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Between The Covers (TV Programmme)
''Between the Covers'' is a BBC talk show hosted by Sara Cox in which Guest appearance, guest stars talk about their favourite books, alongside other book picks as well. In March 2024, a Between The Covers Live! Tour was announced. This initial run of shows would have show dates in London, Oxford, Nottingham, Birmingham, Reading and Brighton and will feature Jo Brand, Kacey Ainsworth, Stephen Mangan, Joseph O'Connor, Joseph O’Connor. The tour will be hosted by the TV series executive producer, Amanda Ross (television executive), Amanda Ross. Episodes Series One (2020) Sara Cox talks to Guest appearance, guest stars about their favourite books as well as a book of the week pick from 2020 in literature, 2020, and a book written by one of the guests. These books are: Book of the Week Pick (From 2020) * ''The Midnight Library'' by Matt Haig * ''Ingrid Persaud#Love After Love, Love After Love'' by Ingrid Persaud *''Fifty-Fifty'' by Steve Cavanagh *''This Lovely City'' by L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Cox
Sara Joanne Cyzer ( born 13 December 1974), better known as Sara Cox, is an English broadcaster and author. A presenter on BBC Radio 2, she has been hosting the station's drivetime show since January 2019. She previously presented BBC Radio 1's breakfast show from April 2000 until December 2003. Cox has also presented a number of television shows for the BBC including '' The Great Pottery Throw Down'' (2015–2017), '' Too Much TV'' (2016) and '' Back in Time for...'' (2018–2020). Early life and career Cox was born Sarah Joanne Cox on 13 December 1974, but later dropped the use of the letter 'h' from her first name.England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983 Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 21 June 2007. Her parents lived in the village of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Persaud
Ingrid Persaud is a Trinidad and Tobago-born writer, artist, and academic, who lives in the United Kingdom. She won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2018 and the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2017 with her debut short story "The Sweet Sop". The narrative revolves around an estranged father and son reuniting through their shared love for chocolate. Ingrid's first book, ''Love After Love'' was published in 2020; it won the Costa Book Award for First Novel. In 2024, Persaud released her latest novel, ''The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh''. Education and work Persaud read law at the London School of Economics and studied fine art at Goldsmiths, University of London and Central Saint Martins. Persaud taught law at King's College London, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and worked as a visual artist and project manager before becoming a writer. Writing career Persaud began writing in her 40s, after working as a legal academic and visual artist. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Young
William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is an English singer, songwriter and actor. He came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest '' Pop Idol'', making him the first winner of the worldwide '' Idol'' franchise. His double A-sided debut single " Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" was released two weeks after the show's finale and became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK. Young also came in fifth place in '' World Idol'' performing the single " Light My Fire" written by the band the Doors. As a teenager, Young studied politics at the University of Exeter before moving to London, where he studied musical theatre at the Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick. Young put his studies on hold in late 2001 to become a contestant on ''Pop Idol''. After winning the competition the following year, he released his debut album ''From Now On (Will Young album), From Now On'' (2002) which went straight to number one. ''Friday's Child (albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Ward
Sophie Anna Ward (born 30 December 1964) is a British stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction from London. As an actress, she played Jocelyn Sheffield in '' The Nanny''; she also played Elizabeth Hardy, the female lead in Barry Levinson's '' Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985), and in other feature film roles including in Cary Joji Fukunaga's period drama ''Jane Eyre'' (2011), and Jane Sanger's horror feature ''Swiperight'' (2020). In 1982 she had a role in the Academy Award-winning short film '' A Shocking Accident''. On television she played Dr Helen Trent in the ITV police period drama series '' Heartbeat'' from 2004 to 2006, Sophia Byrne in the series '' Holby City'' from 2008 to 2010, Lady Ellen Hoxley in the series ''Land Girls'' from 2009 to 2011, and Lady Verinder in the mini-series '' The Moonstone'' (2016). She has had a variety of other roles on stage and in short and feature films. Ward returned to higher education, earning a PhD degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Osman
Richard Osman (born 28 November 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show ''Pointless''. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows ''Two Tribes (game show), Two Tribes'' and ''Richard Osman's House of Games'', and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows ''Insert Name Here'' and ''The Fake News Show''. He has also made appearances on British comedy Panel show, panel shows including ''Would I Lie to You?'' and ''QI''. Osman worked at Hat Trick Productions before becoming creative director of the television production company Endemol UK, producing shows including ''Prize Island'' for ITV (TV network), ITV and Deal or No Deal (British game show), ''Deal or No Deal'' for Channel 4. He is the author of the bestselling ''Thursday Murder Club (series), Thursday Murder Club'' mystery novels. Early life and education Osman was born on 28 November 1970, in Billericay, Essex, to Brenda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Thursday Murder Club
''The Thursday Murder Club'' is a 2020 murder mystery novel, the debut novel by British television presenter Richard Osman. It is the first installment in his '' Thursday Murder Club'' series. It was published on 3 September 2020 by Viking Press, a subsidiary of Penguin Random House, and also released in 2020 as an audiobook, read by Lesley Manville. Plot A group of pensioners (Elizabeth Best, Ron Ritchie, Joyce Meadowcroft and Ibrahim Arif) set about solving the mystery of the murder of a property developer in the luxurious Cooper's Chase retirement village near the fictitious village of Fairhaven in Kent. Background and publication Osman's inspiration for the book came from a visit he made to an upmarket retirement village. He wrote the book over 18 months in secret. After a 10-way publishing auction, Penguin Random House acquired the rights to ''The Thursday Murder Club'' and its sequel '' The Man Who Died Twice'' for a seven-figure sum in 2019. The book was published on 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Pascoe
Sara Patricia Pascoe (born 22 May 1981) is an English comedian, actress, presenter and writer. She has appeared on television programmes including ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' and ''Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster'' for Channel 4 and ''QI'' for BBC Two. Early life Pascoe was born to Gail (''née'' Newmarch) and Derek Pascoe, a jazz musician. Her great-grandmother was Rosa Newmarch, a poet and writer on music. Born in Dagenham, Greater London, Pascoe grew up in nearby Romford. Her parents divorced when she was seven and she was raised by her mother. She attended Eastbury Comprehensive School in Barking, London, Barking, and later attended Gaynes School in Upminster. When she was 16, she became pregnant, and had an abortion on her 17th birthday, an experience detailed in her memoir, ''Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body''. Pascoe studied English at the University of Sussex, where she met (and became friends with) Cariad Lloyd. After graduation, she worked as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2019. Events *February 2 – The family of the U.S. fiction writer J. D. Salinger confirm in an interview published in the U.K. newspaper ''The Guardian'' that he left a large unpublished body of work on his death in 2010, which they are preparing for publication. *April 11–April 13, 13 – Trinity College Dublin holds a three-day symposium on ''Finnegans Wake'', marking the 80th anniversary its publication. *May 10 – Simon Armitage is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in succession to Carol Ann Duffy. *July 15 – Iris Murdoch's birthday centenary is marked in Ireland with a postage stamp based on a portrait of her. Dublin City Council unveils a plaque at Blessington Street Park, located temporarily due to renovations at her nearby birthplace, 59 Blessington Street. In the U.K., ''The Times Literary Supplement'' has her on its cover. *September 20 – Museum of Literature Ireland (MoL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sex Power Money
''Sex Power Money'' is a 2019 book by Sara Pascoe and the name of a related podcast which Pascoe hosts. The book discusses sex through the medium of evolutionary psychology, sex work and public perceptions towards it and the role of money and capital in modern heterosexual relationships. It is Pascoe's second book, following ''Animal'' (2016). In the podcast, Pascoe has conversations with sex workers, academics and comedians. The book and podcast received positive critical reception and the book entered ''The Sunday Times'' bestseller list. Background Sara Pascoe is an English comedian and actor, known for her appearances on panel shows. In 2014, she began exploring the topic of evolutionary psychology with a stand-up show ''Sara Pascoe vs History''. Her first book was titled ''Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body''. Published in 2016, on the topic of relationships and the female body, it is about her own experiences and opinions as well as biology and psychology. In July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Turton
Stuart Turton (born 1980) is an English author and journalist. His first novel, '' The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'' (2018) was a bestseller internationally and won a number of awards including the 2018 Costa Book Award for First Novel. His most recent novel, ''The Last Murder at the End of the World'', went to number one on the Sunday Times Bestseller list. His books have sold over one million copies in the US and UK. Early life Turton was born and raised in Widnes, England and educated at University of Liverpool, where he received a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy. After graduating, he spent a year working as a teacher in Shanghai, before becoming a technology journalist in London. He moved to Dubai to become a travel journalist, living there for three years until he returned to London to write his first novel. Career ''The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'' Turton's debut novel, '' The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle'' (released in the US as ''The 7 1/2 De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil And The Dark Water
''The Devil and the Dark Water'' is a 2020 genre-bending novel by Stuart Turton, combining elements of historical fiction, murder mystery, and horror. Set in 1634, it features a detective trying to solve a series of inexplicable crimes aboard an East Indiaman ship. Plot In 1634, investigator Samuel Pipps of the Dutch East India Company is arrested in Batavia. Pipps and his sidekick Arent Hayes are set to be transported back to Amsterdam aboard the ''Saardam''. Other members of the voyage include governor-general Jan Haan (the uncle of Arent Hayes), his wife Sara, his mistress Creesjie, Predikant Sander Kers, and several nobles. Sara plans to leave her abusive husband upon reaching Amsterdam. As they are all boarding the ship, a leper prophesies that the ship will not reach its destination. The leper then bursts into flames. As a child, Arent and his father went into the woods to hunt. Arent’s father disappeared and Arent was found with a strange symbol carved into his skin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolu Babalola
Bolu Babalola (born 24 February 1991) is a British Nigerian author, screenwriter, and journalist. Her debut anthology ''Love in Colour'' was published in 2020 and became a ''Sunday Times'' Bestseller. She appeared on the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Media and Marketing in Europe. Early life Babalola was born in Guy's Hospital in Southwark to Nigerian Yoruba parents and grew up in East London. She attended Valentines High School in Ilford for sixth form. She went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Reading in 2012 and later a Master of Arts in American Politics and History from University College London in 2018. Career Babalola began her career working as an assistant writer and producer for BBC Comedy, contributing to '' The Javone Prince Show'' and '' Tracey Ullman's Show''. She pitched the Cecile Emeke web series ''Ackee & Saltfish'', assistant producing the pilot episode. As of August 2020, she was working on a television programme with Tiger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
