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Sarah Beeny: My Breast Cancer? I See It as a Blip
A year since her diagnosis, the TV presenter tells Hattie Crisell she’s ready for her next chapter
Read MoreThe Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel Review — Ghosts, Guilt and Grief
Phantoms crowd this tale of a disappearance and a Ponzi scheme, says Hattie Crisell
Read MoreCleanness by Garth Greenwell Review — a Tale of Tenderness and S&M
This melancholic novel examines desire and shame, says Hattie Crisell
Read MoreMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Review — the Teacher Who Loved to Abuse
This debut story of grooming is gripping and all too plausible, says Hattie Crisell
Read MoreYes, TV’s 'Love Is Blind' Is Mad — But So Is Millennial Dating
The show in which couples blind date through a wall is obsessive viewing, and here’s why
Read MoreMarian Keyes: ‘I Thought I Would Never Feel Normal Again, Let Alone Happy’
The bestselling Irish author has dealt with big issues in her fiction and in her own life, she tells Hattie Crisell
Read MoreHow to Write: Tips from the Best
What Hattie Crisell learnt while making her new podcast
Read MoreSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Review — a New Literary Star
This portrait of a clueless white liberal middle class is a witty examination of race and status, says Hattie Crisell
Read MoreMartin Parr: ‘Middle-class People in London Don’t Know What the North Is Like’
Magnum photographer Martin Parr, famous for capturing British identity from beach resorts to racecourses, talks to Hattie Crisell
Read MoreZawe Ashton Interview: ‘I Don’t Want to See Myself Have Sex on Screen’
Actress Zawe Ashton, 34, talks about playing the ‘other woman’
Read MoreThe Voice of Love Island: If Millennials Are Snowflakes then Blame Our Parents
Iain Stirling is the commentator on the show in which his generation have sex on TV. Don’t blame us for how we turned out, he says
Read MoreThe Met Gala: Awful Party, Great Fashion Show
“I’m never going again. It was so un-fun. It was boiling. It was too crowded. I did not enjoy it at all.” It sounds like the kind of gripe usually associated with a bank holiday spent in Ikea — in fact it was Gwyneth Paltrow’s 2013 verdict on the celebrity jamboree known as the Met Gala.
Read MoreKit Harington: ‘I’m Socially Confident Now. I Never Used to Be’
‘The engagement is announced between Kit, younger son of David and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and Rose, middle daughter of Sebastian and Candy Leslie of Aberdeenshire,” read an announcement in this paper last month.
Read MoreThe Emmys Red Carpet Belonged to Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer
Hollywood starlets? Yawn. Fresh-faced ingenues? Snooze. Let us be frank: the most memorable, sensational appearances on the Emmys red carpet on Sunday belonged to the over-50s.
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