Sir Ian Livingstone: From living in a van to a £4 billion gaming company
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Ian Livingstone has just made history by being knighted, and he’s following it up by sharing his own backstory. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
When the cell door slammed shut, all I had were books
Alex Wheatle can still remember the “jangling of keys” as the heavy door slammed closed behind him. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Jane Austen tops list of Britain’s best-loved authors
Jane Austen has been voted the greatest British author of all time. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Simon Callow says Rupert the Bear helped him read as he backs Express books campaign
Simon Callow can remember vividly the day, aged six, he learned how to read. It’s a day that changed his life forever. “I actually started quite late,” admits the award-winning actor and director, More...
Top author says ‘books save lives’ as she launches Daily Express Christmas campaign
As she launches the Daily Express Christmas fundraising campaign in aid of Give A Book, Lady Antonia Fraser recalls the joy of being the first person to hear her late husband Harold Pinter’s plays, her enduring More...
‘I’ve been planning to kill Bosch for years’ Michael Connelly on Harry’s fate
Bestselling crime writer Michael Connelly has revealed he might kill off his main character Harry Bosch. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Anthony Horowitz calls for investment in school libraries as he receives CBE
Novelist Anthony Horowitz has called for a library in every school and praised the Queen Consort’s literary campaigning after he picked up a CBE at Windsor Castle. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Is this Shakespeare? £10million painting could be only one in his lifetime
This previously unseen portrait is not a bard likeness of Shakespeare – as experts believe it is the only ‘signed and dated’ painting of the playwright in his lifetime. Daily Express :: Books More...
Watership Down… why Fiver, Hazel and Bigwig are rabbiting on
Richard Adams’ glorious tale of talking rabbits has entranced generations of readers and sold 50 million copies. As it celebrates its half-century, his daughters tell how he dreamed up the story to enliven More...
Come back Boris! Support for former PM in Ukraine still strong
Admiration for the former British PM remains strong in the war-torn country, says its most famous living author as he talks about his uplifting and utterly defiant diary of the Russian invasion. Daily Express :: More...