Daily Archives: September 24, 2017
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Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy allowed 14 members of the Catalan government to be arrested in dawn raids on Wednesday by the Guardia Civil. Those arrested include members of the Catalan Ministry of the Economy, after officers entered the local government offices of the economy, interior, foreign affairs, welfare, telecommunications and […]
Edith patted her right-hand coat pocket as she walked into Sloane Square tube station. Force of habit. She knew her Freedom Pass was there, just as she knew her house keys were in the zippered section of her bag. But it never hurt to check. Her friends so often regaled […]
The Break by Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph, £20) Although he assures her he will come back, there will be no contact between them while he is away. Amy is devastated but has no choice but to carry on as usual. She has a large and chaotic family: she is the […]
How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson (The Borough Press, £14.99) Her husband Rich is in the throes of a full-blown midlife crisis, training as a counsellor and preoccupied by his newfound passion for cycling. Their daughter Emily is having a tough time at school, their son Ben can […]
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes (Sphere, £12.99) To this day, the crime remains unsolved. But Fellowes, author of the Downton Abbey companion books, has taken the bones of this real-life mystery and fashioned her own solution. Louisa Cannon, 18, escapes the clutches of her abusive uncle by securing a […]
Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook by Mary Berry (DK, £30) Originally published in 1995, this updated tome contains more than 650 recipes and tells you all you need to know about getting food on the table. Mary teaches you to fillet a flatfish, spatchcock a bird, and bone and butterfly a […]
Speaking of his appointment beforehand as a “homecoming”, Rattle said how lucky he felt to be at the beginning of a journey with the orchestra at “this very strange time in the 21st century” and pledged himself to encourage new music by present day composers. The inaugural concert kicked off […]