Ian Rankin: Why, after 25 books, Rebus is still the Rankin crime fighter
Author Sir Ian on the mercy of delayed success, contemplating killing off his hero, and the real-life scandals that made him rethink his work. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
George RR Martin laments House of the Dragon cutting three big Fire and Blood plot points
George RR Martin’s Fire and Blood was adapted for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and was always going to have to chop and change some parts for TV. The author may love much of the More...
Picture You Dead review: Roy Grace gets involved in the unsolved murder of an art dealer
Imagine you go to a car boot sale and for £20 buy a painting – not because of the artwork, you hate that but you rather like the frame – and when you get home you later discover the painting hides More...
Screens make it ‘harder for children to read’, says author Cressida Cowell
Writing for children is now ‘trickier’ because watching screens instead of reading books has shortened their attention span, says leading author Cressida Cowell. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Madly, Deeply review: Rickman telling it like it was
There is an amusing moment in this collection of Alan Rickman’s diaries when he visits Cape Town. At the airport, a passport official notes his profession and tells him: “You look too serious to be More...
The Kennedy Assassinations review: Who killed the political brothers?
The 1960s was the decade that changed the world. As John F. Kennedy said in his inaugural address: “Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed More...
Writing new Marple was a ‘huge honour’, says writer Lucy Foley
Best-selling writer Lucy Foley says it was a ‘huge honour’ to be asked to pen a Miss Marple short story, as Agatha Christie is her literary hero. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Lord of the Rings: Is Sauron already be carrying out his plan in The Rings of Power?
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER is teasing the introduction of Sauron. Fans around the world are trying to figure out if he has been hiding in plain sight all along. Is his story in the new Amazon Prime show More...
The gangster who saw the light – how Pastor Mick went from dealer to the divine
When Prince William and his wife Catherine visited Burnley to show their support for a charity set up during the pandemic to help the grief-stricken and homeless, it was only the latest chapter in an incredible More...
A Pocketful of Happiness review – A profoundly moving memoir
Richard E Grant was so captivated by Joan Washington when he signed up for one of her acting courses in 1982 that he asked her to give him some private acting lessons. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...