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Novelist Lesley Pearse's own turbulent story: She grew up in an orphanange, gave her son up for adoption, endured two marriages and bankruptcy… but now she sells a book every four minutes

March 14, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

When Lesley Pearse sat down to write her first novel, her problem wasn’t what to put in but how much of her turbulent life story to leave out.

The best new books to read this weekend: Our critics give their verdict on everything from a paranormal page-turner to a haunting fantasy

March 8, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

Enticingly readable debuts, haunting fantasy and paranormal page-turners, check out our critics’ picks of the best new books to read this weekend…

'Girls don't play guitars!' … Lennon said, standing there in his pants: The Liverbirds were Britain's first girl band but not everyone wanted them to succeed

March 8, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

To those of a certain vintage, The Liver Birds (two words) was a classic sitcom. As we now discover from this sassy book, the Liverbirds (one word) were also Britain’s first female pop band.

'Girls don't play guitars!' … Lennon said, standing there in his pants: The Liverbirds were Britain's first girl band but not everyone wanted them to succeed

March 8, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

To those of a certain vintage, The Liver Birds (two words) was a classic sitcom. As we now discover from this sassy book, the Liverbirds (one word) were also Britain’s first female pop band.

PETER HITCHENS: Would NATO really go to war with Russia – or is it one big bluff? A fascinating new book has a very thought-provoking answer…

March 8, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

It’s said an attack on one member is an attack on all but a thought provoking new book questions whether we’d really put ourselves in the firing line to protect another…

First class heroism: Untold stories of the courageous World War Two postal workers who risked execution – or worse – to fight back against the Nazis on the Channel Islands

March 7, 2024September 2, 2024Admin0

During WW2, the men and women of Broad Street Post Office in Jersey were not forced to contend with faulty softwear and false accounting, but with a more dangerous foe – the Nazis.