News about Marcel Proust

WHAT BOOK would historian Sir Antony Beevor take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 27, 2023
Antony Beevor (pictured) is currently reading Peter Frankopan's The Earth Transformed: An Untold Novel, but C. S. Forester's The Happy Return first introduced him to the reading bug as a child. 'I think I was drawn to Horatio Hornblower because he, as well as sea sickness,' he said.' Despite all the setbacks, he still triumphed.'

In Paris, the best luxury stays are always a hit

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 8, 2023
The You Magazine team travelled to France to visit The Waldorf Astoria, Dame des Arts, and Van Gogh's apartment in Montmartre. They include an in-depth report of every place they stayed, including restaurants and cafes near the hotel.

WHAT BOOK would author, comedian and actor Ben Miller take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 11, 2023
Ben Miller says he and Marcel Proust's In Search Of Lost Time would go to a desert island. All seven volumes have been published,' he said. 'It's about time I read it!' He also said that he distinctly remembers reading Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. "It's a bonkers tale, and I love reading it," Ben said. I just loved the ridiculousness, and this was the first time I had realised that books can be silly.'

WHAT BOOK would managing director of Conde Nast UK and author Albert Read take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 16, 2023
Albert Read (pictured) is reading Michael Frayn's book Towards The End Of The Morning by Michael Frayn. Marcel Proust's In Search Of Lost Time, the managing director of Conde Nast UK and author, will fly to a desert island. The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas first gave him the reading bug

After a tense nuptials, Sanditon's Jack Fox was seen wearing his gold wedding ring

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2023
As he stepped out in London on Monday, Jack Fox sported a gold wedding ring, after his seduced bride to singer Eleanor Fletcher last year. Eleanor, a 37-year-old Sanditon actor, married Eleanor 31 years after announcing their engagement a year earlier. As he approached the shops in Saville Row, Jack, who plays manipulative Sir Edward Denham in the ITV series, was photographed for the first time.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Get Britain back to work

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 20, 2022
The official unemployment rate in the United Kingdom is near to the lowest level in nearly half a century at 1.22 million, but these statistics are deceptive. Nearly 9 million people of working age - more than 22% - are 'economically inactive,' neither in a career nor looking for one, and do not appear in the unemployment survey. For example, some of it is entirely legitimate and unavoidable, as long as Covid has existed. However, some people have left jobs out of their own initiative.

WHAT BOOK would chef and food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall take to a desert island?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (pictured) is currently reading Land Healer by Jake Fiennes. Marcel Proust's Remembrance Of Things Past will be carried to a desert island. Willard Price Adventure books first gave the food writer the reading bug

WHAT BOOK will be sent to a desert island by Booker's longlisted author Graeme Macrae Burnet?

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2022
Graeme Macrae Burnet read Catherine Simpson's book One Body and Hallie Rubenhold's The Five. J.D., according to him. The Catcher In The Rye, a Salinger's bookworm, gave him the reading bug.