‘ Knives Out meets Thursday Murder Club ’

Mary Pargeter was starting to feel her age. When did she first attend the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Greenwood House? A quarter of a century, and she was retired even then. Had she loc

Winner of 2025’s Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing, Raising Hare tells the captivating story of the author’s relationship with a newborn leveret she found abandoned near her home. Dalton brought the

Review of reviews: Books

What revealed the magic of books for me was The Wind in the Willows. When I was five, I contracted measles, which meant I had to spend my days in bed in a darkened room. My mother sat outside my bedro

It’s another classic from the much-loved Belfast writer/illustrator Jeffers, known for Lost and Found and The Way Back Home. This one is about a little girl, Bridget, who has a birthday. She would lik