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The master storyteller

With his latest crime novel just out, bestselling author and former politician Jeffrey Archer shows no signs of slowing down

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.

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