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Book review: Britty Britty Bang Bang by Hugh Dennis

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:40:46 GMT

Hugh Dennis wasn’t quite sure how to react when his friend, Irish comedian Ardal O’Hanlon, told him he was the most British person he had ever met.

Book review: The Distinguished Assassin by Nick Taussig

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:25:14 GMT

Nick Taussig is determined we should never forget the brutal excesses of Stalin’s Soviet Russia…

Book review: No-Balls and Googlies by Geoff Tibballs

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:25:52 GMT

As Test match cricket enjoys a resurgence of interest, thanks in no small part to Lancashire’s Andrew Flintoff and the unforgettable series against Australia in 2005, what better time to take a closer look at this inimitable game?

Book review: Flappers by Judith Mackrell

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:22:16 GMT

Long before ‘the sisterhood’ burnt their bras in the 1970s, a diverse group of young women were declaring their female independence in the same spirit of reckless determination.

Wordsmiths inspire young batch of poets

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:48:11 GMT

An award-winning Blackpool poet impressed his peers with spoken verse at the Poetry Matters mini-festival.

Book review: Spartacus: Rebellion by Ben Kane

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:56:30 GMT

Ben Kane’s superb Spartacus ‘mini series’ takes historical Roman novel writing to heady new heights in the final, pulsating instalment of the slave rebellion that shook the mighty Roman empire.

Book review: The Affair by Gill Paul

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:18:00 GMT

The steamy love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton is not the only drama creating sparks on the set of the iconic film Cleopatra in 1961.

Book review: Summer is here with Macmillan Children’s Books

Thu, 30 May 2013 14:52:22 GMT

An outstandingly beautiful story about a girl coping with her friend’s death, a thrilling adventure featuring pirates and monsters, a hundred decker bus and a madcap pair of puddled plumbers are leading the summer charge at Macmillan Children’s Books.

Book review: The O Level Book and The Eleven-Plus Book - Forewords by Dr Martin Stephen

Thu, 30 May 2013 10:52:55 GMT

With talk of scrapping GCSEs fresh in everyone’s minds and grammar schools still a popular choice with parents, here are two perfect books to settle that age-old argument between the generations… were the exams of yesteryear really harder?

Book review: Time for Bed by Petr Horáček

Thu, 30 May 2013 10:29:09 GMT

Turn down the lights, snuggle up close and share the timeless rituals of getting ready for bed in this adorable and innovative board book from award-winning author and illustrator Petr Horáček.

Book review: Last Man Standing by Jack Straw

Tue, 28 May 2013 16:15:07 GMT

‘I love politics, Parliament, my Blackburn constituency,’ declares Jack Straw, one of the last Labour government’s most commanding figures and safest pair of hands, in his engaging and clear-sighted biography.

Book review: Intrepid Travelers: Lowestoft Chronicle’s 2013 Anthology Edited by Nicholas Litchfield

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:51 GMT

So why would an American online literary magazine give itself the rather unlikely, quintessentially English title, the Lowestoft Chronicle?

Book review: Wherever You Are by The Military Wives

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:13:00 GMT

When a woman marries into the military, she doesn’t just marry the man she loves… she marries a way of life.

Book review: Leftovers by Stella Newman

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:48:20 GMT

If Stella Newman’s tasty debut novel Pear Shaped left you hungry for more, then prepare for a feast of fun – and pasta – in her delicious follow-up.

Book review: Man Up! by Rod Green

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:23:41 GMT

How many men out there are getting tired of the sedentary pleasures of our brave new world and secretly long to be ‘a real chap’?

Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:54:02 GMT

The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.

Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:25:04 GMT

In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.

Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:19:16 GMT

There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.

Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:45 GMT

It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.

Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:32:42 GMT

Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.