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The Salisbury Poisonings Sunday-Tuesday, BBC1 Rating: My Brilliant Friend Friday, Sky Atlantic Rating: The Salisbury Poisonings was way over the top, honestly. A Russian spy. A nerve agent so deadly that one spoonful could kill thousands. The local branch of Zizzi, now contaminated with more than just corporate, mediocre Italian food. The race to close … Read more
From Karin Slaughter’s gripping latest to The Lightness by Emily Temple, Jean-Baptiste Andrea’s latest and a fierce story by Elizabeth Wetmore, this week’s best new fiction By John Williams and Anthony Gardner and Hephzibah Anderson and Madeleine Feeny Published: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 20 June 2020 The Silent Wife Karin … Read more
How To Feed A Dictator Witold Szablowski Penguin £14.99 Rating: Here’s a dish you won’t find on daytime telly: Whole Roasted Goat. I’ll let the chef himself tell you the recipe: ‘We’d remove its innards, cut off its beard, stuff it with rice, potatoes, carrots, parsley, peas and some herbs and spices – naturally, all … Read more
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 I’ve been called a lot of things during this pandemic for the way I’ve interrogated Government Ministers on Good Morning Britain, many of them uncomplimentary. But the grillings have gone down well with the French, whose prestigious newspaper Le Monde profiled me this week and declared: ‘Piers Morgan has abundant hair, lively … 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
Aubergine and green pepper sabji The aniseed flavour of carom seeds makes a lovely change from the more typical cumin in this recipe. It demands so little effort, it’s great for midweek meals and can be enjoyed with whatever you have at home: bread, naan, roti or rice – it goes well with everything. The … Read more
Fathers’ Day will be different this year but it presents a poignant opportunity to share the love by sending a terrific gift to make your Dad’s day By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 10:04 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 10:04 BST, 19 June 2020 Fathers’ Day will be different this … Read more
While many of us may hanker after a bigger garden, for serious devotees there’s a far more fundamental appeal to a large plot of land, and that is for growing their own food. ‘The lockdown has unleashed a wave of passion across the country for all things gardening and particularly for growing fruit and vegetables,’ … Read more