The British women who sang for survival in a Japanese prisoner of war camp | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] British women civilian internees queue up for food at the camp mess area (Image: Popperfoto) The beautiful voices of the ladies’ choir rose clear and true over the congregation, balm for the fractured minds and aching hearts of wartime. As the final notes of Land of Hope and Glory quivered in the sultry air, rapturous applause broke out. It More...
Philippa Gregory brings women’s greatness to the fore in her new book | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] It was 1629 and England’s poor were suffering. Failed harvests, rocketing food prices and a slump in the cloth industry had brought families to the brink of starvation as merchants exported scarce grain More...
Ian Livingstone: ‘Gaming is almost socially acceptable’ | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Lucca Comics and Games 2023 is celebrating a lot this year. Not only is it the 30th anniversary of the “Lucca Games” portion of the convention, but also – generally – the explosion More...
Daily Express’ ‘Give a Book’ campaign returns for 2023 | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Midlands primary school that will be the deserving recipient of a brand new library (Image: PA) For a school so committed to reading, the library for the youngest learners at Longwood Primary in Tamworth, More...
Barbara Taylor Bradford: I’m still a woman of substance at 90 | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] She published her first novel, A Woman Of Substance, in 1979 which went on to become one of the best-selling novels in history. Now, 44 years later, she’s publishing her 40th, The Wonder Of It All, the More...
The Hunger Games live stage adaptation heading to London’s West End | Theatre | Entertainment
[ad_1] The first novel of Suzanne Collins’ best-selling The Hunger Games trilogy has already been a movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and is now getting the theatrical treatment. Five-time Tony nominee Conor More...
Kinky Boots, houndstooth coats …and Dorien’s Like A Virgin karaoke | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Geoff Deane wrote the screeplay for hit musical Kinky Boots (Image: ) It remains pure sitcom gold. Lesley Joseph as Dorien in Birds Of A Feather performing a hilarious version of Madonna’s hit single More...
Reports of my own demise have been greatly exagerated, says Billy Connolly | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
[ad_1] Billy Connolly (Image: Getty) When I was a wee boy, I felt like an outsider. I didn’t fit in anywhere. As a boy I could never follow the established rules and paths that could lead to the kind of More...
Jenny Boyd: My life hanging out with (and marrying) rock royalty | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Finding eight old cassettes hidden in a cupboard transported former model Jenny Boyd right back to the 1960s. The sister of Pattie Boyd and former sister-in-law of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, More...
Does DNA prove that Dr Crippen didn’t murder his cheating wife? | Books | Entertainment
[ad_1] Henry Kendall had a sharper eye than most. It was a skill that stood him in fine stead in his profession as a maritime Captain. But, on this occasion, it wasn’t his ability to locate and avoid fellow More...
