Celebrity moves in mysterious ways, a wonder to behold, reflects MARCUS BERKMANN. Chris Hadfield was a NASA astronaut, early fifties, unassuming kind of guy, on his third trip into space for a five-month stint on the International Space Station. ...read
Nina Stibbe was just 20 in 1982 when she left her home in Leicestershire to work as a nanny for Mary-Kay Wilmers, then - and now - the editor of the London Review of Books, writes JOHN PRESTON
Oscar Wilde remarked that philosophy teaches us to bear the misfortunes of others with equanimity. But writer and broadcaster Christopher Matthew has a better idea, remarks JANE SHILLING
Should you need proof of what a confused attitude we have towards death, just consider the case of Spike Milligan’s headstone, suggests JOHN PRESTON
If your idea of make-up is a slick of mascara and a dab of lipgloss, this extraordinary guide to the creative uses of foundation and eyeliner, not to mention glitter on your lips or tips on looking glamorous underwater(!) will be a real eye-opener.
DEBUT FICTION
It's the 1980s, Washington DC, the last years of the Cold War. Jennifer Jones is ten years old.
CRIME FICTION
One of the most delightful and original new novels of the year, this is the first in a series that could well become a cult.
HISTORICAL FICTION
Dr James Appleby is an Elizabethan scholar based at York University, where his humdrum academic career seems to be going nowhere.
David Leavitt: THE TWO HOTEL FRANCFORTS
Set in Lisbon in the summer of 1940, a time when the capital is teeming with expats fleeing the war.
Margaret Drabble: THE PURE GOLD BABY
Anna, the babe of the title, is born to anthropologist and single mother Jess in Swinging Sixties London.
Charles Palliser: RUSTICATION
Its December 1863 and Richard, has been rusticated from Cambridge for various grave misdemeanos.
FANTASY FICTION
A sad farewell to Jorg Ancrath, the longstanding and outstanding anti-hero of the Broken Empire series.
We are thrilled to announce our award-winning, stellar line-up for our Christmas Literary Lunch - with two stars of the silver screen and a writer who has interviewed almost all our best-known showbusiness and political personalities.
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He found plenty of time for activities that other authors can only imagine, such as sex and violence. He was faithful to none of his wives. The sentence 'the marriage was beginning to come apart', or minor variations on it, crops up at regular intervals throughout Norman Mailer: A Double Life, writes CRAIG BROWN. ...read
Years ago, when my son was small, I remember my dismay when we went to the park one day and I realised he couldn’t tell a blackbird from a sparrow, recalls JANE SHILLING
In the deluge of books to mark the centenary of the start of the Great War, it is refreshing to find one written by a former soldier who is also an accomplished military historian, contends SIMON HEFFER
Along with tablecloths in restaurants and coppers on the beat, another thing that’s gone is inscriptions on a flyleaf. You can’t write a dedication on a Kindle, bemoans ROGER LEWIS.
Who would have thought that the weekly shampoo and set would evolve into dramatic artworks that make their creators famous?
So, If you were really loaded - if money were simply no object - what would you spend it on? asks MARCUS BERKMANN
For more than 40 years, Givenchy was a byword for elegance and innovative sophistication, epitomised by his greatest fan, Audrey Hepburn, for whom he created the Sabrina neckline and the iconic Breakfast At Tiffany’s little black dress. ...read
Fifteen years ago, I wrote in an allegedly humorous sports column that most Manchester United supporters didn’t actually have any geographic or familial connection with the club, but just supported them because they won all the time, reveals MARCUS BERKMANN
Why do I have a thing about badgers? Why, very possibly, do you? asks PETER LEWIS. Most of us have never seen a live badger going about its business. Yet people feel more protective towards them than almost any other wild creature.
It was a true icon of the Eighties, up there with plastic-framed glasses, the mullet hairstyle and Roland Rat. It seemed as though every household in Britain had a copy of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History Of Time, remembers MARCUS BERKMANN
As becomes apparent in this hilarious and troubling book, the Official Secrets Act should by rights be called the Official Silliness Act, remarks ROGER LEWIS
In its heyday, The Morecambe And Wise Show would attract 28 million viewers across Britain. In his compelling new biography, Gary Morecambe talks about his father's relationship with Ernie Wise, the classic Andre Previn Christmas special and how he continued to make them laugh even up until the end. ...read
In the finale of her unique inside story, Vicky Pryce, the wife of disgraced ex-minister Chris Huhne, describes life at open prison East Sutton Park.
Throughout his life, acclaimed art critic Brian Sewell has been devoted to dogs. Now, in a new book, he shares magical memories of his many companions.
Jerry and Lucian had never quite bonded. While sitting for him she gave him cashmere jerseys, which he loathed. But worse, she had a habit of being late.
In an extract from his explosive memoirs, Power Trip, Damian McBride reveals how the former Chancellor survived by the skin of his teeth after credit crunch bungle.
In the second extract from her autobiography, published exclusively in the Mail today, Mary Berry describes the sudden death of the son she doted on, pictured left.
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