Infrared scans have revealed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch was the author of hidden graffiti on his 1893 painting The Scream. The inscription near the top left corner reads ‘kan kun være malet af en gal mand’, which translates as ‘can only have been painted by a madman’ and was thought to have been later added … Read more
Historian and author Christopher Lee who wrote BBC’s This Sceptred Isle dies aged 79 after coronavirus battle Christopher Lee passed away at his home in Sussex surrounded by his family His wife Fiona Graham-Mackay said the author had tested positive for Covid-19 The 79-year-old won acclaim for the BBC’s This Sceptred Isle on BBC Radio 4 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island? Author Francis Spufford is reading Hermione Lee’s biography of Tom Stoppard He says that he would take The Book of Psalms from the Bible to a desert island Reading Tolkien’s The Hobbit when he was six gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail … Read more
A man who has given up all technology and lives off grid in the wood has revealed he made the decision to have a vasectomy when he was 30 after growing despondent about the planet’s future. Mark Boyle, 40, who stars in tonight’s Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild on Channel 5 at 9pm, … Read more
Best-selling author Candice Brathwaite has clarified confusion over being ‘replaced’ by Rochelle Humes to present a documentary about the high death rate of black women during pregnancy and childbirth in the UK. The writer took to Instagram on Saturday to state that she was ‘gutted’ to discover she would no longer be fronting the Channel … Read more
Glasses that made Google short-sighted: Author explores how change happens and why it often fails – including the tech company’s specs Damon Centola has penned a thought-provoking book about how change works When Google Glass was debuted in 2013, it became a monumental flop Author suggests it was due to a failure to understand the science of … Read more
An ‘exhilarating’ debut from a young Irish author depicting a young woman reliving past toxic relationships could be set to follow in the footsteps of the widely-successful Normal People. Acts of Desperation, by Megan Nolan, 30, who lives in London, echoes the hit novel by Sally Rooney in its dark depiction of a destructive and … Read more
A bestselling author enlisted her husband to help her promote her latest book on TikTok, having him pretend to be the adulterous — and possibly murderous — main character in her new psychological thriller. But some social media mistakenly believed that her husband is an actual murderer, and blasted the author for making light of … Read more
Author Patricia Nicol reveals a selection of the best books on: Birdsong Patricia Nicol’s family participated in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, explores historic racism in American South Where The Crawdads Sing, follows a child more attuned to birds than people By Patricia Nicol For The Daily Mail … Read more
WHAT BOOK would children’s author Francesca Simon take to a desert island? Francesca Simon is reading Last Train From Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey She would take The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope to a desert island American author said Mary Poppins by P L Travers gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 28 January … Read more