Meerkat cult inspires hunt for quirky Christmas bestseller
Publishers wait to see which offbeat title heads the yuletide bestsellers listsWhen Meerkats Turn Bad; 101 Uses for a Dead Meerkat; Where's the Meerkat? – drawn by the success of last year's surprise Christmas hit, the fictional meerkat memoir The Si...
Campaign to preserve Christina Stead’s home seen off by footballer
Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has had plans approved to renovate novelist's home, in face of opposition from authors including Jonathan FranzenIt's a far cry from the usual sort of attack headed off by Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, but the Austr...
Carol Ann Duffy unveils new World Cup poem
Poet laureate makes a footballer her narrator in The Shirt, a new piece timed to coincide with the World Cup 2010 finalRead The Shirt by the poet laureate, and other sporting poemsAfter her lament for David Beckham's ruptured achilles tendon this sprin...
Carol Ann Duffy’s poem for David Beckham is an ode to enjoy | Alison Flood
The poet laureate invokes Achilles in her verse for the England footballer, out of action due to an injured heel
Who knows if it will cheer the tearful David Beckham up or not but I, for one, am full of joy at the news that Carol Ann Duffy...
