A former councillor has admitted to targeting a museum dedicated to beloved 19th century author Charles Dickens, branding the writer as a ‘racist’. Ian Driver scrawled ‘Dickens Racist, Dickens Racist,’ on the outside of the The Dickens House Museum in Broadstairs, Kent, and attempted to black-out the lettering on a street sign for nearby Dickens Road. The … Read more
Author Lee Child admits he ‘doesn’t like’ his character Jack Reacher and originally planned to end bestselling thriller series with him bleeding to death on ‘filthy motel bathroom floor’ Mr Child said he hasn’t fallen in love with the character which means he can be hardhearted towards him He ditched plans to have his character … Read more
‘I’ve survived!’ Author Michael Rosen, 74, leaves hospital after three month battle with coronavirus as wife shares photo showing him back home Award-winning poet and children’s author was taken into intensive care in March Mr Rosen spent 47 days in intensive care before finally returning home yesterday He charted his battle with Covid -19 on Twitter … Read more
Author who quit JK Rowling’s agency over transgender row says Harry Potter author has ‘fallen in with the wrong crowd’ and needs to ‘open her eyes’ Fox Fisher, Drew Davies and Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir resigned from The Blair Partnership A fourth author is understood to have quit but wished to remain anonymous Fox Fisher … Read more
Eton College has today apologised to the first black student to complete his studies there after he suffered years of racist abuse from boys who accused him of being riddled with maggots and asked him: ‘Does your mother wear a bone in her nose?’. Nigerian-born Dillibe Onyeama would eventually leave the prestigious private school in … Read more
Street Cat Named Bob, whose exploits were turned into a best-selling book that helped turn his heroin-addict owner James Bowen’s life around, dies aged 14 A famous cat who has starred in books and been portrayed in films has died 14-year-old Bob transformed the fortunes of friend and owner James Bowen Mr Bowen was a … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the ‘big losers’ in the Royal Family amid the coronavirus pandemic and look ‘irrelevant in this country,’ claims royal author Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been branded ‘big losers’ in Royal Family Royal expert claimed couple missed out on opportunity to boost public image Added lack of presence amid … Read more
An author has shared a candid account of growing up on a Scottish sink estate in the Nineties. Fashion journalist Lynne Coleman, who has written three books and now lives in Edinburgh, moved to an ex-council house in Auchenback, a few miles outside of Glasgow, when she was six. She told how arson, vandalism and violent … Read more
Never have I lost control of myself quite so violently as when I was told that I had cancer for the second time. By the time my wife, Victoria, had brought me home, I was banging my head against cupboards, weeping uncontrollably and howling like an animal from a place so deep inside me that … Read more
Author Susanna Moore has opened up about being raped by Jackie Kennedy and Grace Kelly’s designer Oleg Cassini, saying she still blames herself more than 50 years later. The 74-year-old revealed in her new memoir, Miss Aluminum, that she was sexually assaulted by Cassini in a hotel room when she was a young model in the … Read more