Harry Potter 2025 release announced that will thrill fans waiting for TV remake | Books | Entertainment
Harry Potter fans will no doubt be familiar with the audiobooks read by Stephen Fry in the UK and Jim Dale in the US. Now all seven novels are to be retold with an ensemble cast, Dolby Atmos sound, an original score and real-world sound capture. Exclusive to Audible, the seven Harry Potter adventures will be released sequentially for a global audience More...
Lord Peter Hain: ‘My friend Mandela must be turning in his grave!’ | Politics | News
Lord Hain in his office with his treasured Nelson Mandela portrait (Image: Jonathan Buckmaster) When people contact the office of Lord Peter Hain at Millbank House in Westminster, they may be surprised to More...
Game of Thrones deal: George RR Martin books included in heavy Audible discount | Books | Entertainment
What’s more, House of the Dragon’s source material, Fire and Blood, is also available on Audible in audiobook form right now. By getting up to date on Martin’s spin-off book, you’ll be More...
JK Rowling hits back at claim she doesn’t understand her own Harry Potter books | Books | Entertainment
JK Rowling has become a polarising figure in recent years with her outspoken views on transgenderism. Most recently she challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law, describing several transgender women (biological More...
Someone goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds | UK | News
45-year-old mortgage adviser Nicola Bulley who went missing. (Image: ) I live in the Scottish Highlands where, last year, I read about a lone hiker who disappeared. Literally. He went off hill walking one More...
Book lovers can bag 3 months of Audible for 99p in limited time deal | Books | Entertainment
Amazon is giving shoppers the chance to bag three months of audiobooks for just 99p and the options are seemingly endless. Audible is the shopping giant’s audiobook service and would usually set you back More...
Six in 10 have been inspired to try something new – after reading a book | Books | Entertainment
Six in 10 adults have been inspired to take up or do something new after reading – including change career, learn a new language, and climb a mountain, research has found. A poll of 2,000 adults, who read More...
The incredible story of a 14th century Great Escape from the Tower of London | Books | Entertainment
The Tower of London was a prison until the 1950s (Image: Rudy Sulgan/Getty) The mass escape of Allied airmen from a German prisoner of war camp remains one of history’s most famous jail-breaks. Stalag Luft More...
Harry Potter beats Paddington Bear to top of favourite heroes list | Books | Entertainment
It’s World Book Day, the internationally celebrated holiday where literature is praised around the globe, and children are encouraged to pick up a book and put down their phones. Of course, there are an More...
Top 30 books that have inspired holidays – ‘Under The Tuscan Sun’ tops list | Books | Entertainment
Millions of holidaymakers have chosen a destination based on a book they’ve read – with “Under the Tuscan Sun”, by Frances Mayes, named as the top inspiration. A study of 2,000 adults found one in four More...
