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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and their publisher over Putin’s People book

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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and her publisher over Putin’s People book which he says includes ‘false or misleading’ claims surrounding his takeover of the club Roman Abramovich has publicly confirmed he will take legal proceedings He is suing an author and their publisher over the book entitled Putin’s People The book includes comments that … Read more

Author recounts her SEVEN YEAR journey to adopt a child

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MEMOIR The Wild Track by Margaret Reynolds with Lucy Reynolds (Doubleday £16.00, 320pp)    Mothers frazzled, exasperated and (let’s be honest) often bored at the demands of looking after small children might have surveyed Professor Margaret Reynolds’s life with envy. She was — and still is — a leading academic, a writer and editor, a broadcaster, … Read more

Author Bonnie Greer says US now sees UK as ‘the nice lady down the road with bodies in her garden’

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Author Bonnie Greer has claimed the US now views the UK as ‘the nice lady down the road with bodies buried in her garden’ following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. During the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s sit down with the chat show host, which aired across the pond on … Read more

Author offers a deep dive into the world of baking as he grows his own wheat

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FOOD SLOW RISE: A BREAD-MAKING ADVENTURE by Robert Penn (Particular £17.99, 240 pp)  Is there any smell more delicious than that of freshly baked bread? No wonder supermarkets pump the aroma through their stores to entice shoppers to spend more. As a nation we love our bread, gobbling nearly 12 million loaves a day. Humans … Read more

Italian-Australian cookbook author Silvia Colloca shares her rules for cooking the perfect pasta

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Italian cook shares her rules for cooking the perfect pasta – and why you should NEVER break spaghetti so it fits in the saucepan A cook has shared common mistakes home cooks make when preparing pasta Silvia Colloca revealed her golden rules for cooking the perfect pasta every time The 43-year-old said you should never break … Read more

Bond author Anthony Horowitz: My shame at being a school bully

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My shame at being a school bully by new Bond author Anthony Horowitz: Writer says he joined ‘pack’ in a bid to avoid being teased himself James Bond author Anthony Horowitz became a bully to ‘avoid being bullied’ Father-of-two said on a podcast how he was an unhappy and overweight child He would starve himself … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island? 

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WHAT BOOK would author David Baddiel take to a desert island? Comedian and author David Baddiel is now reading The Last Trial by Scott Turow He says that he would take Updike’s series of four Rabbit books to a desert island  While reading Billy Bunter books by Frank Richards gave him the reading bug By Daily … Read more

Original Monopoly game prices were based on segregated 1930s Atlantic City, author says 

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The original Monopoly board game was inspired by segregated Atlantic City in the 1930s with property prices reflecting deep racial disparities between white and black residents, an author has claimed.   Mary Pilon, who wrote her book The Monopolists about the hidden history of the beloved board game in 2015, argued that it’s property values ‘reflect … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island?

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WHAT BOOK would author Francis Spufford take to a desert island? Author Francis Spufford is reading Hermione Lee’s biography of Tom Stoppard He says that he would take The Book of Psalms from the Bible to a desert island Reading Tolkien’s The Hobbit when he was six gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail … Read more