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MEMOIRHigh Caucasusby Tom Parfitt (Headline £25, 332pp)The children arrived at school on September 1, 2004, the first day of the school year, ‘carrying new satchels and bunches of flowers for their teachers . . .’One of the…

NATURE’S CALENDAR by Kiera Chapman, Lulah Ellender, Rowan Jaines, Rebecca Warren (Granta Books £14.99, 400pp) Every year there are a few days when you have a sudden awareness that the seasons are changing: a balmy spring-like day after…

WHAT BOOK would classicist and writer MARY BEARD take to a desert island?By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 16:35 EDT, 21 September 2023 | Updated: 17:18 EDT, 21 September 2023 <!-- <!-- --><!--…

BOOK OF THE WEEKHunting the Falconby John Guy and Julia Fox (Bloomsbury £30, 624pp)There is a piece of jewellery in the Victoria and Albert Museum which was given by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn at the height of their love affair, before…

BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE WEIMAR YEARS by Frank McDonough (Apollo £25, 592pp)A Munich housewife dragged a suitcase full of banknotes to her local grocery store. She left it outside while she went in to do some shopping. When she came out,…

THE NIRVANA EXPRESS by Mick Brown (Hurst Publishers £25, 400pp)It's all The Beatles' fault. Anyone who has endured someone's hazy account of 'finding' themselves in India can blame John, Paul, George and Ringo.In the summer of 1967, when…

MEMOIRTHE FARMER'S WIFE by Helen Rebanks (Faber £20, 336pp)Growing up, Helen Rebanks would lie on her bed in the family's farmhouse, wondering about the girls who'd lived there before, reflecting that their stories are never told — only…

WHAT BOOK would chef, author and television presenter Nadiya Hussain take to a desert island?By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 17:01 EDT, 14 September 2023 | Updated: 17:12 EDT, 14 September 2023 <!-- <!--…

BOOK OF THE WEEK RUSKIN PARKby Rory Cellan-Jones (September Publishing £18.99, 320pp)In 1996, BBC journalist Rory Cellan-Jones was clearing out his mother's council flat in Ruskin Park House, South London, following her death. He came…

HOPE by Niall Harbison (HarperElement £18.99, 320pp)Niall Harbison had been smoking, drinking, taking drugs and gambling since he was 13, and he finally hit rock bottom in his early 40s. After a six-day bender on booze and Valium, he…