Hitler’s First Hundred Days – How the National Socialists took over Germany
It is often said that US Presidencies are made or lost in the first 100 days. After that, the administration has its eyes on the midterms and then beginning to strategise the re-election campaign. Historian Peter Fritzsche has taken the idea to Germany and looked at the first 100 days of Hitler’s leadership. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Why Alan Johnson rewrote the sins of his father
There’s a lot of the politician’s tough childhood in his debut novel, but he says his fictional patriarch is ‘nothing like my drunken, violent dad’. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Fictional French detective Maigret very similar to creator Georges Simenon
AS the fictional French detective enjoys a surge of interest, the author’s son reveals the scandalous seducer Georges Simenon and his exemplary creation were not so different. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
How Hellfire Jack sent the Kaiser’s invasion plans up in flames
Baronet, engineer and adventurer, his sabotage mission to deny the Germans Europe’s biggest oil fields was the most explosive of World War I. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life: Adventures In Anxiety review ‑ A humorous and relatable memoir
Award-winning comedy writer Georgia Pritchett has worked on some of our best-loved comedies from Have I Got News For You and The Thick Of It to Miranda. Her world view is as wry, dry, and idiosyncratic as her CV More...
Cold Blooded Murder – A miscellany of true crime
There are numerous true crime anthologies to buy – heck, I’ve written three so far but American journalist Brad Hunter has compiled a cracker. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Appetite review ‑ Ed Balls reminisces his favourite recipes and food memories
Ed Balls spent more than two decades in politics yet he’s probably best known for his Gangnam Style salsa routine in Strictly Come Dancing. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Miles Jupp’s debut novel tells the story of a rich kids’ history teacher in midlife crisis
In this debut novel from comedian Miles Jupp, Clive Hapgood is a history teacher at a minor public school. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
1979 review – Val McDermid’s latest novel is just as riveting
Before she became the queen of Scottish crime fiction, Val McDermid was a tabloid journalist in Glasgow. She recently recalled working in a newsroom rife with misogyny back in the late 1970s: “To survive More...
John Lewis: How the partnership grew out of poverty, violence and a family feud
As a new book reveals, the astonishing history of this VERY respectable High Street mainstay couldn’t knowingly be overtold Daily Express :: Books Feed More...