This year is special. It’s the year of Brexit, and even in a modern world, where we see strong messages of equality everywhere, male chivalry still goes down well. But this year is made extra special because it’s a leap year, and we have a 29th day in February. Coming from a 5th century deal allegedly made between St Bridget and St Patrick and originally known as Bachelor's Day, this Irish...
The Daily Mail represents Conservative middle England while The Guardian is mostly read by those who are left leaning or liberal.
It is not surprising then that these two audiences are diametrically opposed.
While a typical Daily Mail reader is likely to be affluent, middle-aged or retired, the Guardian appeals to students or those employed in the public sector such as...
Our conversation with author Nikesh Shukla couldn't have come at a more pertinent time – the Bafta nominations had just been announced, and there was a distinct lack of actors of colour in the main categories.
#BAFTAsSoWhite started trending on Twitter, sparking a wider conversation about diversity and representation in film and the arts. These are issues Shukla often explores in his...
As the creator of Sex And The City, Candace Bushnell knows more than most about dating, the way women think about men and the romantic scrapes people experience.
And now, at 60, she is revisiting dating, sex and all that goes with it in her latest memoir, Is There Still Sex In The City? but this time focusing on what happens when women of a certain age find themselves not-so-young,...
TV and radio presenter Mariella Frostrup is renowned for both her knowledge and love of books. As well as hosting Radio Four's Open Book and the popular podcast Books To Live By, she was recently on the judging panel of Amazon's Kindle Storyteller Award.
"I usually read around a book and a half a week because I have to know about them when I talk to authors for Open Book," she says...
The annual Pinterest 100 report has launched, revealing the lifestyle trends that have been gaining popularity on the visual site this year.
Split into 10 main topics, the report analyses data from the 320 million people sharing 'Pins' on the platform and predicts 100 trends that will continue to grow in 2020.
While in previous years the report focused on visual themes like...
It would have been so easy for ABBA to have been a one-hit wonder. When the Swedish group took the stage during the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest to perform Waterloo – credited in previews as 'The Abba', and conducted by a man dressed as Napoleon – the superstars-to-be looked nervous.
Two minutes and 40 seconds later, the quartet had written themselves into music history. The UK gave...
He may be 74, but the creative juices of rock legend Pete Townshend, the songwriting powerhouse and lead guitarist in The Who, are ever-flowing.
The band's founder and rock opera impresario has just wrapped a 29-date symphonic tour in the US, is releasing a new Who album in December – the first in 12 years – and is now working on an opera.
It is difficult to fully comprehend the emotion that must have accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall. On November 9, 1989, the 28-year-old barrier was joyfully dismantled, mostly by members of the public, as East Germans streamed into the West, free to travel for the first time since 1961.
In parts of the city the air was soon filled with the tap-tap-tapping of so-called 'wall...
If you're in that in-between phase, waiting impatiently for your favourite established author to release their next tome, or are just on the lookout for a few new writers to bolster your bookcase, look no further.
These debut authors are on the up – get on the same page now...
Devotion by Madeline Stevens (Faber & Faber, £6.99)
