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
Many would surely love to look 20 years younger than their actual age without using cosmetics or plastic surgery, but for Melanie Bell, an adult in her 30s with a career as a writer, it’s no fun getting mistaken for a 12-year-old. Bell, an author who migrated from Canada to the United States before finally … Read more
Screenwriter Richard Curtis ‘insisted’ on having full credit for the script for the hit rom-com Yesterday, the struggling writer behind the Beatles-based film has alleged. Jack Barth has accused Mr Curtis of ‘taking credit for everything’ during the promotional tour for the summer blockbuster released last year. He has claimed that Mr Curtis, the man … Read more
Not long after Tamsin Calidas and her husband, Rab, decided to sell their home in London and buy a derelict croft on a small Hebridean island, their estate agent gave them a warning. ‘Island life . . . it’s different. It’s not for everyone,’ she said. Tamsin would have plenty of time to reflect on … Read more
Early in the morning of May 9, 1945, SS Gruppenführer Otto Wächter awakes near the Austrian city of Graz, with a serious problem to resolve. A few hours earlier, Germany has signed the definitive act of military surrender. The war in Europe is over, the first VE Day was celebrated in London and Washington. Wächter … Read more
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
A zip wire company has gone bust after a top TV writer won his fight to stop hundreds of thrill-seekers ‘whizzing past’ the windows of his home. Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies led the campaign against plans to rig up a 360-metre long wire outside his waterside home. City Zip Company wanted to launch … 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
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