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Lady Antonia Fraser launches Daily Express Christmas campaign to give away books (Image: reigate) Lady Antonia Fraser, the acclaimed historian and novelist who was awarded a Damehood for services to literature in 2011, has a simple wish. “I want everyone to be able to share in the joy of reading,” …

The world-weary but relentless detective has starred in 24 of the author’s 37 thrillers, which have sold more than 80 million copies globally. The exploits of the Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective have also been adapted into the popular Bosch series on Amazon TV – as well as spin-off …

BORN SURVIVOR: Rosemary Conley pictured exclusively at Stapleford Park Country House Hotel, Leics (Image: Tim Merry) It is every parent’s worst nightmare: being told by doctors your sick child is unlikely to reach her 10th birthday. But that’s what mine, Oswald and Celia, were warned after years of poor health …

Anne Diamond asks if Rosemary Conley is obsessed with dieting Wow, was this really happening? I had been invited to meet Christopher and his professional partner Jayne Torvill so they could see how I skated. Conley participated in the 2012 series of Dancing on Ice (Image: ITV pictures) Back in …

The visionary Slaughterhouse-Five author predicted the rise of artificial intelligence back in the 1950s and became convinced computers would replace the human workforce. The science fiction legend also tells how large US corporations such as General Electric felt guilty about the tech revolution. The biographical film reveals that he took …

When Game of Thrones first aired on HBO in 2011, George RR Martin published A Dance with Dragons, his latest book in A Song of Ice and Fire. With two books to go in the series, he knew he had to get writing or the show would overtake his narrative. …