Library delighted as book returns 44 years late | Books | Entertainment
Staff at Manningtree, Essex were delighted when Great Prime Ministers by John Whittle was handed in by relatives of the borrower who took it out on June 30 1979. The UK has since had 10 Premiers – and current PM Rishi Sunak was not even born then. Essex Library Service said: “Staff at Manningtree Library were pleasantly surprised when this title More...
Inside story of real-life spy who discovered Holocaust – but went completely ignored | Books | Entertainment
Inside story of real-life spy who discovered Holocaust – but went completely ignored (Image: Getty) Yet Winthrop Pickard Bell’s claims largely fell on deaf ears and a genuine opportunity to avert More...
Keanu Reeves announces debut novel to expand comic book series | Books | Entertainment
Keanu Reeves has just announced he will be expanding the universe of his graphic novel, BZRKR, with his first-ever novel. The Book Of Elsewhere will continue the story the Hollywood actor began back in 2021, More...
Tree Wisdom: a guide to nature’s restorative energy and wellbeing | Books | Entertainment
Tree Wisdom: a guide to nature’s restorative energy and wellbeing (Image: Getty) The UK itself is home to 123 million of them and has many historic giants, like the 1,000-year-old Allerton Oak in Liverpool. Sadly, More...
The awe-inspiring true story of Nicholas Winton, protagonist of the One Life film | Books | Entertainment
The extent of his efforts has never been recognised (Image: Getty) Amid the deepening horror of March 1939, as Europe stood on the precipice of a Second World War, it was no wonder the arrival in Britain More...
Clooney’s ‘Boys In The Boat’ misses British Olympic triumph | Books | Entertainment
Clooney’s ‘Boys In The Boat’ misses British Olympic triumph (Image: Getty) Exclusive – It’s the Chariots of Fire-style true story of a scrappy working class team of rowers from Washington More...
An incredible and chilling story about a young boy surviving the Holocaust | Books | Entertainment
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more Moshe and his best friend Shani Itzcovitz 2020 (Image: Ad Lib) In January 1945, with the More...
Game of Thrones fans hoping for Winds of Winter despair at George RR Martin post | Books | Entertainment
As 2024 dawns so do 13 years since George RR Martin published a book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Since A Dance with Dragons hit shelves in 2011, the Game of Thrones TV show has come and gone with the More...
Ian Fleming’s unprecedented James Bond rights deal just before his death | Books | Entertainment
This year James Bond fans celebrated the 70th anniversary of Ian Fleming’s original 007 novels. Yet the author famously only wrote 12 novels and two collections of short stories about his MI6 spy. In More...
Martin Brunt on his new book and life as the Sky News crime correspondent | Books | Entertainment
Hatton Garden: Ring leader behind heist jailed for 10 years Journalists should probably always contact the police when seeking a criminal case update. Well, in most cases, perhaps. Let me explain. Over the More...
