These whiskies are worthy of year-round celebration… Your way is always the best way and Burns Night is the time to taste By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2020 My grandparents lived in Falkirk and adored dipping into the deliciousness … Read more
I’m at the bar of a boutique hotel in Kensington, waiting for classical guitarist Milos to arrive. I’ve seen him play twice – once at Abbey Road Studios, where he performed snatches of his third studio album, Blackbird, his interpretation of Beatles songs, and the second time at the 90th birthday party of his record … Read more
Sushi Masa 33B Walm Lane, London NW2 Rating: Sushi Masa is a small Japanese restaurant just off Willesden Green in north London. There’s a neat sushi bar on the left as you walk in. Past that is the main dining room, unremarkable in its clean, Japanese minimalist style. But although I’ve only recently heard about … Read more
Rags The Musical at the Park Theatre is a cosy, politically righteous, occasionally weepy affair but it’s simply short on riches By Robert Gore-Langton for Event Magazine Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 January 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 January 2020 Rags The Musical Park Theatre, London … Read more
Kate Hudson, Jennifer Aniston, Ed Sheeran: they’ve all got them. A home yoga or contemplative space, that is. ‘Sacred rooms’ – as they are sometimes called – are handy for those who risk being snapped by paparazzi in public classes, but now they’re spreading far and wide. For, not only could they save you class … Read more
PSYCHO THRILLERS By Christena Appleyard for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 16:50 GMT, 17 January 2020 THE WOODS by Vanessa Savage (Sphere £16.99, 400 pp) THE WOODS by Vanessa Savage (Sphere £16.99, 400 pp) There is a cool directness about Savage’s writing that is making her name in a … Read more
MEMOIR THE COLOUR OF THE SKY AFTER RAIN by Tessa Keswick (Head of Zeus £30, 384 pp) When King George III’s ambassador was trying to negotiate a trade deal in China in 1793, he decided to curry favour with the Emperor by presenting him with a carriage which, thanks to advanced British engineering, was the … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK A WORLD OF MY OWN by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (Adlard Coles £10.99, 256 pp) We live in a world of maximum connectivity, where you can sit in Abu Dhabi and do keyhole surgery on someone in Aberdeen; where a Twitter frenzy in Kenilworth can be picked up in seconds in Kyoto; … Read more
SCI-FI/FANTASY By Jamie Buxton For Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 16:36 GMT, 17 January 2020 HIGHFIRE by Eoin Colfer (Jo Fletcher £16.99, 384 pp) HIGHFIRE by Eoin Colfer (Jo Fletcher £16.99, 384 pp) Meet Vern, a trash-talking dragon; Squib, a swamp-dwelling Cajun of scant resources and good intentions, but avoid … Read more
POPULAR FICTION By Wendy Holden for the Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 16:33 GMT, 17 January 2020 MIXTAPE by Jane Sanderson (Bantam £12.99, 416 pp) MIXTAPE by Jane Sanderson (Bantam £12.99, 416 pp) Back in 1970s Sheffield, teenage pop obsessives Dan and Alison were madly in love. But then Alison … Read more
Before graduating from the UEA’s prestigious creative writing programme, Deepa Anappara worked as a journalist in India
MUST READS By Jane Shilling for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 15:46 GMT, 17 January 2020 NIGHTINGALE POINT by Luan Goldie (HQ £8.99, 384 pp) On a stifling summer’s day the residents of Nightingale Point, a London tower block, are going about their lives. Mary, a nurse, is feeling … Read more
Homes in remote locations and free of light pollution are a top priority for buyers this year as they look to get back to nature Property seekers are increasingly looking for areas that are darker at night Northumberland’s Dark Sky Park and the surrounding areas are popular Buyers are looking for properties that will make … Read more