NIGHT. SLEEP. DEATH. THE STARS by Joyce Carol Oates (4th Estate £18.99, 928 pp) NIGHT. SLEEP. DEATH. THE STARS by Joyce Carol Oates (4th Estate £18.99, 928 pp) Grief permeates nearly every paragraph of Joyce Carol Oates’s extremely long 45th novel, yet what will first strike most readers is its …...Read More

SEX AND VANITY by Kevin Kwan (Hutchinson £14.99, 368pp) SEX AND VANITY by Kevin Kwan (Hutchinson £14.99, 368pp) This Singaporean novelist is best known for his Crazy Rich Asians trilogy in which, Kwan said, his aim was to ‘introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience’. This latest goes …...Read More

I’M STICKING WITH YOU by Smriti Halls Illustrated by Steve Small (S&S £12.99, 32pp) I’M STICKING WITH YOU by Smriti Halls Illustrated by Steve Small (S&S £12.99, 32pp) Small children need love, reassurance and laughter in these uncertain times and this utterly delightful book delivers on all fronts. A very …...Read More

SHILLS CAN’T CASH CHIPS by Erle Stanley Gardner (Hard Case Crime £7.99, 224 pp) SHILLS CAN’T CASH CHIPS by Erle Stanley Gardner (Hard Case Crime £7.99, 224 pp) Don’t ask me to explain the title; I haven’t a clue. What I can say is that for those who like their …...Read More

EYES OVER THE WORLD by Dirk Dallas (Rizzoli £27.50) Eyes Over the World by Dirk Dallas (Rizzoli £27.50) Edited by drone-photography expert and Instagram sensation Dirk Dallas, this stunning book is a compilation of the best aerial images. From this breathtaking shot of mountains in Utah (above), to a vibrant …...Read More

. . . are you reading now? Emily St. John Mandel’s latest book, The Glass Hotel, which is engrossing and a great escape from the plague (unlike her previous novel, Station Eleven, which cuts a bit too close to home right now). I also just finished The Mandibles by Lionel …...Read More

THE BURNING LAND by George Alagiah (Black Thorn £8.99, 272pp) THE BURNING LAND by George Alagiah (Black Thorn £8.99, 272pp) ‘The rainbow nation’ was the hopeful term coined to describe post-apartheid South Africa, but George Alagiah’s thriller explores how hope was overshadowed by corruption. When Lesedi Motlantshe is brutally murdered, …...Read More

I found a property for sale that was available in October 2019. At the time, it had an asking price of £1.75million. It didn't sell and is now back on the market for £50,000 more - or £1.8million. Is this a case of people putting houses back on the market …...Read More

In articles dated 29 and 30 April 2020, we reported on the pub chain Wetherspoon’s plans to reopen in June. We have been asked to make clear that Wetherspoon does not plan to open its pubs and hotels in June in breach of lockdown restrictions and will only reopen its …...Read More

Lawrence Bishnoi was just a 5-year-old kid when the deer was killed, posted Ram Gopal Varma(FILE) Lawrence Bishnoi - the name of the notorious gangster has been all over the media since the killing of senior Maharashtra leader Baba Siddique. In a Facebook post, one of the accused claimed the …...Read More