WHAT BOOK would novelist Sebastian Barry take to a desert island? Sebastian Barry would take Collected Poems of Jack Gilbert on a desert island The Costa-winning novelist said Sir Philip Sidney’s The Old Arcadia left him cold He said he has no memory of being able to read until he was around eight By Daily … Read more
WHAT BOOK would TV presenter Timmy Mallett take to a desert island? Timmy Mallett would take The Secret Footballer series to a desert island The TV presenter said Hillary Clinton’s political memoir left him cold He said Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 12 March 2020 … Read more
Inside Love Island stars Callum Jones and Molly Smith’s cosy Manchester flat as their romance blossoms during the coronavirus lockdown By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 20:39 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 21:39 BST, 14 April 2020 Love Island stars Callum Jones and Molly Smith have shared a glimpse of the cosy Manchester flat where … Read more
…are you reading now? For a long time I was a Proustian who had never read Proust, although I first read about him when I was 16 — pronouncing him ‘Prowst’ as opposed to ‘Proost’ — in connection with Gladys Deacon, the subject of my latest biography, of whom he was an admirer. I went … Read more
A luxury private island in Florida has purchased thousands of coronavirus tests for its private residents and workers – even though only one percent of the state has been tested for COVID-19. Fisher Island, located off Miami, is the wealthiest zip code in the country, home to multimillion-dollar condos and about 800 families and is … Read more
Island that appeared then vanished in shark-infested waters off the coast of North Carolina is BACK – to the delight of locals Shelly Island was born in January 2017 off the tip of Cape Point in Buxton It disappeared in early 2018 after being battered by a series of storms Photographs of a sandbar emerging in … Read more
WHAT BOOK would novelist Annalena McAfee take to a desert island? Novelist Annalena McAfee would take Palgrave’s Golden Treasury on an island She is currently reading Self-Portrait, the memoir of the artist Celia Paul The novelist said that comics and joke books first gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, … Read more
For your next period of isolation, try a cut-price paradise: The private island resort in Fiji that costs from just £20 a night and offers lessons on how to crack coconuts Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long, has dormitory rooms start from just F$60 (£20) The sandy outcrop, accessible only by … Read more
If you truly want to get away from it all Bouvet Island is the place to be – because it’s the most remote island in the world. This 19-square-mile chunk of wind-ravaged rock and ice lies 1,600 miles from the nearest permanently inhabited land – South Africa – and 1,100 miles from the coast of … Read more
WHAT BOOK would fantasy novelist Sarah J. Maas take to a desert island? Sarah J. Maas is currently reading Nalini Singh’s A Madness Of Sunshine She would take Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game to a desert island American novelist said George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 2 … Read more