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Richard Osman ‘absolutely thrilled’ by New Year Honours list recognition

Richard Osman has been appointed an OBE, having been recognised for his contributions to literature and broadcasting

The Independent UK

Idris Elba, Torvill and Dean, Lionesses and Red Roses lead honours list

Sir Idris is knighted for services to young people and Dame Jayne and Sir Christopher are recognised for services to ice skating and volunteering.

Evening Standard

TV tonight: a ceramicist cracks in a new series of Midsomer Murders

DCI Barnaby and DS Winter deal with an angry artist. Plus: Rob Rinder and AJ Odudu suffer in The Celebrity Apprentice. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Richard Osman’s The Impossible Fortune tops 2025 UK bestsellers list

Fantasy, mystery and psychological thriller series dominate book sales, as adult colouring also makes a comeback

The Guardian - UK

Richard Osman among authors backing call to issue library card to all UK babies

The proposal, supported by Kate Mosse and Philip Pullman, aims to make public library membership a national birthright

The Guardian - UK

Rob Reiner had the greatest ever run of movies, Richard Osman says as Hollywood director found dead

Richard Osman rates the legendary Hollywood director as one of the greatest of all time

Evening Standard

Best books of 2025: our experts share their picks

The end of the year means holiday celebrations, summer breaks … and for us, one important thing: best books lists. We asked 35 expert readers for their favourite picks, ranging from novelists to anthropologists, scientists to criminologists – and experts in politics, publishing and philosophy. The only rule? The book…

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Richard Osman jokingly calls Jeremy Clarkson a 'coward' as he weighs in on TV star's upcoming book

Clarkson’s new release, Diddly Squat: The Farmer’s Dog, hits shelves this week, following the success of his bestselling Diddly Squat series about life on his Oxfordshire farm

Evening Standard

The fart that could save TV! Why Celebrity Traitors is all about Alan Carr v Celia Imrie

From Carr mocking Imrie for her gas to them cracking each other up at the round table, the duo are an absolute hoot. But they’re not just going head to head for best contestant – they’re making terrestrial TV great again

The Guardian - UK

Queen meets Peter Rabbit as she wishes reading charity ‘happy 100th birthday’

Camilla met authors and supporters of BookTrust including the charity’s president Sir Michael Morpurgo, Richard Osman and Dame Floella Benjamin.

Evening Standard

Thursday Murder Club’s Richard Osman claims he turned down Celebrity Traitors

Osman also went on to say that he would ‘definitely not’ appear on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing.

Evening Standard

Slow Horses author Mick Herron says he knows how Jackson Lamb dies

The writer knows ‘how, why, when and where’ Gary Oldman’s cantankerous intelligence officer meets his end – a fate he figured out ‘relatively recently’

The Guardian - UK

Richard Osman says wife was ‘in tears’ after reading next Thursday Murder Club

His wife, actress Ingrid Oliver, appears in The Thursday Murder Club film as Joyce’s daughter, Joanna Meadowcroft.

Evening Standard

Queen jokes about Pride And Prejudice lake scene during literary festival

Camilla attended a reception at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, alongside writers and actors.

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The Independent UK

Queen Camilla jokes that aristocrat should ‘re-enact’ Pride and Prejudice lake scene

“Maybe, William, we can persuade you to re-enact the scene here to add to the excitement of the day?” the Queen said

WhatToWatch

Richard Osman reveals new Thursday Murder Club book has a racy nod to movie adaptation

Pierce Brosnan referenced in 'The Impossible Fortune'

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for Richard Osman and Mick Herron

The bestselling authors of The Thursday Murder Club and the Slough House series will take on your questions

The Independent UK

Richard Osman says societies around the world ‘treat older people terribly’

Author is known for ‘The Thursday Murder Club’ series, focusing on a group of crime-solving retirees

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Thank You For The Thursday Murder Club Movie, Netflix. Now Can We Please Get A Sequel (For A Few Reasons)?

More cake, more tea, more murder mysteries, please

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I Found The Thursday Murder Club Movie To Be Pretty Close To The Book, But There's One Thing I Really Wish The Adaptation Had

Here's what the book has over the movie.

Netflix's latest no.1 sees sudden ratings rise – I can see why it splits opinion

I loved The Thursday Murder Club, but clearly it's not for everyone

The Conversation

The Thursday Murder Club: everything is eclipsed by the cakes in this sanitised Netflix adaptation

In his essay Decline of the English Murder, the writer George Orwell evokes the pleasure to be had in reading about killing. After a good meal (including pudding), you are in the mood to read: “the sofa cushions are soft underneath you, the fire is well alight, the air is…

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The Joyce from the book is completely missing in The Thursday Murder Club movie

And why is Coopers Chase like Downton?!

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Pierce Brosnan thrilled to keep working in his 70s

Pierce Brosnan, 72, isn't worried about his advancing years and thinks it is "wonderful" to still be working.

The Conversation

Over-the-top melodrama, a platonic rom-com and retirement village murders: what to watch in September

With September comes spring: flowering trees, warmer weather, longer days. But just as it felt like spring had sprung, a new cold front came over much of south east Australia.

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