An honour, a privilege and a great sadness to send the final front page of the Evening Standard to press this morning. Messy desk essential. @standardnews
Close your eyes and hang on for the ride in Kaliane Bradley’s time-travelling genre mash-up, The Ministry of Time - my latest book review for @EveningStandard 📖
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This is such a gorgeous book. A slim, masterfully carved gem of a story with the electric hum of a thriller. Really delighted to have reviewed Clear by Carys Davies (published by @GrantaBooks and out now) for @EveningStandard
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After (many) years behind the scenes at @standardnews it’s still an absolute thrill to see my byline in print - and The Glutton is a truly delicious book. Go order it!
His belly distended, his teeth ground to stumps, his eyes wild: this, we are told, is a man who ate cats; corks; rats; belts; 30 pounds of beef lung and liver; a golden fork; 75 eggs. This is a man who ate a child. Or did he? https://t.co/8x65nB2vMg
PC Wayne Couzens was seen handcuffing Sarah Everard on a road in Clapham - she was compliant because he used the guise of covid restrictions to “arrest” her. It was seen by witnesses who assumed Everard had done something wrong. They were in fact witnessing her kidnap by a cop
'The misappropriation of "staycation" reflects a modern assumption that unless you go abroad, it’s not a real holiday.'
✍️ Lara King
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A Life of Service @standardnews#PrincePhilip#FRONTPAGE Thank you for my team for getting our tribute to Prince Philip ready so fast and onto the streets of London.
Don't think anyone who heard Sue Martin speak on @bbcr4today in April will have forgotten it .. we have now gone back to her and spoken to Mal for the first time. An incredible story of survival and love - also sobering on what consequences of Covid can be https://t.co/DiNnXe6I0G
Love #musicals? Know everything there is to know about @lesmisofficial? Well you might have some Opinions on this excellent, epic ranking of all the Les Mis songs by @jessiecath and @Katierosseinsky - tell us what you think!
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