The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman Viking £14.99 Pointless has made Richard Osman an unlikely TV star and his first thriller has been much hyped. Does it deliver? Mostly yes. A group of pensioners in a Kent retirement community like to investigate cold cases as an armchair exercise. But when …...Read More
Richard Osman, Marilynne Robinson, William Boyd and Dolly Alderton: This week's best new fiction
John Williams In Vienna review: There's magic in the air throughout
John Williams In Vienna Deutsche Grammophon, Out now Rating: This album, recorded in Vienna’s celebrated Golden Hall of the Musikverein, commemorates an ecstatically received visit by John Williams to the Austrian capital in January. I’m familiar with all the albums he has made of his film music, for which he …...Read More
On The Rocks review: A small, strange film but it's rich in New York atmosphere
On The Rocks Cert: 12A, 1hr 36mins Rating: Sofia Coppola, of course, is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather trilogy and other fine films. And while it seems a tad demeaning to mention that, given that Sofia will be 50 next year and is very much …...Read More
The trouble with Life is there isn't much life to it
Life Tuesday, BBC1 Rating: Honour Monday & Tuesday, ITV Rating: Life is the latest drama from Mike ‘Doctor Foster’ Bartlett and it had, excitingly, been billed as a Doctor Foster spin-off, as one of the characters is familiar. It’s Anna, your favourite frenemy and mine. Anna, Dr Gemma Foster’s neighbour, …...Read More
From a gripping six-part podcast about Stephen Lawrence to Peter 2.0: This week's top podcasts
Stephen Lawrence: The Murder That Shamed Britain In this gripping six-part podcast, the Daily Mail’s veteran crime writer Stephen Wright sheds light on the attitudes that led to the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, and the miscarriages of justice that followed it. In this gripping six-part podcast, the Daily …...Read More
My wife looked like one of my Killer Women subjects - vacant-eyed and murderous
Tuesday, September 22 The question I am most often asked these days, by everyone from cabbies to supermarket staff, is: ‘What time do you have to get up for Good Morning Britain?’ The answer is 4.45am, and my long-suffering wife has always said she’s happy for me to continue presenting …...Read More
Does living near a stadium hit house prices?
This whole business of professional sport being played behind closed doors is strange - and now it looks as if it's going to continue all the way up until Christmas. Perhaps beyond. It's a depressing thought, but for those of us who live within a goalkeeper's punt of a football …...Read More
Activist Medha Patkar Convicted In Defamation Case Filed By Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena
The order was passed by a Delhi court. Narmada Bachao Andolan founder Medha Patkar has been convicted in a criminal defamation case filed against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. Ms Patkar faces a fine or a jail term of two years, or both. The case had been filed …...Read More
Bold as grass! It's not just the leaves putting on a show at this time of year
Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. Autumn can be a radiant time of year. Rain and wind are our enemies, because everything is fragile, with leaves and flowers hanging on by threads. But if we have a dry few weeks, autumn can …...Read More
Where are the most expensive streets in Britain located?
Advertisement London has the most expensive houses in Britain but parts of the South East are hot on its heels, new research revealing the country's priciest addresses has revealed. The capital is home to the top 10 most expensive streets in the country, Zoopla data shows. It also identified the …...Read More
