Grieving an animal is shamed but even the greats like Winston Churchill suffered loss
HE died six-and-a-half years ago, on November 24 at 1.24am. I know the exact time because I’d been looking at my watch for 14 hours wondering when it would happen. When the moment came, the pain was as raw and as brutal as anything I have ever known. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Novelist Fern Britton’s A Good Servant breathes new life into the Queen’s governess
SHE’S written nine novels set in Cornwall, all of them top 10 bestsellers. There has also been a clutch of Cornish-based short stories. But now Fern Britton is popping out of a completely new semi-fictional More...
JK Rowling in row with ramblers over right-of-way path
HARRY Potter writer JK Rowling has been caught up in a row over roaming rights. Walkers and cyclists say they are being prevented from using an ancient right-of-way called the Captain’s Road, which runs across More...
Winds of Winter release: George RR Martin progress news ‘Cersei chapters giving me fits’
THE WINDS OF WINTER has had a highly-anticipated progress report from Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin in a long blog post update. The author, who has tragically lost a number of friends in the last few More...
Biggest collection of James Bond memorabilia to sell for £3million
THE biggest collection of James Bond film and book memorabilia is tipped to sell for £3million. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Game of Thrones: George RR Martin glad Red Wedding ‘angered and upset’ fans ‘That’s good!’
GAME OF THRONES books author George RR Martin has shared he’s pleased people threw A Storm of Swords “against the wall or into the fireplace” after reading of the “painful” slaughter More...
Douglas Murray ‘Woke mob deliberately trying to remove Churchill from our lives’ EXCLUSIVE
DOUGLAS MURRAY, author of new book The War on the West, believes there is a sinister and revenge-driven form of anti-Westernism rife in our society. A “devastating” and woke cultural revolution that More...
Winds of Winter release: George RR Martin fed up with ‘vicious’ fans – ‘I get it’s late!’
THE WINDS OF WINTER author George RR Martin is hard at work on the long-delayed Game of Thrones book but his patience is running out with nasty areas of the fandom online, admitting on Idris Elba’s podcast More...
Star TV writer’s husband woke from a coma and called her an imposter ‘not my wife’
AS ONE of our most respected TV writers, Abi Morgan is no stranger to a bizarre plot twist. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Author tore up £1m TV deal after finding male bosses had a secret ageist agenda
RECENTLY I organised a photoshoot to celebrate the 75th birthday of Dynasty legend Stephanie Beacham. When I called her to suggest we should do something fabulous to mark such an amazing milestone her response More...