12 h. ago 'I'm the Godfather of poker who has won more than £4.5m – here's how I call a bluff'

At the highest level of poker, you must read your opponent like a book – few people on the planet are better at doing that than Britain's Godfather of poker Barny Boatman

Economics

19 h. ago Book bound with killer's skin dubbed most 'sickening' read in the world

A book that was crafted using the skin of an executed prisoner has been identified and displayed next to another copy – and the skin belonged to one of the UK's most notorious murderers

Events

5 d. ago The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club by Sepideh Gholian review – like no recipe book you’ve ever read

A political prisoner lifts the lid on the hardships and fantasies of life in Iran’s most notorious jailThe Iranian political prisoner Sepideh Gholian’s account of life on the women’s wards in Bushehr and Evin prisons is a blindsiding blend of horrifying concrete detail, dizzying surrealism and wild optimism. In every line and in every moment it attempts to recreate, it is entirely and unconditionally defiant. For the reader, discombobulation comes from (at least) two directions. At one moment, you are presented with, for example, the story of a woman attempting to abort her foetus under permanent camera and human surveillance, because the consequences for her unborn child, herself and other family members if the pregnancy continues are unimaginably violent. At another you are instructed how to make elephant ears pastries, designed for large gatherings of visitors, in the cheery tones of the encouraging expert (“It’s not at all messy and impossible to get wrong. You do...

Events

1 week ago 'I was one of first to read Emily Henry's Great Big Beautiful Life – here's my verdict'

Senior Social News Reporter Danielle Kate Wroe was given the opportunity to read Emily Henry's new book – Great Big Beautiful Life – before it was released to the general public

Politics

1 week ago I tried Green Chef to see if the organic recipe box was as good as it sounds

These boxes may be ‘consistently satisfying’, but are they worth the price? I find out

Politics

2 w. ago Coronation Street fans can 'read this like a book' as new 'favourite duo' named

It comes after a tricky time for Betsy Swain in Weatherfield

Politics

2 w. ago Reading the same bedtime story could be the key to your child's development

Eight out of ten parents say they have had to re-read the same book to their child at least once, with the typical little one asking for the same story to be read to them 416 times a year

Politics

3 w. ago Here's the surprising reason why so many men cheat on their pregnant partners

Read an exclusive extract from psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld's new book 'Affairs'.

Politics

3 w. ago Forty minutes after my wife gave birth I slept with another woman

Read an exclusive extract from psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld's new book 'Affairs'.

Politics

3 w. ago 'Forty minutes after his wife gave birth he was sleeping with another woman'

Read an exclusive extract from psychotherapist Juliet Rosenfeld's new book 'Affairs'.

Politics