The master storyteller
With his latest crime novel just out, bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer shows no signs of slowing down
Tag: books
Diamond Dame
In a rare, exclusive interview, Dame Shirley Bassey reflects on her glittering career, her life in Monaco and her favourite James Bond
Desert Island Books
The three Michelin-star chef/patron of Core by Clare Smyth – and Hublot ambassador – on the books she would give all the time in the world for
Desert Island Books
Audrey Brisson, Olivier-nominee and star of Amélie The Musical – now on at the Criterion Theatre – reveals her castaway choices
Desert Island Books
Famed for his photographic portraits, from rock stars to royals, John Swannell shares the books that inspired his life and careers
Desert Island Books
Mind, body and spirit are at the heart of the award-winning TV chef and cookery book writer Ching-He Huang’s castaway choices
A literary love affair
The passionate relationship between Virginia Woolf and one of Belgravia’s most famous former residents, writer Vita Sackville-West, is exposed by a new book of their steamy love letters
Desert Island Books
Furniture maker and honorary chairman of Christie’s, the Earl of Snowdon loves a historical book or a good biography
Leaves of gold
Investors have had a rough ride over the past year due to uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, but there’s one market that has been quietly bucking the trend – that of rare books and manuscripts
When Toto met Coco
How the life of former Vogue cover girl and British spy Toto Koopman intertwined with the queen of couture and Nazi agent Coco Chanel
Desert Island Books
The bestselling author, television presenter and adventurer Simon Reeve reveals the five books he could not be without on his castaway island
Wishing for a star
Columnist and author Sophia Money-Coutts tells Cally squires about the joys of writing and researching her third novel, The Wish List, in Chelsea.
