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Gardening books of the year: Roses to revel in, trees to treasure and the magic of magnolia

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - December 22nd 2022, 10:07:18 pm

This love letter to the wonder of trees is full of quirky arboreal information; did you know that some evergreen trees keep their leaves in winter by producing 'a sort of antifreeze'?

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Take the world's sexiest poet to bed - ...or if you don't fancy that, try one of the world's richest men

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - December 1st 2022, 10:05:44 pm

The life of the poet, soldier, scholar and clergyman John Donne revolved around 'sex, death and God', according to Rundell.

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All I want for Christmas is 19 different chocolate brownies: But if that's not for you don't worry - there's a feast for everyone in the year's most moreish cookbooks...

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 24th 2022, 10:01:56 pm

Founders of the London restaurant Moro, the Clarks spent lockdown writing this collection of uncomplicated recipes.

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It was Agatha's husband whodunit! New book uncovers the revolutionary woman behind the stories

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 3rd 2022, 10:02:33 pm

English writer Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in the December of 1926. Historian Lucy Worsley claims that the best-selling author was a revolutionary.

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Cream in carbonara? Pasta la vista, baby! Luca Cesari reveals the moreish history of everyone's favourite dish

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 20th 2022, 10:03:23 pm

Pasta was something that was a rarity in Britain up until the 1950s. Today, however, more than two-thirds of us Brits eat pasta at least once a week.

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The nun Sister Monica Joan who was addicted to taking cabs and went straight to Heaven - by taxi...

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - September 8th 2022, 10:42:32 pm

When retired midwife Jennifer Worth read an article asking if there was a writer who 'can do for midwifery what James Herriot did for vets', she took up the challenge.

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Growing up Getty: Biography details billionaire's extravagant life - including charging interest on a loan to save his grandson's life

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - August 18th 2022, 10:03:57 pm

Although he was highly intelligent and fluent in several languages, Getty's private life was chaotic, with five failed marriages, all of them to much younger women.

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Wealthy heiress' biography reveals how a lust for plants left her nearly penniless

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - August 11th 2022, 11:14:22 pm

When she was 13, the Willmotts moved from London to Warley Place in Essex, a Queen Anne mansion surrounded by 33 acres of land. Here the lively and sociable Ellen led a charmed life.

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What it feels like to run towards the flames! Leigh Hosy-Pickett knew what was going through the minds of the fire crews pounding up the stairs of the Twin Towers

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - August 4th 2022, 10:06:01 pm

Leigh Hosy-Pickett is a third-generation fireman, who first applied to join at 18. Firefighters really do rescue cats from trees, but only if stuck for 24 hours

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L'amour at first sight for a crumbling French ruin - How an impulse-buy of a house abroad led to the perfect happy ending

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - August 4th 2022, 10:04:57 pm

Trevor Dolby fell in love with a dilapidated 12th-century house in South of France. The literary agent documents buying his dream house and his new village life

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Wasps... are they wicked or just misunderstood? Seirian Sumner explains how we need the pesky insects and their many wonders

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - June 16th 2022, 10:09:42 pm

Is there anyone who has a good word to say about wasps? They build sinister white nests in our attics and sheds, have a ferocious sting and ruin summer picnics.

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I baked myself better! 14-year-old Kitty Tait was deeply depressed - until her dad suggested baking. The effect was transformative: her shop's a hit and her bread sells out in minutes

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - June 2nd 2022, 10:36:45 pm

Kitty Tait was diagnosed with depression at the age of 14 and went downhill. Her parents tried to pull her through but nothing worked apart from baking

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The cheese sandwich killing the planet! Author Alex Renton explores how the ingredients produce more than five times as many harmful emissions as a peanut butter and jam sarnie

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - April 28th 2022, 10:01:08 pm

The ingredients for a cheese sandwich produce harmful emissions. Alex Renton's new book shows how the food industry is impacting the climatE

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I pruned my way from gloomy to bloomy! Writer Lulah Ellender explores the grief she felt when her family home was sold so quickly after her mother's death

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 31st 2022, 10:01:33 pm

For writer Lulah Ellender salvation lay in a flower-filled garden with a high hedge. She found great grief in losing her beloved garden when her house was sold

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Modest English doctor who saved Mother Russia: With smallpox ravaging the nation, Catherine the Great turned to a British medic to protect her son... and country

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 24th 2022, 10:01:01 pm

Lucy Ward has penned a gripping account of Catherine the Great's battle to save the Russian people from the scourge of smallpox. The empress summoned a British doctor to inoculate her family.

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A lamb's life gives them plenty to bleat about! The Nicholson Family reveal the constant attention adorable baby sheep need on their farm in a new nature book

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 17th 2022, 10:04:26 pm

South Yorkshire farmers The Nicholson Family reveal all about lambing. The Channel 5 stars of Cannon Farm spend the months January to May lambing.

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My dad ditched us for a life of FREE LOVE: Lily Dunn's father ran off to join a cult and embraced drugs, alcohol and sex. Now, his daughter reveals the shattering legacy of his selfish betrayal

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 17th 2022, 10:02:09 pm

Lily Dunn's new book reveals the turbulent life of her father who left to join a cult. The book explains how his chaotic behaviour led her to fly off the rails as a teen.

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Whale of a journey for mother and son! Woman reveals she took out a £10,000 loan to go travelling around the world with her toddler in search of big fish after struggling as a single parent

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 10th 2022, 10:10:00 pm

Doreen Cunningham has been mesmerised by whales since reading the Bible story of Jonah. She reveals what happened when she left London to follow the migration of grey whales in a new book.

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Pottery so perfect it even makes the judge cry! Star of The Great Pottery Throw Down Keith Brymer Jones reveals how making art from clay became his haven in a memoir

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 24th 2022, 10:01:32 pm

Keith Brymer Jones, who grew up in North London, is a compelling judge on The Great Pottery Throw Down. He reveals how making art from clay became his haven in a memoir.

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Brave women in bi-planes who changed the world... Magnificent Women and Flying Machines looks at the lively history of women in aviation

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 17th 2022, 10:01:51 pm

Constance Craig Smith's pick of the week, Magnificent Women and Flying Machines by Sally Smith looks at the lively history of women in aviation, from 1785 to present day.

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Author who has penned a first-hand account of his 20 years as a vet says Britain's deadliest animal is the horse - capable of biting, crushing and head-butting

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 3rd 2022, 10:00:30 pm

Horses are Britain's most dangerous animal as they are capable of biting, crushing and delivering a potentially deadly kick. Equine vet Gareth Steel reflects on working with animals in a new book.

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Memoir of the world's bravest doctor: Nobel peace prize recipient who treats up to 3,000 rape victims a year calls for a world where women grow up without fearing violence in his autobiography

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - January 13th 2022, 10:03:24 pm

By the mid-1990s, the deadly conflict in neighbouring Rwanda had spilled over into the Congo with Dr Denis Mukwege treating 3,000 rape victims a year. He has penned an autobiography.

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Sister survivors: Author pens a moving family memoir revealing how his mother and aunts outfoxed the Nazis

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - January 6th 2022, 10:04:26 pm

Unlike hundreds of thousands of other German Jews, Ilse, Ursel and Marianne Liedtke escaped deportation to concentration camps. Marianne's son has penned a family memoir.

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Go WILD in the garden! Our critic selects her pick of this year's best books for nature lovers

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 25th 2021, 10:02:24 pm

Constance Craig Smith rounded up a selection of this year's best gardening book. Among the UK-based literary critics picks is Tropical Plants And Home To Love Them and Planting For Wildlife.

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Have yourself a Mary little Xmas: And garnish with some Rick Stein, Gordon Ramsay, James Martin and Ottolenghi... Constance Craig Smith selects the year's best cookery books

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 25th 2021, 10:02:10 pm

Constance Craig Smith rounded up a selection of this year's best cookery books. Among the UK-based literary critic's picks in Love To Cook by Mary Berry and Ramsay In 10 by Gordon Ramsay.

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Rebel wives behind the Rothschild riches: How the women of the famous banking dynasty broke away from their male relatives to forge careers in zoology and music

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 18th 2021, 10:01:18 pm

Little is known, though, about the Rothschild women, whose role - publicly at least - was to be 'industrious, dutiful and fertile'.

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Sell your life and your soul: Social 'influencers' like Kim Kardashian are part of a $10bn industry. But the price they pay for giving up all privacy can be painfully high

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - November 11th 2021, 10:05:19 pm

In 2015 the influencer economy was valued at $500 million; by last year, that had soared to $10 billion. Olivia Yallop has penned a 'deep dive into the world of social media 'influencers'.

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Not just a pretty voice! Nature writer reveals the significance of songbirds as the number of skylarks falls

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 28th 2021, 10:01:42 pm

The numbers of Skylarks have fallen by 1.5 million pairs in the past 25 years. In a new book, John Lewis-Stempel reveals how deeply ingrained the bird is in our national consciousness.

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How to improve a crumby sarnie: just add crisps! Historian answers pressing questions about food in BBC Radio 4 programme The Kitchen Cabinet's first ever book

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 14th 2021, 10:00:50 pm

BBC Radio 4 programme The Kitchen Cabinet was first broadcast nearly ten years ago. Food historian Annie Gray, who is a panelist on the programme, has compiled their first book.

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Beauty built on blood and brutality! Cambridge Academic delves into the history of Granada in a fascinating new tome

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 7th 2021, 10:02:08 pm

Cambridge academic Elizabeth Drayson explores how what happened half a millennium ago in Granada is still relevant to how we live today in a fascinating new book.

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Words of an angel, soul of the devil: John Milton is revered for his poetry, but he was a cold, forbidding misogynist whose child bride left him because he thrashed his students - and whose daughters loathed him

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - September 30th 2021, 10:01:54 pm

Joe Moshenska, who is a professor of English literature at Oxford, has penned a biography about the poet John Milton. Milton's most famous work, Paradise Lost, was published in 1667.

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High life in the secret world over our heads! Biologist reveals the variety of creatures that live 100ft above us in a fascinating tome

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - September 23rd 2021, 10:02:05 pm

Meg Lowman, from New York, is among the scientists that have revealed almost half of all our planet's creatures live 100t or more above our heads. Biologist has penned a nature book.

Billie Jean King, who was born in California in 1943, won 39 Grand Slam titles before she retired in 1983. In a memoir, she recounts her fight for better pay and recognition as a leading tennis player.

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Vile insult that changed my life! Mental illness almost destroyed actor David Harewood and left him totally broke - until he became a star in the TV hit Homeland. But he's never forgotten the racist abuse that blighted his youth

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - September 2nd 2021, 10:02:02 pm

David Harewood, 55, from Birmingham, has penned a frank memoir. Actor, who had an acute mental breakdown in his early 20s, reveals he had just £80 left when he was cast in TV series Homeland.

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A tale of one city…and the year that changed not just Charles Dickens but London, too

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - August 19th 2021, 10:01:57 pm

Robert Douglas-Fairhurst explores key moments from 1851 in a fascinating new book. The author reveals Charles Dickens' work wasn't slowed down by his wife being sent to a lunatic asylum.

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Off with his head! As the architect of the French Revolution, Robespierre sent thousands to the guillotine. But a despairing love letter from jail sparked a power struggle that ended with his own neck on the block

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - July 29th 2021, 10:53:43 pm

Author Colin Jones, a professor of history at Queen Mary University of London, creates a vivid minute-by-minute portrait of Paris and its people on that pivotal day in 1794.

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Hats off! How Etta saved the birds from the 'murderous millinery' trend sweeping London throughout 1891

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - July 1st 2021, 10:08:43 pm

Tessa Boase has penned a book about Etta Lemon, is was one of the great heroines of British nature conservation. She saved the lives of millions of birds campaigning against use of their corpses on hats.

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If you have to ask his fee, you can't afford him, but Tom Stuart-Smith's stunning designs have made him Britain's: Go-to gardener for royals and the REALLY rich

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - June 17th 2021, 10:08:30 pm

Tim Richardson has penned a book about Britain's leading garden designer. Tom Stuart-Smith has designed gardens all over the world including the gardens at Windsor Castle.

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Had enough of weeds? Stick them in your soup: From woodlands to urban parks, author who has been foraging since his early 20s shares the joy of dining on wild foods

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - May 27th 2021, 10:00:37 pm

David Hamilton has penned a book about the popular vegan trend of foraging, as he claims wherever you are in the UK is just a short walk away from a source of wild food.

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Divine beds and breakfast: Stay in any of these ravishing houses and you'll wake to glorious gardens resplendent with birdsong and scents of spring

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - May 12th 2021, 11:13:07 am

The UK is blessed with some of the world's finest gardens and a number of these 'open gardens' properties also offer B&B or self-catering accommodation.

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A tiny tyrant bent on weed domination! Historian reveals Napoleon was a man who loved nature - and even busied himself with planting a garden while in exile

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - May 6th 2021, 10:04:05 pm

Ruth Scurr has penned an original account of the life of Napoleone di Buonaparte who was born on the island of Corsica in 1769. Biography reveals the soldier was also a gardener.

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Cuisine that devoured the world! Author reveals the fascinating history of how Chinese food became popular around the globe

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 18th 2021, 10:03:57 pm

Jonathan Clements explores the history of Chinese food in a fascinating book. The author reveals Chinese cuisine did not begin to spread abroad until the 19th century.

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How to bake a perfect loaf: Author offers a deep dive into the world of baking as he grows his own wheat and harvests it by hand to make bread

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - March 4th 2021, 10:02:51 pm

Robert Penn, who lives in the Black Mountains in South Wales, gives a deep dive into world of heritage baking in Slow Rise. He grew his own wheat, harvested it by hand and milled it old-fashioned way.

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Chewing over thorny issues! Gossipy letters between gardening trailblazers Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto reveal their close bond despite being 'chalk and cheese'

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 18th 2021, 10:02:13 pm

Dear Friend And Gardener, first published in 1998 and now reissued, is a collection of letters between Christopher Lloyd and Beth Chatto that shows just how close their bond really was.

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How do I love thee... passionately! Elizabeth Barrett Browning's father disinherited her when she married Robert Browning - but their romance inspired one of the greatest love poems ever

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 11th 2021, 10:00:04 pm

During her lifetime, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was our most popular woman poet. Fiona Sampson points out that many feminist scholars are rediscovering her.

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A first true friend to the Aids outcasts: Author who buried almost 40 sufferers of the disease, reflects on the early days of the epidemic in a memoir

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - February 4th 2021, 10:02:27 pm

Ruth Coker Burks has penned a memoir about the early days of the Aids epidemic in America. Author would comfort strangers who had the disease in their final hours and buried almost 40 men.

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Chelsea's autumn blooms: As famous flower show moves to September, top designers share stunning garden ideas - and now's the time to plant

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - January 29th 2021, 11:48:00 pm

The Royal Horticultural Society announced this week the Chelsea Flower Show will be moved from May to September. Here, four top designers share their concepts for a September garden.

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Dish up delights for your festive family bubble: From Nigella to Jamie and Mary, the year's best cookbooks - plus the pick of gardening and some right royal revelations

By Constance Craig Smith Ysenda Maxtone-graham For The Daily Mail - November 26th 2020, 10:41:29 pm

British literary critics Constance Craig Smith and Ysenda Maxtone-Graham rounded up a selection of this year's best books with categories including cooking, gardening and royals.

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One woman, 23 lovers, no regrets: Controversial author NELL DUNN reveals all about her muse and best friend Josie

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 22nd 2020, 10:45:39 pm

In her latest book, Nell Dunn reveals the fascinating life of the muse for her stories - her best friend Josie. After meeting her at Princess Margaret's wedding, Nell said she had found her voice.

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Prince Philip had an 'emotionally intimate' relationship with author Daphne Du Maurier and visited her 'full of doubts' before his wedding to the Queen, royal expert claims

By Constance Craig Smith For The Daily Mail - October 15th 2020, 10:03:35 pm

The history of Prince Philip is explored by royal expert Ingrid Seward in her latest book. She claims he had been 'full of doubts' before marrying the Queen but that their marriage has been largely happy.

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