Small business owner left fuming after BT tries to charge him £331 a year to advertise in the phone book – without first getting permission Stephen Slyth was shocked to learn he could be charged hundreds by BT The telecoms firm is charging small firms to advertise in the local phone book They are automatically … Read more
It is a country that has spawned literary greats, from Victor Hugo to Albert Camus. But today’s French readers are going wild for a new titan of the publishing world: a 22-year-old influencer named Léna Mahfouf. Léna, who writes under the pen name Léna Situations, has released a self-help book that’s currently outselling any other … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear to have rearranged their book collection three times over the past month so that they prominently feature in each of their online appearances. This afternoon the Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, hosted a special edition of TIME100 Talks about the ‘state of our digital experience’ from their … Read more
Phillip Schofield has accidentally misspelled Eamonn Holmes’ name in his new book, Life’s What You Make It – potentially irking his former TV colleague. The presenter, 58, who details his struggle with his sexuality in the book, refers to his former This Morning rival, 60, as ‘Eamon’. The broadcasters are believed to have been on better … Read more
GCHQ had a ‘colour bar’ on employees for nearly three decades, a new history of Britain’s eavesdropping agency reveals. The ban on hiring non-white staff was in place from the 1950s until as late as 1980. The revelation is made in a ‘warts-and-all’ official history of the spy agency, which also tells how ‘major mistakes’ … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were ‘edged out’ of the royal family because their ‘rock star’ status threatened to ‘overshadow’ the Queen, William, and Kate, a royal expert has claimed. According to Robert Lacey – author of Battle of Brothers, a new book that examines the rift between Harry, 36, and Prince William, 38 – … Read more
A scathing yet hilarious review of Dolly Alderton’s novel Ghost went viral over the weekend. Book critic Barry Pierce, of the Irish Times, did not hold back in taking down the author’s autumn offering, calling it ‘the most culturally relevant novel of 2014.’ Ghosts, London-based Alderton’s first foray into fiction, tells the story of Nina … Read more
Dawn French has defended her decision to write from the perspective of a black character in her latest novel, adding that society shouldn’t be ‘policing fiction’. The comedian and author, 63, released her fourth novel Because of You this week, which features a host of multicultural characters. Appearing on The Andrew Marr show this morning, the … Read more
A single father-of-one has revealed how he sometimes feels like a ‘unicorn’ because his siutation as a black gay dad with an adopted child is so rare. Leon Wenham, 41, from London, who works as a head of client relations, welcomed his son last year – who he’s chosen not to name for safeguarding reasons … Read more
Friday, September 25 Rupert Everett and I have never seen eye to eye since we were pitched together on the same team for a Comic Relief celebrity version of The Apprentice in 2007, and the movie star was so horrified by my burning desire to win that he literally ran away after one day’s filming, … Read more