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Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne & Kadija Sesay (pictured) This is the Canon: Decolonise
Your Bookshelves in 50 Books Greenfinch, 7th, HB, £16.99, 9781529414592
For anyone who feels a pressing need to diversify their reading, this excellent decolo- nised reading list, curated by three expert writers and academics, will provide inspira- tion and motivation. From literary giants such as Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe to lesser-known writers such as Caribbean novelist Earl Lovelace or Indigenous Australian author Tony Birch, the novels recommended here celebrate the experiences of people of all races and backgrounds.
Biography & memoirs Virginia Cowles
Looking for Trouble Faber, 7th, Hb, £16.99, 9780571367542
This rediscovered female war reporter’s memoir from 1941, republished with an introduction by Christina Lamb (“It’s a mystery to me that she doesn’t receive the same recognition as Gellhorn”) is a terrific read. From Madrid during the Spanish Civil War to Prague, Berlin, Helsinki, Moscow, Paris and London on the first day of the Blitz, it is rich in anecdotes which demonstrate Cowles’ bravado and chutzpah; from flinging off her heels under shellfire and meeting Hitler (“an inconspicuous little man”) to dancing in the bomb-blasted Ritz and gossiping with Churchill by his goldfish pond.
In his “ultimate family cookbook”, the Italian chef takes inspiration from his upbringing in Naples, transporting the classic methods and ingredients he grew up with to the modern family table. Features all the recipes from the accompanying seven-part series on ITV.
Mary Beard Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern Princeton UP, 12th, HB, £30, 9780691222363 From her reconstruction of Titian’s extraordinary lost “Room of the Emperors” to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII’s famous Caesar tapestries, this is marvellous Mary Beard’s cultural study of how our astonishingly large array of imagery and percep- tions of Roman emperors have changed from ancient times to the 20th century. It’s a gripping tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes and often ambivalent representations of authority.
Tom Daley Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport, Fame and Fatherhood HQ, 14th, HB, £20, 9780008217914 Daley’s first autobiog- raphy (My Story) was published in 2012. Much has happened in the intervening decade, events he charts in this “deeply personal and inspiring” memoir. With each chapter, he reveals a lesson he has learned during his career, from the resilience he developed from competing at world- class level while fighting for equal treatment in his sport, to the perspec- tive that family life has brought him. Published in the wake of the Tokyo Olympics, at which Daley will be competing.
Homes, interiors & crafts
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Matt Gibberd A Modern Way to Live: Life Lessons from the
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Modern House Penguin Life, 28th, HB, £20, 9780241480496
Biography & memoirs
Bernardine Evaristo Manifesto Hamish Hamilton, 7th, HB, £14.99, 9780241534991
Perhaps never has a writer so wonderfully relished the platform that winning the Booker Prize bestows as Bernardine Evaristo. And this gutsy, galvanising short memoir- cum-manifesto makes clear why. She distils a lifetime’s worth of the experiences and influences which have informed her work as a writer, teacher and activist, explaining why she has always been “unstoppable” in her aspiration to break down barriers and stage a creative rebellion against the mainstream. It’s a stir- ring testament to staying true to yourself, in your craft, in your work and in your life.
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Gibberd is co-founder of The Modern House, a design-led London estate agency whose website attracts 15 million page views a year. In handling the sale of thousands of homes, from small flats to listed architectural master- pieces, he noticed the same five principles for living emerging again and again: Space, Light, Materials, Nature and Curation. His delectable first book aims to expand on these transformative principles, from the effective positioning of doors and windows, to the anchor provided by possessions. Property porn with a point.
Billy Connolly Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography Two Roads, 14th, HB, £25, 9781529318265 In his first full-length autobiography (his wife Pamela Stephenson told his story in Billy more than 20 years ago), the comedy legend and Scottish national treasure looks back on his “wind- swept and interesting” (as a friend once dubbed his long hair and beardy look) life in a series of short impressionistic chapters, with titles like If No One Gives You a Medal, Design Your Own, and Never Run in Loose Underwear. I’ve read some early chapters, and while it is of course hilariously funny, it is also shocking in parts and rather bittersweet.
Gino D’Acampo Gino’s Italian Family Adventure: Easy Recipes the Whole Family Will Love Bloomsbury 28th, HB, £22, 9781526628312
Andrew Flintoff The Book of Fred Blink, 28th, HB, £28, 9781788704885 In his fourth book, the former England cricketer and “Top Gear” presenter passes on what he has learned on his journey from boy to man, and his secrets for success, gleaned from 40-plus years of “hard yakka on the wicket”, in the dressing room, behind the wheel, in the boxing ring and even treading the boards of a stage musical.
The Hairy Bikers Everyday Winners: 100 Simple and Delicious Recipes to Fire Up your Favourites Seven Dials, 14th, HB, £22, 9781841884318 For this latest cookbook, the Hairies asked their fans for their go-to dishes. The result is this collection of 100 new recipes for firm favourites, from tasty roasts and mouth-water- ing curries to speedy stir fries and easy-to-make puds and bakes.
Damien Lewis SAS Bravo Three Zero Quercus, 28th, HB, £20, 9781529414127
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