Category: Books

Pendle Hill is surrounded by myths and legend (Image: Getty) It’s been more than four centuries since 12 men and women were put on trial after being accused of witchcraft…

It’s been 14 years since George RR Martin last published a novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series. Since then, the Game of Thrones TV shows have…

Veronica Roth skyrocketed to fame in the early 2010s with the smashing success of her debut series Divergent in 2011 which quickly racked up enough interest across the globe to…

It’s been eight years since Dan Brown published Origin, the fifth novel in his best-selling Robert Langdon series. The novels about the Harvard symbologist, especially 2003’s The Da Vinci Code,…

Irvine Welsh has been revealed as one of the special guests at the world’s most prestigious celebration of crime writing this summer. The Trainspotting author joins the likes of Lee…

Slow Horses creator Mick Herron has been honoured with the highest accolade in crime writing – the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger. The prestigious award recognises authors whose careers…

Luke Arnold, centre, as Martin Scarsden in hit BBC adaptation of Chris Hammer’s Scrublands against b (Image: BBC / Easy Tiger / Getty / AP) Being a political consultant is…

Andrew Scott played the brilliant, evil Jim Moriarty in the BBC’s 2010 series Sherlock (Image: BBC / Hartswood Films /Colin Hutton) Was there ever a greater description of a fictional…

The dawn of a new year often brings with it the tradition of setting resolutions, be it hitting the gym, picking up a new hobby or kicking an unhealthy habit.…