021 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD CATWALK (by Alexander Fury with Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler (Thames & Hudson £55) VIVIENNE WESTWOOD CATWALK (by Alexander Fury with Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler (Thames & Hudson £55) … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author and Curtis Sittenfeld take to a desert island? Curtis Sittenfeld is currently reading Black Is The Body by Emily Bernard Author would take The Queen Of Tuesday by Darin Strauss to a desert island She said fairy tales, especially Rapunzel, first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: … Read more
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:53 BST, 24 June 2021 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 24 June 2021 THE WEEKEND by Charlotte Wood (W&N £8.99, 288 pp) THE WEEKEND by Charlotte Wood (W&N £8.99, 288 pp) In the scorching heat of an Australian Christmas, three seventy-something friends meet at a beach house … Read more
She went shopping – and stumbled across WWII: The untold history of six female war correspondents Going With The Boys tells the fascinating untold stories of female journalists Tells tale of Clare Hollingworth who broke the news Germans invaded Poland American Martha Gellhorn at 28 was the only female reporter present at D-Day By Helen … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK TOM STUART-SMITH: DRAWN FROM THE LAND by Tim Richardson (Thames & Hudson £50, 320pp) What should people with good taste and a huge bank balance do once they’ve bought their mansion in London and their estate in the country? The answer, for some of the super-rich, is to commission a garden … Read more