Hannah Rothschild, A D Miller and Ta-Nehisi Coates: This week’s best new fiction

From Hannah Rothschild’s delightful House Of Trelawney to the latest from A D Miller and Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel, this week’s best new fiction By Hephzibah Anderson and Max Davidson and Jeffrey Burke Published: 22:01 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 17:44 GMT, 4 February 2020 House Of Trelawney Hannah Rothschild          … Read more

 A delightful Royal thriller. But would we really have hidden the wartime Princesses in Tipperary?

The Secret Guests B W Black Viking £8.99 Rating: Over the past few years, an increasing number of novels have included real-life members of the Royal Family as characters. Sue Townsend’s comic novel The Queen And I is set in a republican Britain, reducing Queen Elizabeth to living in a two-bedroom semi-detached, under the supervision … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: Auschwitz ‘too harrowing’? That’s why you must watch

Auschwitz Untold: In Colour Sunday & Monday, More 4  Rating: The Windermere Children Monday, BBC2  Rating: The Windermere Children: In Their Own Words Monday, BBC4 Rating: This week, quite a few people told me they would not be watching any of the programmes that had been commissioned to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and 75 years … Read more

How Konnie Huq helps the planet: no spending money on clothes

Desperate times need desperate measures and in the kitchen of her west London home, former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq is mulling over the idea of tying herself semi-naked to a tree round the corner from her house. ‘It’s definitely something to consider,’ she laughs. ‘It would absolutely send a message.’ Just to be clear, … Read more

Gregory Porter on the only gift his father left him: his voice

Gregory Porter considers his life ‘completely unreal’. The Grammy award-winning jazz musician has gone from abject poverty to multimillionaire stardom, performing alongside Adele at Glastonbury and in front of the Queen. He has fronted documentaries on the BBC including Gregory Porter’s Popular Voices, took part in the 70th anniversary VE celebration concert in 2015, and … Read more

From David Mitchell on stage to a British Baroque show and the Leicester Comedy Festival, 7 Events

7 Events: From David Mitchell on stage to a British Baroque exhibition and the Leicester Comedy Festival, Event picks the top things to do this week By Keeba Roy for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 1 February 2020 The Play: Upstart Crow David Mitchell treads the … Read more