SHORT STORIES – Nov 21, 2019

SHORT STORIES By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 21 November 2019 SUDDEN TRAVELLER by Sarah Hall (Faber £12.99, 144 pp) SUDDEN TRAVELLER by Sarah Hall (Faber £12.99, 144 pp) Sarah Hall’s seven short stories are death-haunted; grief and loss are indelibly etched on to … Read more

Facebook Messenger is killing the ‘Discover’ tab to prioritise Stories

March 2016 – Filters One of the first signs Facebook was copying Snapchat was in March 2016 when it bought MSQRD, an app that overlays silly live filters to your selfies. The app lets users apply filters to their faces – similar to Snapchat ‘Lens’ filters. One of the first signs Facebook was copying Snapchat … Read more

Love stories from across the ages show how romantic relationships have changed over the years

From wartime chance encounters to modern day ‘meetings’ on an app, these real-life stories are sure to restore your faith in love.   The romantic tales, spanning the last 90 years, were all shared by biography-writing service StoryTerrace, which works with people to record their stories – or those of their loved ones – in a … Read more

Rob Brydon takes new risks for his ‘Songs & Stories’ tour

Rob Brydon is getting ready to take a big risk. ‘I will be nervous on the first night,’ says the comedian and actor as he prepares to change style and go out on the road as a singer like his hero Sammy Davis Jr, performing straight songs alongside jokes with a highly accomplished eight-piece band. … Read more

Shoebox in Grandma’s cupboard that revealed one of the Holocaust’s greatest survival stories

House Of Glass Hadley Freeman Fourth Estate £16.99 Rating: The dedication at the front of this remarkable book is short and sweet. ‘For my father, Ron Freeman,’ it reads, ‘and my Grandma Sala.’ But like so much else in House Of Glass, those simple words contain a universe. Twelve years after her grandmother’s death in … Read more