WHAT BOOK would farmer and writer Amanda Owen take to a desert island? Amanda Owen is currently reading The Bolter by Frances Osborne She would take Swaledale by Marie Hartley and Ella Pontefract to a desert island British writer said James Herriot first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 30 April … Read more
WHAT BOOK would comedian and writer Robert Webb take to a desert island? Robert Webb is currently reading Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking British author would take Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy to a desert island He said The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe sparked his interest in reading By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 23 April … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has affected the entire globe – but for former millionaire stockbroker turned island castaway David Glasheen, life remains unchanged. Glasheen, 76, has been living on Restoration Island off the coast of north Australia since 1997 after losing his wealth. He moved there with a suitcase containing ‘three shirts, two pairs of shorts … Read more
The search for life on other planets has captivated mankind for decades. But the reality could be a little less like the Hollywood blockbusters, scientists have revealed. They say if there was life on the red planet, it probably will present itself as fossilized bacteria – and have proposed a new way to look for … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith revealed that he’s currently reading The Egyptian by Mika Waltari He would take My African Journey by Winston Churchill to a desert island He said King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:09 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Sue Monk Kidd, take to a desert island? Sue Monk Kidd reveals the first book she remembers was Alice in Wonderland The American author fell in love with England when she read Jane Eyre aged 13 If trapped on a desert island she’d read The Shark Club, a novel set on an … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Val McDermid take to a desert island? Val McDermid is currently reading Emma Smith’s This Is Shakespeare She would take The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson to a desert island Crime writer revealed The Wind In The Willows gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 30 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would Joanna Scanlan take to a desert island Actress Joanna Scanlan would take Lissa Evans’ Old Baggage to a desert island She is reading Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies And A Conspiracy to Protect Predators Joanna also revealed The Young Elizabeth by Jean Plaidy gave her reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 6 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would thriller writer Clare Mackintosh take to a desert island? Clare Mackintosh is currently reading The Giver Of Stars by JoJo Moyes She would take Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson to a desert island British thriller writer revealed Patricia Highsmith has left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 13 February 2020 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would novelist Sadie Jones take to a desert island? Sadie Jones is currently reading My name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout She would take Middlemarch, Nicholas Nickleby or Vanity Fair to a desert island British novelist said The Bonfire Of The Vanities left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:03 BST, 20 … Read more