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Say I love you this Valentine's Day with cheese, chocolates and flowers
Laura Billington asks if anything says ‘I love you’ more than cheese, chocolates and flowers Cheese, chocolate and flowers – three of my favourite things, so this Valentines Day I’m showing you how to create the Brie mine Valentines Sharing Board
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Husband and wife authors Dominic McGregor and Georgie May
Husband and wife Dominic McGregor and Georgie May have written their first books – each designed to help you change your life for the better Georgie May and Dominic McGregor met while working for media company Social Chain, which Dom had set up
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A Devon food writer has swapped writing recipes for a life in crime
Orlando Murrin has had an eventful career. The former Blundell’s school pupil, who was born in the United States, grew up in Jersey and now lives in Exeter, has edited magazines, written cookbooks, been a semi finalist on MasterChef, worked as a restaurant
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The latest gothic novel from a Colchester author
We speak to Colchester author, Laura Purcell, about her latest gothic novel, set in the murky world of the Victorian theatre. Your new novel, The Whispering Muse, is now out in paperback. Can you tell our readers a little about the book? The
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What inspires the great songwriter? A Norfolk writer tries to find the answer
From modelling in Carnaby Street in the swinging 60s to meditating with the Beatles in India and hanging out in the studio with Fleetwood Mac as they recorded Rumours, Jenny Boyd has lived an extraordinary rock and roll life. She was married to
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Why Rosemary Shrager's latest book is based in Cornwall
Loveable TV chef Rosemary Shrager loves a murder mystery. So much so, she decided to turn her hand to crime writing and has based her latest book in Cornwall What do you get when the worlds of cooking, crime and a fictitious Cornwall community
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How two Lancashire literary legends met at an auction
One day I was browsing the online sales catalogue of a rare books seller and chanced upon a used set of Wainwright’s Lake District guides. The eight books had a price tag of £275. At first glance this seemed expensive but then I realised they had
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Meet Jack Reacher creator Lee Child in Suffolk Libraries Online Festival
Are you having a good time? It’s the most important question for Lee Child, creator of the ever-popular Jack Reacher novels, film and TV series. He may get some answers this month as he e-meets his audience in the Suffolk Libraries Online Book Festival
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Why Shalini Boland is Dorset’s Thriller Queen
Dorset plays a starring role in Shalini Boland’s best-selling psychological thrillers, providing a picturesque backdrop for some truly murderous intent. And her husband Peter is a rising star of the ‘cosy crime’ genre. There’s a perfect and a not-so-perfect