Richard osman: ‘i would be such a bad magazine editor’

Best-selling author and House of Games presenter Richard Osman reveals how his mother dealt with grief, how he manages to write so much with a debilitating eye condition and why his latest Thursday Murder Club mystery made his wife cry

Our books editor Zoe West’s favourite picks for the month

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Zoe West shares her favourite picks for the week

THE KEY TO THURSDAY MURDER CLUB STAR HELEN MIRREN’S LONG AND STILL-FLOURISHING CAREER IS STANDING BY HER CHOICES— WHICH HAVE LED HER TO OSCAR-,EMMY- AND TONY-WINNING SUCCESS

It’s the cosy season of sitting down with a good book. Here, authors heading for Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival this month share their writing styles