Lifestyle and Books
With an endorsement from Bernardine Evaristo and a mention on The High Low podcast โ the ultimate source of literary recommendations โ it would have been wrong of me not to have read ‘The Vanishing Half.’ Stella and Desiree Vignes
On the simplest level, ‘The Dutch House‘ by Ann Patchett tells the story of a Gatsbyesque mansion and, across five decades, captures the indelible bond between brother and sister. In a rags-to-riches move into a glorious, neo-classical home, it should
With the upcoming release of Normal People on BBC Three, I finally caved and read the story everyone has fallen in love with. Now, I’m sitting here wondering why it took me so long to do so: it is just
Much like everyone else, I’m doing my best to stay as positive and proactive as possible in the face of the pandemic; books and my new, impulse-buy Nintendo Switch are keeping me sane. During lockdown, I’m also enjoying plenty of
“What are the odds?”“In a city of nine million? Less than zero.” I went into this book anticipating a sweet romance, but In Five Years is more than that: it’s a hard-hitting contemporary bustling with surprises and a beautiful depiction
Who knew a friendship between a 10-year-old Alan Titchmarsh fanatic and a 59-year-old, sheep-apron-wearing cafรฉ worker could make for such an uplifting yet heart-breaking novel? One Moment is a compelling story that flitters between the โbeforeโ and โafterโ perspectives of
