To round off Black History Month LSi chose the top five books to highlight the fight against racial discrimination and prejudice. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a searing portrayal of racial prejudice […]
Books: Top Five: Valentines reads for…
Top Five Valentines reads for… The sexually frustrated teenager: Love Lessons by Jacqueline Wilson Almost every girl of our generation will remember this shocking but thrilling tale of a girl who falls in love with her […]
Top Five: Spy Stories
Caitlin Williams investigates spy intelligence this week especially for big interviewee Jane Featherstone. The Girl With Whe Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson With as much passion and violence as Bond, this is a stunning […]
Books: Top Five Books About Journalism
Callie White honours interviewee Simon Hattenstone with this week’s selection of journalism classics. 1. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh Perhaps the most famous of all fictional journalists, William Boot is here employed by the national […]
Books: Top Five Funny Fictions
Saluting this week’s big interviewee Phillip Breen, and the arrival of The Merry Wives Of Windsor to the RSC in Stratford, Catherine Brett directs amusement towards the funniest books out there. 1. Adolf Hitler: My […]
Top Five: Creepy Tales for Halloween
Isobel Miller investigates the best books for a haunting Halloween in. The Collector by John Fowles Pre-meditating The Lovely Bones, this is a chilling tale about a lonely man who captures […]
The Top Five: Food
Jennie Pritchard salutes this week’s big interviewee, Jay Rayner, with her pick of the Top Five books about food and restaurants. American Psycho by Brett Easton-Ellis Frequent scenes of egregious, filthy-rich businessmen dining in […]
Top Five: Survival
Alex Minshall prepares the new arrivals in this pick of the top five books for surviving freshers’ week. 1. Lord of the Flies by William Golding Freshers’ week is nothing like being stranded on […]