Where have all the rabbits gone? Ruth Pavey mourns the loss of wildlife from our childhood as rural environment is continuously put under threat Ruth Pavey’s book is an engaging follow-up memoir to A Wood Of One’s Own Book notes changes she has observed since buying her wood at auction in 1999 She mourns the … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Santa Montefiore take to a desert island? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 | Updated: 22:45 BST, 15 July 2021 Author Santa Montefiore (pictured) would take Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth to a desert island …are you reading now? Sue Monk Kidd’s The Book Of Longings. This … Read more
Juicy tales of the world’s smelliest fruit! Poet whose husband begged her to throw away a durian, examines the most challenging produce to grow and cook U.S. poet Kate Lebo is the author of two cookery books about fruit pies Reveals the most difficult to grow and challenging fruits to cook in a new book … Read more
CONTEMPORARY By Sara Lawrence for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 May 2021 SNOWFLAKE by Louise Nealon (Manilla Press £12.99, 304pp) SNOWFLAKE by Louise Nealon (Manilla Press £12.99, 304pp) This beautifully written debut often takes off on weird, unexpected tangents but becomes even more emotionally intelligent and … Read more
WHAT BOOK would journalist and novelist Tom Bradby take to a desert island? Tom Bradby revealed he’s currently reading True Crime Story by Joseph Knox Novelist would take Len Deighton Game, Set & Match trilogy to a desert island He said The Poldark series first gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 13 May 2021 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would novelist Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith is currently reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Novelist would take The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck to a desert island He said that anything by H Rider Haggard first gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 … Read more
WHAT BOOK would singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn take to a desert island? Singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn is currently reading Luster by Raven Leilani She would have taken War And Peace to a desert island before Covid lockdown After only reading 10% of it in lockdown, she would take Elizabeth Taylor’s works And C S Lewis’ The Lion, The … Read more
ANIMALS All Dogs Great And Small By Graeme Hall (Ebury £16.99, 288 pp) A dog is for life, not just for lockdown, is the new catchphrase of an elderly man with an old spaniel I often meet in the fields behind my house. He usually gives my little black Staffie a treat, while venting his … Read more
There’s a word for it (but only in English): No other major language contains a single word that can be translated only as ‘fair’, linguist claims Capuchin monkeys proved they know the concept of fairness in an experiment In the early 2000s, they were given different treats for performing certain tasks The monkeys became mad … Read more
WEATHER The Secret World Of Weather By Tristan Gooley (Sceptre £20, 384 pp) Here is the local weather forecast, presented by Mother Nature: sheep are huddling together, spiders are spinning smaller webs, the scarlet pimpernel flower is beginning to close its petals and aircraft vapour trails are spreading out across the sky. After studying The … Read more