JK Rowling reveals cross-dressing villain in new book is based on real-life serial killers

JK Rowling has revealed the cross-dressing villain in her new book is based on real-life serial killers Jerry Brudos and Russell Williams after facing another transphobia row.  The Harry Potter author released Troubled Blood under her crime-writing pseudonym Robert Galbraith earlier this week. The thriller sees detective Cormoran Strike try to work out what happened … Read more

JK Rowling’s new book comes under fire AGAIN for ‘transliterating’

JK Rowling has once again been criticised for her new novel, after she was accused of ‘transliterating’ one of the book’s working class characters by spelling their dialect differently.  Troubled Blood, written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, was released Tuesday and sees detective Cormoran Strike work out what happened to missing GP Margot Bamborough. The … Read more

JK Rowling’s new book comes under fire AGAIN for ‘transliterating’

JK Rowling has once again been criticised for her new novel, after she was accused of ‘transliterating’ one of the book’s working class characters by spelling their dialect differently.  Troubled Blood, written under Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith, was released Tuesday and sees detective Cormoran Strike work out what happened to missing GP Margot Bamborough. The … Read more

Bullies won’t silence me: TV historian Neil Oliver is defiant and ready to go to war with critics 

More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish.  The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more

Bullies won’t silence me: TV historian Neil Oliver is defiant and ready to go to war with critics 

More used to talking about war than fighting one, TV historian Neil Oliver says lately he has felt like he’s in ‘the Ypres Salient in the First World War’, fighting skirmish after skirmish.  The area in Belgium was the scene of some of the Western Front’s fiercest battles and, recently, the 53-year-old presenter has found … Read more

Forbes Celebrity 100: Ed Sheeran and J. K. Rowling lead Brits in annual rich list

Forbes Celebrity 100: Ed Sheeran places in 23rd with his £47.8m earnings while J. K. Rowling’s £44.1m income lands her in 28th… as they lead Brits in annual rich list Ed, 29, entered the list at Number 23 with the £47.8m ($64m) fortune he’s garnered while the Harry Potter creator, 55, placed in 28th with … Read more

Forbes Celebrity 100: Ed Sheeran and J. K. Rowling lead Brits in annual rich list

Forbes Celebrity 100: Ed Sheeran places in 23rd with his £47.8m fortune while J. K. Rowling’s £44.1m wealth lands her in 28th… as they lead Brits in annual rich list The hitmaker, 29, entered the list at Number 23 with his £47.8m ($64m) fortune while the Harry Potter creator, 55, placed in 28th with £44.8m … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Why won’t you let your heroine strike back, JK?

Strike: Lethal White Rating: Life isn’t fair. Tom Burke barely has to act as moody private investigator Cormoran Strike: He just stomps around with a scowl, lighting cigarettes and grunting. Yet his one-legged character gets star billing.  As JK Rowling’s crime series returned, his name was the headline – Strike: Lethal White (BBC1). His assistant … Read more