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Richard Ardagh: the prince of prints

20.11.09
From T-shirts for Paul Smith to homeware for Marc Jacobs, Richard Ardagh is a poster boy for font freaks ... more

The best books of the year

19.11.09
Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months... more

David Walliams and Quentin Blake are the odd couple

12.11.09
David Walliams has teamed up again with illustrator Quentin Blake for his new book. So what’s it like working with his childhood hero?... more

Fern Britton writing TV industry novel

09.10.09
Fern Britton is penning her debut novel about fame and jealousy - based on her experiences in the TV industry.... more

Prepare for the celebrity book war

08.10.09
The race for the lion's share of the Christmas memoirs market is under way. David Sexton and Nick Curtis sort wheat from chaff... more

No regrets, says Chris Evans at autobiography launch

02.10.09
Chris Evans launches his autobiography, saying he has 'no regrets' about the decisions he has made in life... more

Tory MEP and the Kazakhs

01.10.09
What a strange contradiction Tory MEP Struan Stevenson is. On the one hand he has visited Kazakhstan on no fewer than 10 separate occasions to investigate the effects of Soviet-era nuclear explosions on the inhabitants there... ... more

Afghan voters give a lead to president Hamid Karzai

21.08.09
They defied death threats to go to the polls. Now their new government must prove itself worthy of them ... more

Tolkien heirs' court battle over film royalties

07.08.09
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Essential summer reading

09.07.09
As baggage restrictions on budget airlines are so mean, it’s crucial to choose your holiday reading wisely. Here are some books that truly deserve to make the cut... more

Suzanne Pirret: the hottest chef

12.06.09
How did Jamie Oliver, Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay cope when Suzanne Pirret arrived from Manhattan to cook in their already overheated kitchens?... more

Sex, psychology and evolution

01.06.09
A new book states that ferocious marketing is distorting our natural human impulses. David Sexton finds the argument convincing... more

The Tigers are dead but the hatred will live on

20.05.09
Rumour has it that the war in paradise is over and the beautiful island of Sri Lanka will return to its former glory... more

The world goes Coco Chanel crazy

11.05.09
She liberated women from the corset. Her friends included Cocteau, Picasso and Chaplin. No wonder Coco Chanel (1883-1971) is the muse for the coolest names in fashion... more

Darling's Budget can't save a Government led by Gordon Brown

20.04.09
Labour’s survival now depends on whether its MPs have the courage to ditch the PM, argues a Labour Peer and leading economist... more

This thrift nostalgia’s just more lifestyle tat

17.04.09
Everything has changed and we face a new future. The whole culture of gratuitous consumerism no longer seems fulfilling and we can’t afford it anyway. So what do we do? Become helplessly nostalgic for the past... more

Jade's cancer diaries released

17.04.09
Jade Goody's cancer diaries has hit the bookshelves, nearly a month after the reality TV star died.... more

Jurassic author Michael Crichton is back from the dead

07.04.09
The author of Jurassic Park is to mount an assault on the best-seller book lists from beyond the grave... more

Children's writer signs £1m deal for Ruby Redfort books

20.03.09
Children's writer Lauren Child has signed a £1 million deal for new books based on a character from her best-selling Clarice Bean novels.... more

Hague's golden gift of the gab

05.01.09
William Hague made between £65,000 and £95,000 from speeches and hosting award ceremonies while the country plunged into recession... more

Race is on to sign up Madoff movie

22.12.08
And they’re off! Media moguls hungry to profit from the misery of the Madoff scandal’s victims have started the race to tell his story... more

Literary Life

08.10.08
Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading. ... more

How did glamour model Jordan become a best-selling author when she doesn't even write?

03.09.08
Katie Price, a.k.a. Jordan, has now surpassed JK Rowling in the speed of her UK book sales. But she's never seems to be pictured near a typewriter, muses Lionel Shriver.... more

Taste of China

20.08.08
Chinese food is Liz Hoggard's worst nightmare. Here she challenges TV star Ching-He Huang, dubbed 'the new Nigella', to prove it's no hassle to prepare ... and a pleasure to eat... more

Wok on! How I lost my appetite for Chinese food - but found it again with the help of TV chef Ching-He Huange

16.08.08
Everybody loves Chinese food but could you really eat it every day? This Morning presenter Sharon Marshall tried - with help from TV's hottest Chinese chef.... more

He's is a puffed-up co-presenter on an ego trip - but GMTV's Penny Smith says the character in her novel is NOT based on Eamonn Holmes

03.07.08
It may include a ditsy blonde and a puffed up male Penny Smith insists the characters in her first novel are strictly fiction and not based on her GMTV co-stars.... more

Lothario Russell embarks on a brand new holiday romance

23.06.08
The 33-year-old comic actor and television presenter was seen enjoying a break in Mexico with 22-year-old Australian actress Teresa Palmer.... more

Andrew Neil pays £4m for top literary agency split by feud

18.06.08
Andrew Neil, the broadcaster and former editor of The Sunday Times, today bought one of Britain's leading literary and talent agencies for £4 million... more

My escape from gangland

14.03.08
He was a crack addict by the age of 16, helped found one of London's most notorious gangs and was jailed for selling drugs... more

Last white man in Hammersmith Palais

30.03.07
A look back at the history of a London landmark, as a bandmate of the Clash's Joe Strummer prepares for the final concert there before the bulldozers move in.... more

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