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If you have a glass side table that could use a refresh, this simple DIY project will leave the table looking good as new.
The portrait of Didion that emerges in ‘Notes to John’ is startlingly vulnerable: we see her frailties, anxieties and doubt.
The new biography of Mark Twain from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow covers all aspects of the life of the Hartford ...
THE story behind the writing of On the Calculation of Volume is almost as remarkable as the work itself. I stress ‘almost’, for this ...
Rory McIlroy finally captured his career grand slam. Could Jordan Spieth be the next name to join golf’s history list? That ...
From its original title to its surprising literary influences, here are 10 things you might not know about Mrs Dalloway ...
Ron Chernow traces the life of a profound, unpredictable and irascibly witty writer.
GOLLIWOG follows 2023’s Maps, which detailed woods’ travels as an increasingly in-demand musician. Here, he returns to a ...
Poet and celebrated author Antjie Krog has just published a majestic “autobiographical novel”, Die Binnerym van Bloed (Blood’s Inner Rhyme – Penguin), traversing the lifelong writing bond with her ...
Nicholas Sparks and Jane Austen beaten by 2019 book. The ranking, curated by The Greatest Books, uses 609 'best of' book list ...
If you enjoy reading the classics, this list of the top 10 books of all time might surprise you, with authors like Jane ...
Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, exhaustively researched and beautifully written, is a masterpiece of biography ...