House of the Dragon timeline spoilers: Major deaths, marriages and more in Fire and Blood

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON, the Game of Thrones prequel, adapts the Dance of the Dragons chapters of George RR Martin’s Fire & Blood, a three hundred year fictional history of House Targaryen’s rule on the Iron Throne. Here are the Targaryen Civil War’s outcomes. including major deaths, explained in a timeline of Westeros history. Daily More...

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By Ilya Koyfman On Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
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The Ukrainians who came as refugees but stay as friends

WHEN a Surrey couple opened their home to a family fleeing war, they had no idea how much they, and their whole community, would benefit. Daily Express :: Books Feed  More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
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Samantha Lee Howe: The girl least likely to succeed who rewrote her own future

GROWING up in an abusive household in terror of her violent, drunken father, from the age of 11 Samantha Lee Howe would escape her unhappiness by writing adventure stories. Daily Express :: Books Feed  More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Sunday, July 31st, 2022
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Confidence book review: Funny but not short on thrills

The sequel to the joyously funny Conviction sees the return of Anna and Fin, who were catapulted into an unlikely friendship after their spouses ran off with each other. Together, they collaborate on a podcast More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Saturday, July 23rd, 2022
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Author Mick Herron WINS Britain’s most prestigious crime writing award

AUTHOR Mick Herron was last night revealed as the winner of Britain’s most prestigious crime writing award. The Newcastle-born writer won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2022, supported More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Friday, July 15th, 2022
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George RR Martin health: Winds of Winter author, 73, confesses personal sickness concerns

THE WINDS OF WINTER author George RR Martin, who still has two books to go in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, has shared his worries about getting sick amid mountains of work. The 73-year-old Game of Thrones More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
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John Downing book: Roller-coaster career of journalist shot by the Taliban

IT WAS alchemy. Before my very eyes, an image shot days earlier reappeared like magic on a blank sheet of paper. Slowly but surely in the small, stuffy darkroom I’d been invited into as a 13-year-old kid, More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
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‘Guns have more rights than my uterus’ Crime writer Karin Slaughter on US abortion ban

IT IS a decision many fear has set back women’s rights by half a century. Daily Express :: Books Feed  More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Monday, June 20th, 2022
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Crime writer Val McDermid says Jubilee reading list should include more fiction books

THE late Queen Mother was a fan of Dick Francis whose novels married her love of horse racing with the excitement of thrillers. Francis once admitted avoiding sex scenes and swearing because he knew she would be More...

By Ilya Koyfman On Saturday, June 11th, 2022
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Celebrity seamstress Esme Young reveals behind the scenes secrets in new book

ESME YOUNG has a gung-ho approach to life, one that’s served The Great British Sewing Bee judge well during her 50 years in fashion. Now 73, her love of an artistic challenge and a boisterous party have seen More...