Words to wash away your worries: Paul Anthony Jones uses ‘linguistic remedies’ to offer reassurance and hope in the face of all the ghastly feelings that enshroud us day after day By Marcus Berkmann for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 August 2020 The Cabinet Of Calm … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Elif Shafak take to a desert island? Elif Shafak is reading Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line by Deepa Anappara She revealed that she would take Orlando by Virginia Woolf to a desert island Author said Charles Dickens A Tale Of Two Cities gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 … Read more
Coming to a screen near you! Joanna Trollope, Kate Humble and Graham Norton are among the stars at this autumn’s online literary festival The Henley Literary Festival will be online throughout September and October This year’s line-up includes Joanna Trollope, John Grisham and Graham Norton Events for younger readers include presenters Leah Gooding and Ricky … Read more
CULTURE THE WISDOM OF TEA by Noriko Morishita (Allen & Unwin £12.99, 224 pp) You may think you’re particular about how you make your tea — warm the pot? Milk in first? Teabag in a mug? Whatever your brew, it’s nothing to the Japanese tea ceremony. As this delightfully quirky little book, which is part … Read more
MEMOIR SHOTS IN THE DARK: A DIARY OF SATURDAY DREAMS AND STRANGE TIMES by David Kynaston (Bloomsbury, £16.99, 272pp) About halfway through this delightful book David Kynaston glumly observes, after yet another scathing tirade about the failings of Donald Trump, that, ‘ “Bleatings of a liberal wimp” is shaping up to be the subtitle of … Read more
WHAT BOOK would David Nicholls take to a desert island? Novelist David Nicholls is currently reading Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers He would take a Charles Dicken’s novel, Bleak House, to a desert island David has also enjoyed reading Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: … Read more
POPULAR SCIENCE SCIENCE FICTIONS by Stuart Ritchie (Bodley Head £18.99, 368 pp) William Summerlin, a dermatologist working at a prestigious New York cancer institute in 1974, claimed he had made a major breakthrough in skin grafting. He had, he said, successfully grafted a section of skin from a black mouse on to a white one. … Read more
Jonathan C. Slaght has penned a book about his quest to track down and protect the biggest owls on earth. Blakiston’s fish owl are mostly found in the remote East Russian province of Primorye.
WHAT BOOK would author John Boyne take to a desert island? John Boyne has recently finished reading Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert He revealed that he would take a trilogy by Jonathan Coe to a desert island Author said novels by Virginia Woolf have left him cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:07 BST, 30 July 2020 | … Read more
I’ll have a 99 with petrol sprinkles! American professor of religion says the world has become obsessed with ‘natural’ items and methods despite them not always being the best option Alan Levinovitz debates ‘natural’ things versus ‘unnatural’ things in a new book American professor of religion, feels the worship of nature has become religious He … Read more
CHILDREN’S By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:08 BST, 30 July 2020 | Updated: 22:08 BST, 30 July 2020 THE UNADOPTABLES by Hana Tooke (Puffin £12.99, 400 pp) THE UNADOPTABLES by Hana Tooke (Puffin £12.99, 400 pp) In the autumn of 1886, five babies are left in quick succession, each with an intriguing … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK SMELLS by Robert Muchembled (Polity £17.99, 260 pp) We are fortunate to live in a deodorised age, benefiting from hot water, flush lavatories, plumbed-in bathrooms, power showers, washing machines, mains drainage systems, soap, detergent and shampoo. Always excepting the odd tramp and the recent fad for beards, we are squeaky clean. … Read more
MEMOIR ANXIOUS MAN by Josh Roberts (Yellow Kite £14.99, 208 pp) One morning in 2016, Josh Roberts woke up with a hangover. Or so he thought. As the day wore on, however, the 26-year-old realised this was more than just a headache after too many beers. His heart was pounding, he was sweating and his … Read more