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Book review: Coronation Wives by Lizzie Lane
The war may be over but peacetime brings new challenges for three women from Bristol... not least their buried secrets.
Film review: Epic 3D (U) - 7/10
Based on the children’s book The Leaf Men And The Brave Good Bugs by William Joyce, Epic is a charming fable that could, with clever parental persuasion, inspire the youngest generation to swap their video games for an invigorating spot of housework.
£4k artwork restoration ace
Art lovers have been served a real ace by British tennis’s leading official after a chance appeal.
Book review: Wainwright’s Lost Tour by Ed Geldard
In May 1931, 24-year-old Alfred Wainwright set out with three friends on a walk which would prove to be a gruelling test of man’s endurance against nature.
Book review: Harmattan by Gavin Weston
There’s an ill-wind blowing through the troubled Republic of Niger... and it’s not just the dry, dusty, damaging Harmattan breeze that sweeps in from the Sahara across West Africa.
Book review: The Fast Diet Recipe Book by Mimi Spencer and Sarah Schenker
It has been described as the biggest diet revolution since the Atkins, and the Fast Diet is fast becoming THE way to lose weight and keep healthy.
Les’ legend will live on forever
Charlotte Dawson hopes a remarkable show featuring a hi-tech hologram of her famous father Les will lead to a resurgence of interest in the late funnyman.
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Book review: The Holiday Home by Fern Britton
Here’s an invitation difficult to turn down... a trip to the beautiful Cornish coast, courtesy of one of Britain’s best-loved TV presenters.
Film review: The Great Gatsby 3D (12A) - 9/10
In 1992, visionary Australian theatre director Baz Luhrmann made a seamless transition to the big screen with his swoonsomely romantic fable, Strictly Ballroom, starring Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice.
Book review: Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne
When Tanya Byrne’s debut novel Heart-Shaped Bruise was published last year, it didn’t so much break onto the scene as explode in a myriad of starry-eyed reviews.
Book review: The Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas
Elizabeth Loupas isn’t the first writer to be inspired by the marital mysteries surrounding the shadowy 16th century Duke of Ferrara... English poet Robert Browning got there first.
Book review: The Hope Factory by Lavanya Sankaran
Bangalore... southern India’s entrepreneurial boom city where tradition and technology, ancient cultures and industrial conglomerates, urban grime and suburban grace rub along together amidst a teeming mass of humanity.
Book review: The Weeping Girl by Håkan Nesser
The renowned Chief Inspector Van Veeteren might now be retired and ensconced in an antiquarian bookshop but his voice still speaks loud to his young protégé Ewa Moreno as she is drawn into a disturbing case...
What’s On - May 10, 11 & 12, 2013
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Book review: Midnight in St Petersburg by Vanora Bennett
Anyone who says love and politics don’t mix should pick up a copy of Midnight in St Petersburg, Vanora Bennett’s classy new novel.
Book review: Lancaster Through Time by Jon Sparks
With its long history dating back to a permanent Roman settlement, an imposing hilltop castle and a rich variety of architectural gems, Lancaster has much to be proud of.
What’s On- May 9, 2013
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Book review: Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts
For over 300 years, Bluff House has loomed large over Whiskey Beach, facing the cold, turbulent Atlantic as if it was a challenge.
What’s On - Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Book review: The Emergence of Judy Taylor by Angela Jackson
Judy Taylor’s domestic dilemma is one we can all recognise...
What’s On - May 7, 2013
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Book review: Good Husband Material by Trisha Ashley
Thirteen years have passed since Lancashire-born author Trisha Ashley first published Good Husband Material and it’s pleasing to report that age has added a warm of layer of nostalgia to this edgy, earthy, exhilarating love story.
What’s On - May 3, 2013
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Book review: Lost Worlds by Andrew Lane
Prepare to be amazed... and amused... and totally blown away!
Book review: The Mystery of Mercy Close by Marian Keyes
It seems such a travesty to label Marian Keyes’ brilliantly funny books as chick-lit...
Book review: The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson
They say every picture tells a story... but here’s a story that paints a multitude of pictures.
What’s On - Tuesday, April 30. 2013
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Book review: Accidents Happen by Louise Millar
Kate Parker is convinced that she’s cursed; she’s that one in a million person to whom seriously bad things happen.
What’s On - April 29, 2013
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Book review: Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas by Judy Parkinson
There’s no point in beating about the bush... the English language is simply littered with quirks which, to foreigners, must sound positively barking mad!
Book review: The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
You have to take your hat off to anyone who can conjure up a clever and refreshingly original story out of... a hat!
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