TEENAGE By Sally Morris for the Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 28 May 2020 AGAIN AGAIN by E. Lockhart (Hot Key £7.99 320 pp) AGAIN AGAIN by E. Lockhart (Hot Key £7.99 320 pp) Emily Lockhart captures the complexity of teenage life in richly layered and sometimes darkly … Read more
Author who discovered his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica after finding a box of centuries-old papers pens fascinating tome charting the history of their rum business which made the family rich Richard Atkinson uncovers the history of his ancestors in a new history book He was inspired after discovering a box revealing his family … Read more
LIFESTYLE RHUBARB RHUBARB by Mary Jane Paterson and Jo Thompson (Unbound £20, 160pp) Cooking and gardening often go hand in hand — just think of Mary Berry, Nigel Slater and Jamie Oliver, all dedicated gardeners as well as outstanding cooks. Rhubarb Rhubarb is written by two women who prove the exception to that rule. Mary … Read more
NATURE DIARY OF A YOUNG NATURALIST by Dara McAnulty (Little Toller £16.99, 224pp) Dara McAnulty is a brilliant young teenage naturalist from Northern Ireland who writes a popular blog about his sightings and adventures, and has also appeared on BBC’s Countryfile. He’s on the autistic spectrum, and doesn’t so much coolly observe nature as passionately … Read more
WHAT BOOK would writer Nina Stibbe take to a desert island? Nina Stibbe is currently reading Ducks, Newburyport, by Lucy Ellmann She would take The Complete Works Of Sue Townsend to a desert island British writer said practical survival books have left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:06 BST, 28 May 2020 | Updated: … Read more
Books are still the best way to learn: Young children understand more when reading something on paper rather than on a screen More than 1,100 10-year-old children in Norway did two comprehension tests One was done on a screen while the other used the traditional medium of paper One in three students (30 per cent) … Read more
They’ve inspired four award-winning books, blockbuster movies and a global fan following. But many of the key scenes in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are based on little-known places in the British countryside. Expert John Garth spent years retracing the esteemed author’s footsteps and painstakingly studying influences on him during the 20th century … Read more
Whitey Bulger’s arrest almost ended in a deadly standoff with FBI agents after the notorious mob boss refused to get on his knees because he ‘didn’t want to get his pants dirty’, a new book has revealed. The Boston underworld kingpin was finally captured in Santa Monica with girlfriend Catherine Greig in June 2011 after … Read more
Retail giant Amazon has today come under heavy fire for selling scores of books promoting bogus cancer cures. Cancer experts have today accused the billion-pound company of preying on the vulnerable who are desperate for a remedy. More than 3,000 titles are listed on the site under ‘cancer cures’, including ones endorsing unproven CBD oil … Read more
FANTASY AND SCI-FI By Jamie Buxton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:05 BST, 21 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 21 May 2020 The Book of Koli By M.R. Carey (Orbit £17.49 hardback; £6.99 paperback) The Book of Koli By M.R. Carey (Orbit £17.49 hardback; £6.99 paperback) It’s grim up north in Koli’s post-apocalyptic world. … Read more