WHAT BOOK would wine writer Hugh Johnson take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would wine writer Hugh Johnson take to a desert island? Hugh Johnson is currently reading The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia UK-based writer would take The Michelin Road Atlas Of France to a desert island He said Hilary Mantel is among the authors who’ve left him cold  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, … Read more

GMB loses another 100,000 viewers as audience continues to desert show after Piers Morgan quits

Good Morning Britain lost a further 100,000 viewers yesterday as it recorded its joint lowest ratings over the past month – with the show having now lost nearly 40 per cent of its audience since Piers Morgan sensationally quit. The ITV morning programme attracted roughly 800,000 viewers yesterday, which was the joint lowest recorded by … Read more

Boy, 11, discovers a 2,500-year -old fertility amulet in Israel’s Negeve Desert

A boy, 11, made a rare and exciting discovery while on a family vacation – a 2,500-year-old amulet of a fertility goddess. Last month, Zvi Ben-David was visiting Israel’s Negev Desert when he found a ceramic figurine from the sixth century BC, when the region was controlled by Persia. The idol, about two-and-half- inches tall, … Read more

Dubai’s incredible heart-shaped Love Lake in the middle of the desert

In a city with the tallest building in the world, a man-made archipelago in the shape of a palm tree and a hotel with an underwater restaurant, it perhaps comes as no surprise that there are two huge artificial lakes in the desert nearby forming intertwining love hearts. Called Love Lake Dubai, it covers an … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author Lionel Shriver take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would author Lionel Shriver take to a desert island? Author and journalist Lionel Shriver is reading Outside Looking In by T. C. Boyle She said that she would take Moby-Dick by Herman Melville to a desert island Books about horses gave Lionel the reading bug, as she was obsessed with them By Daily … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island? Comedian and author David Baddiel is now reading The Last Trial by Scott Turow He says that he would take Updike’s series of four Rabbit books to a desert island  While reading Billy Bunter books by Frank Richards gave him the reading bug By Daily … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island?

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

WHAT BOOK would writer Marian Keyes take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would writer Marian Keyes take to a desert island? Marian Keyes is currently reading The Survivors by Jane Harper  She would take The Secret Countess by Eva Ibbotson to a desert island  Writer said The Twins at St Clare’s by Enid Blyton first gave her the reading bug  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, … Read more

WHAT BOOK would children’s author Francesca Simon take to a desert island? 

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