Thursday 23 May 2013
Best-selling and award-winning food writer Nigella Lawson will be at the new Eason flagship store on Friday 2nd November 12.30pm to sign copies of her latest book, ‘Nigellissima’.
Why does she do it? Dawn French has pretty much got it all sewn up. The divorce was publicly amicable.
Darren Clarke's autobiography, An Open Book, includes an emotional account of the devastation he and his sons felt in 2006 when he lost his wife, Heather, to cancer at age 39.
The Virgin Mary tells her own story in Colm Toibin's controversial new novel to be published next week.
If, as that multi-part BBC2 documentary maintained, there were seven ages of 20th century rock music, then The Who are the bridge between eras two and four.
One of the most interesting recent developments in our understanding of Nazi Germany has been the recognition of Adolf Hitler as a charismatic "personality"; an apparently magnetic character instead of a malevolent, psychopathic void. Laurence Rees's book - and the forthcoming BBC2 series - draw on this trend, to ask how such a fundamentally dysfunctional individual could have become a figure of adulation for so many Germans.
Charles Dickens was a walkoholic. Physically restless and rarely able to sleep, he would cover five to 30 miles a day in and around London, sometimes walking all night, and keeping up (he reckoned) a steady fast pace of four-and-a-half miles an hour. His speed didn't stop him observing things: he compared his mind to a photographic plate. Give Dickens the name of almost any London street, wrote a contemporary, and he would be able to tell you "all that is in it, what each shop was, what the grocer's name was, [and] how many scraps of orange-peel there were on the pavement".
I read Edna O'Brien's debut The Country Girls at 15, and it shocked me. Not for the sex - illicit Harold Robbins books had already sent the libidos of my classmates and I shrieking off into the distance - but for its perplexing possibilities: conniving female "friends"; exploitative sexual relations; adults who yearned for love like swooning teens. As a contraceptive, it was far more effective than stern lectures.
A reading by the Prime Minister that aims to introduce the 161-year-old novel Moby-Dick to a new generation goes live to the world on Monday.
Miranda Hart sighs with mock horror as she recalls a particularly traumatic incident from her childhood.
Among the big names signed up by America's magazines to cover the 1972 Rolling Stones tour was Truman Capote, waspish author of Breakfast At Tiffany's and In Cold Blood. They didn't hit it off.
Many critics who doled out scathing reviews of Cecelia Ahern's debut novel PS, I Love You back in 2004 assumed she would be a one-hit wonder.
A mother-of-three hailed as one of the most refreshing new voices in the world of fiction has signed a major book deal with publishers in Ireland and Britain
If the film of Fifty Shades Of Grey proves as heated as the battle over who gets to write the adaptation then a box office bonanza is assured.
The art of living is to die all the time," says Rupert Everett. The actor is in deep and profound mode, which is appropriate for the snug hotel library we find ourselves in.
Five years ago I wrote that Sinead Moriarty, with her natural heart-warming ability to apply a light touch to dark subjects, was a worthy competitor for Marian Keyes' crown.
Less than a third of UK parents read to their children every day, according to a survey.
Belfast DJ’s Pete Snodden and Connor Philips were joined by award-winning Belfast author Derek Keilty as they pledged their support for the Eason ‘Get Into Reading’ campaign which aims to highlight the importance of reading, especially with young children.
Twitter booming as social media destination
Apprentice reject Uzma Yakoob has said it was far more stressful being on the women's team than working with the men.
The Rolling Stones' return to Hyde Park will see them team up with former guitarist Mick Taylor, but there will be no reappearance of the white dress Mick Jagger wore at the original 1969 gig because he has lost it.
The Hangover III star Heather Graham says she will miss playing sexy stripper Jade because the excitement makes up for her "boring" real life.
One man is threatening to lift the veil of secrecy that surrounds Coca Cola's 'secret formula' as he claims to publish a copy of the original recipe in a new book.
Are you unwittingly eating more sugar than is good for you?
There may be more than 100 beers on offer at Tim Ferket's restaurant and an extensive menu of hearty Belgian cuisine, but he begins by offering me a glass of ale and a bowl of crisps.
He was the man who unearthed a secret formula to growing what was to become the UK's most loved potato.
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, Lamborghini unveiled a new concept car, the Egoista, on May 13.
Blisteringly quick, yet with the style, comfort, quality and grace of a luxurious executive saloon, Vauxhall’s classy Astra VXR points the direction hot hatches should be taking.
When Mazda launched its now iconic MX5 the principle of “less can amount to more” was brought into play.
Potholed roads have led to a leap in car windscreen damage — although drivers in Northern Ireland appear to be best at avoiding them, according to an AA/Populus survey.
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