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James Naughtie’s sublime On The Road distils 50 years of adventuring in America into a revealing tapestry of a nation in all its glory and complexity By Michael Simkins Published: 22:01 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 00:59 BST, 14 April 2020 On The Road James Naughtie … Read more
Redhead By The Side Of The Road Anne Tyler Chatto & Windus £14.99 Rating: On one level, the novels of Anne Tyler are as straightforward and unobtrusive as her name. Her prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of … Read more
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, I accidentally selected the wrong make-up in the Good Morning Britain studio at 5am today (we’re self-facially-decorating now) and painted myself bright orange. I only realised when viewers bombarded me on Twitter with pictures of my head next to one of perma-tanned President Trump with … Read more
From A. L. Kennedy’s new collection to novels by Nikita Lalwani and Carmel Harrington and Ingrid Persaud’s debut, this week’s best new fiction By Max Davidson and Anthony Gardner and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny Published: 22:01 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 April 2020 We Are Attempting To Survive Our Time … Read more
Jamie Oliver’s Keep Cooking And Carry On is a concept that was turned around in record time, specifically for the Covid-19 era, but even so, we’re all watching in a new way. Aren’t we?
From Nobody Panic with Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates to Matt Lucas’ Bitch Bitch Bitch and Popmaster with Ken Bruce, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 April 2020 Nobody Panic Each week, peppy comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates offer advice about how … Read more
As a solo act creating sumptuous dry white wine, Furmint is less of a rolling stone and more of an unforgettable fireball… so why do we never drink it? By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 9 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 9 April 2020 Furmint is a bit … Read more
Thinking Again Jan Morris Faber £16.99 Rating: Back in 2001, Jan Morris, then aged 74, announced that she had just written her final book. Oh yes? By my calculation, she has produced another six books since then – or seven if you include this new one. She has never been a slave to consistency. Whenever … Read more
Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker Quercus, £20 Rating: With … Read more
From The Anthill to the topical Coronavirus: What You Need To Know, Girl Taken and Phil Wang’s hilarious BudPod, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 00:49 BST, 5 April 2020 The Anthill Why are conspiracy theories so hard to suppress? What is the meaning of nothing? … Read more