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 £7.99 a month for one credit which you can cash in for any book on the site – which includes bundles where you can get entire series 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...
Meet the boss of Timpson paying for his staff to fix their ‘ruined’ teeth | Books | Entertainment
James Timpson, right, with his father Sir John Timpson (Image: John Gladwin / Reach Plc) James Timpson is reading an email from one of his shop managers, asking for a second-hand car and a prom dress for More...
Harry Potter official new book announced for Christmas 2024 release | Books | Entertainment
The Harry Potter main novel series may be over, but that doesn’t mean that’s the end of official books set in JK Rowling’s Wizarding World. Following last year’s Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac comes More...
Fake aristocrat who hoodwinked the Nazis | Books | Entertainment
The Majdanek death camp (Image: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Amid the barbed wire, gas chambers and shooting pits of the horrific Majdanek concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland, Countess More...
Game of Thrones author George RR Martin slams toxic fandom ‘dancing on graves’ | Books | Entertainment
Fandom has always had its good and bad sides and now Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has spoken out on the toxic elements. The 75-year-old, who is still working on the long-delayed The Winds of Winter, More...
The woman who saved Morris Dancing from extinction | Books | Entertainment
Morris dancers, a quintessentially English tradition (Image: In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) A sun-dappled village fair. Children gaily spinning around a maypole. Cricketers on the village green. More...
