Generosity of Express readers helps create a new school library | Books | Entertainment
Author Lee Child supports Daily Express’s Give a Book campaign Give A Book is a charity dedicated to promoting books and the pleasure of reading in the hardest places. I started it after my husband, Simon Gray, died in 2008. Playwright, novelist, and diarist author of The Smoking Diaries, Simon loved to read and to share his reading. More...
Handle cultural misunderstandings with grace rather than anger, says novelist | Books | Entertainment
Prince Harry: Palmer discusses Lady Hussey Novelist Kia Abdullah would like us all to be kinder to each other. When people make assumptions about her based on her cultural background (she is second-generation More...
The man who lost America: John Burgoyne deserves to be remembered for far more | Books | Entertainment
Painting showing the surrender of British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga (Image: Getty) He might have been known for his erotic verse, which amused his aristocratic friends. Perhaps he could have been More...
‘Won’t be around for long’: Holocaust survivor on bond that Nazi evil couldn’t break | History | News
Holocaust survivor Peter Lantos at his home in London earlier this month (Image: Jeff Moore ) Despite being born shortly before the Second World War set Europe ablaze, Peter Leipniker had an idyllic start More...
The end of serial killer Robert Black | Books | Entertainment
Not one of the 700 men here shares a room. It’s a high-security facility, housing the long-term sentenced. Here, prisoners were locked inside their cells for long stretches. Maghaberry has seen it all, and More...
The Daily Express Viking! Our former environmental editor writes entrancing Icelandic saga | Books | Entertainment
A DNA test revealed writer John Ingham’s Viking roots (Image: JONATHAN BUCKMASTER) At sunrise and sunset the longship comes ablaze in the reflected rays – perfect for this land of fire and ice. Just More...
SAS hero Andy McNab creates a cyber crime warrior in new chapter for author | Books | Entertainment
Andy McNab reveals ‘hardest’ part of SAS training Hackers, often children in developing countries using laptops in their bedrooms or computer hubs, are being paid vast sums of money for discovering More...
Give A Book Charity ‘Giving people the ability to read is like a food bank for the brain’ | Books | Entertainment
Author Lee Child supports Daily Express’s Give a Book campaign Speaking exclusively to the Daily Express, former journalist Sir Tom Stoppard agrees wholeheartedly. “Give A Book is a great charity. More...
My racy reads are too shocking for today’s audiences, says Jilly Cooper | Books | Entertainment
The author, hailed as the “Queen of the bonkbuster” who had huge success with her saucy series of novels, is consulting for the adaption of her book for a new eight-part series on Disney+. But Jilly, 85, More...
How London’s department stores fell out of fashion – and why they will never die | Books | Entertainment
Harrods’ china sale in January 1985 (Image: GETTY) Cast your mind way back to Christmases past. Boxing Day has been and gone. The novelty of those shiny new presents has worn off. The turkey leftovers have More...
