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Something to whet your Ashes appetite

The Official Ashes Treasures: by Bernard Whimpress

10:31am Friday 3rd July 2009

Weekend Books: Our weekly round-up of what’s new in the bookshops.

Local author gets to the point of pyramids

POINTED MEMORIAL: David Winpenny at the Sharow pyramid to Charles Piazzi Smyth

10:27am Friday 3rd July 2009

A NEW book inspired by the pyramid to Charles Piazzi Smyth in the churchyard at Sharow, near Ripon, is being launched in the village today with a talk by its author, David Winpenny.

Bookcase – a round-up of the week’s latest releases

2:23pm Friday 26th June 2009

NEW FICTION

Life on the front line is still so vivid for Kemp

NIGHTMARES: Ross Kemp while filming in Afghanistan

2:21pm Friday 26th June 2009

Former EastEnders star Ross Kemp talks to Hannah Stephenson how his experiences in Afghanistan with the troops, as featured in his Sky One series and accompanying book, have changed him.

Everyday life in a Victorian town ahead of its times

Stokesley: The two new books

11:43am Friday 19th June 2009

Mike Bridgen looks at two fascinating new books from Stokesley Local History Study Group.

Bookcase – New non-fiction

11:45am Friday 19th June 2009

Clough’s War by Don Shaw is published in hardback by Ebury Press, priced £16.99.

Why solitary Selina is angry, and still an enigma

LAND GIRL: Selina Scott at her North Yorkshire farm, where she rears pedigree Angora goats

11:36am Friday 12th June 2009

Selina Scott talks to Hannah Stephenson about her new book, life on the TV sofa and her farm in North Yorkshire.

A life revisited, on stage and film

A life revisited, on stage and film

12:42pm Friday 5th June 2009

Diana Quick talks to Hannah Stephenson about life after Brideshead Revisited, and why she won’t talk about her split from long-term partner Bill Nighy as her memoir is published.

Second helping from the men behind the Magpie

12:44pm Friday 5th June 2009

THE team behind one of the region’s most popular eateries is publishing another book.

Still breaking the rules, but now in a quiet way

12:00pm Friday 29th May 2009

Julian Clary talks to Susan Griffin about his darkly comic second novel, over tea and biscuits at his London home.







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