Desert island books – Mishal Husain
BBC newsreader and journalist picks five of her favourite reads.
Literature
Wilde flowers
Before the Chelsea Flower Show, Oscar Wilde was the local floral champion.
Desert island books – Simon Callow MBE
The renowned actor, writer and biographer reveals five of his favourite reads.
Chelsea cherished
Rock ‘n’ Rolling Stone royalty Bill Wyman’s book about Chelsea is out now.
Chelsea’s literary heroines
A stroll around Chelsea to appreciate female writers who have graced its streets.
Monica Ali
The bestselling writer, whose novels include Brick Lane and Love Marriage, says: “When I was...
The everyman of espionage
When Belgravia resident Len Deighton wrote The Ipcress File in the early 1960s he couldn’t...
