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Prince Harry 'ready to forget row with family and attempt reconciliation'

Extracts from book by Omid Scobie claim Harry is hopeful of reviving relationship with estranged family

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

OPINION - Deadly Game review: Michael Caine is a peerless actor, but how’s his first novel?

Perhaps he was inspired by Alan Garner who, at 88, last year became the oldest ever person to be nominated for the Booker Prize. Maybe as “a life-long reader of thrillers” he thought, as most life-long readers of thrillers do at some point, that thrillers quite often seem formulaic and…

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

A Nearly Normal Family cast: who's who in the Netflix drama

Who's in the A Nearly Normal Family cast? Find out who stars in the Netflix adaptation of M. T. Edvardsson's gripping family drama.

WhatToWatch · Nov 24, 2023

Children’s and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels

A poetic Advent calendar, warming words from Neil Gaiman, a magnificent menagerie and a sinister secret Santa

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Woman Feels Guilty She Won’t Be Able To Get Over Awful Proposal, People Tell Her To Run

Real life isn’t a film and it’s often far from perfect. How proposals turn out in reality can leave some people devastated.

Bored Panda · Nov 24, 2023

One Night review – Jodie Whittaker absolutely soars in this mystery drama

Forget Doctor Who, this Big Little Lies-esque Australian drama really lets the actor spread her wings. It’s a glossy female-centred look at past secrets that’s full of important questions

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

‘What he said is disgusting’: Stockton seethes over minister’s alleged jibe

People in Teesside town say comment attributed to James Cleverly was rude, wrong and revealing of Tory attitudes

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023

Camilla ‘makes reading sexy’, says Ben Okri as Queen hosts Booker Prize event

The Queen is a passionate reader and patron of a number of literacy charities

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

Camilla told she ‘makes reading sexy’ as she hosts Booker Prize authors

The Queen is a passionate reader and patron of a number of literacy charities.

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2023

The In-Between by Christos Tsiolkas review – carnal but tender love story marks a new era for the author

Jettisoning the rancour of 7 ½, Tsiolkas finds himself in a more gentle and hopeful place, with a book about two heartsore men that might be his best

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2023