Natasha Solomons: Revealing joy beneath the Jewish tragedy
British author Natasha Solomons tells Frances Grant how she has been inspired by her own family history and by her home county of Dorset.
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Book lover: David Mitchell
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Under pressure (+recipe)
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Monica Ali: The princess and the press
Brimming from the excitement of the royal nuptials, a story about a self-exiled princess proves timely for writer Monica Ali.
Niall Ferguson the history boy
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