POLICE are set to arrest a 104 year old woman...at her own request. The Daily Express tells the story of Anne Brokenbrow who is a resident at Stokeleigh Care Home in Stoke Bishop, Bristol. The home is one of five in the north of the city that is participating in the Wishing Washing Line initiative, […]

AN article in The Guardian newspaper might make you wonder how stressed we Brits are, because it seems that sales of self-help books have reached record levels in the past year. According to figures from Nielsen Book Research, three million such books were sold – a rise of 20%- turning self-improvement into one of the […]

DESPITE the huge row going on in the UK on whether to stay in Europe or not, it seems that book readers are lapping up European fiction.

THERE was an unusual travelling companion for Moire Boxall who was returning to Glasgow in Scotland from a visit to Queensland, Australia, reports The Guardian.

THE Royal Mint is to release 50p coins celebrating the 20th anniversary of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's children's book The Gruffalo. The Daily Mail reports that the Mint is releasing three versions featuring the monster - gold and silver proofs, as well as the standard uncirculated version, which will be sold for £10. There […]

THE Independent newspaper put the Valentine's Day spotlight on 95 year olds James and Cecilia Marsh who have been married for 75 years! The couple, who live at the Abbotsleigh Mews care home in Sidcup, South East London, got married in December 1943 after Cecilia's youngest brother had introduced them. Cecilia said the secret to the […]