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DEBUTS By Fanny Blake for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 2 July 2020 THE MARGOT AFFAIR by Sanaë Lemoine (Sceptre £16.99, 336pp) THE MARGOT AFFAIR by Sanaë Lemoine (Sceptre £16.99, 336pp) Seventeen-year-old Margot Louve is the secret love child of Anouk, a celebrated stage actress, and Bertrand … Read more
MEMOIR THE BOY WITH TWO HEARTS by Hamed Amiri (Icon £16.99, 288pp) In 2001, when Hamed Amiri was ten years old, his mother made a speech declaring that women ‘have the same rights as men’. In Taliban-ruled Herat, Afghanistan, this was a radical statement, and a dangerous one: that night, the Mullah called for her … Read more
SOCIETY A HISTORY OF SOLITUDE by David Vincent (Polity £25, 304pp) The past three months have put the fickle relationship between solitude and loneliness under the spotlight like never before. As lockdown starts to lift, many of us, long cooped up alone, are gratefully seizing the chance to reunite with loved ones in ‘support bubbles’. … Read more
HISTORY ON ASSASSINATIONS by Kenneth Baker (Unicorn £20, 256pp) Too close for comfort and too often — that is Tory grandee Lord (Kenneth) Baker’s personal experience of assassinations. In 1979, he was in the library of the House of Commons when he heard the bang and felt the shock as, just yards away, a bomb … Read more
We’re all going on a summer holiday! Charming new book presents a series of heartwarming snaps to celebrate the history of traditional seaside trips in Britain Kathryn Ferry explores the history of seaside objects in a charming new tome Among the photos is a family of middle-aged ladies and gents on an outing The craze … Read more
The Mystery Of Charles Dickens By A.N. Wilson (Atlantic £17.99, 368 pp) Like all the best mystery stories, this true one starts with a death. On Wednesday June 8, 1870, the small, punctiliously neat, whiskery 58-year-old Charles Dickens, having told friends he was on his way to London on business, took a train to Peckham, … Read more
WHAT BOOK would author Jane Harper take to a desert island? Jane Harper said The Witches by Roald Dahl first gave her the reading bug She is currently reading Grown Ups by Marian Keyes and loves all of her novels Author said she would take Killing Floor by Lee Child on a desert island with … Read more
The car that drives like Mad Max: How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla’s computerised driver hardly inspire confidence In Providence, Rhode Island, trial was held to see if driverless buses might work Vehicles were programmed with a set route but the programming was in winter First self-driving vehicles were ships using a … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK PUTIN’S PEOPLE by Catherine Belton (William Collins, £25, 640pp) Thank heavens for coronavirus! I know I shouldn’t say that but there are some small blessings in the current pandemic. In Russia, the national referendum to extend Vladimir Putin’s stay in office for another 12 years has been postponed. The proposal that … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK PUTIN’S PEOPLE by Catherine Belton (William Collins, £25, 640pp) Thank heavens for coronavirus! I know I shouldn’t say that but there are some small blessings in the current pandemic. In Russia, the national referendum to extend Vladimir Putin’s stay in office for another 12 years has been postponed. The proposal that … Read more