The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman; The Diver and the Lover by Jeremy Vine – review
A retirement village in Kent and 50s Catalonia provide the backdrops for two popular TV hosts’ very different debut novels
Shifting gears: how does a literary festival become a drive-in event?
Rethought for the pandemic, this year’s Appledore book festival in Devon will play to audiences in cars, who can flash their lights and listen via radio
Whip his shadow cabinet? There’s nothing Corbyn would like more
War in Syria is becoming overshadowed by the conflict within the Labour party, but it’s amazing what a little re-education can do
It’s All News to Me by Jeremy Vine – review
Excellent anecdotes, office gossip and memorable times with Paxman and Mandelson distinguish an account of 25 years at the BBC, writes Barbara Ellen