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HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 | History Defined

Murder mystery puzzle book Murdle tops UK Christmas bestseller chart

GT Karber’s book of challenges beats Richard Osman’s The Last Devil to Die and Guinness World Records to top spot

The Guardian - UK

Best detective book series to get lost in gripping mysteries

Ravenous mysteries and mind-boggling motives

Evening Standard

The week in audio: The Rest Is Entertainment; History for You With Douglas and Hugh and more

Dream duo Richard Osman and Marina Hyde take aim at Farage et al; history boys get a satirical ribbing; the psychology of greed; and a hard look at the Labour party, from Corbyn to Starmer

The Guardian - UK

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Best podcasts of the week: Marina Hyde and Richard Osman take on pop culture

In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unite for The Rest Is Entertainment. Plus: five of the best podcasts with unlikely host pairings

The Guardian - UK

Britney Spears memoir helping drive UK book market growth, says WH Smith

Singer’s tell-all book and Richard Osman’s latest crime novel boosting pre-Christmas sales, says retailer

The Guardian - UK

Dagger awards adds categories for ‘cosy crime’ and psychological thrillers

The annual Crime Writers’ Association awards wanted to acknowledge the changing tastes of readers ‘looking for the next thrill, the next murderous innovation’

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith launches buy-back scheme for secondhand books

Customers will be able to trade their used books for a voucher to spend in store or online – but industry figures warn the scheme may be ‘too good to be true’

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Why are so many celebrities writing novels?

Full-time authors have critcised big names crowding the shelves

Evening Standard

The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper; The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman; You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace; The Winter List by SG MacLean; Tell Me Your Secrets by Mel McGrath

The Guardian - UK

Stranded leaders, kissed princes and a dog on a bridge – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

‘You’re welcome’: Dawn French playfully accuses Richard Osman of ‘imitating’ her book cover

Former ‘Pointless’ star Osman has since responded to ‘Vicar of Dibley’ actor’s claim

The Independent UK

Richard Osman reveals he was rejected by MI6: ‘If I have a secret, I tell everybody’

‘I would have been terrible,’ says author

The Independent UK

Richard Osman claims MI6 rejection stopped him from becoming ‘terrible spy’

The quiz show host, 52, is also a successful crime fiction author

Evening Standard

Richard Osman ‘tapped on the shoulder’ at Cambridge by MI6 – but failed the test

Presenter and crime author says he interviewed for role of spy but ‘would have been terrible’

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Richard Osman: ‘I would have been terrible in MI6. I’m too tall, spill secrets and can’t lie’

After getting ‘the tap’ at Cambridge, he went from a behind-the-scenes TV ideas man to a fixture in front of the camera. Then the Pointless star’s Thursday Murder Club books became the biggest thing in fiction since Harry Potter

The Guardian - UK

The best recent crime and thriller writing – review roundup

Richard Osman, Stephen King, Mick Herron and Ann Cleeves return with murder aplenty, espionage antics and terrible secrets in basements

Evening Standard

Richard Osman: the TV quiz industry is ‘sort of collapsing’

It’s Pointless to work on a quiz today, thinks the TV man turned author

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s like comfort eating’: why readers are hungry for Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover’s novels took the top six places on last year’s New York Times bestseller list, while in the UK she rivals Richard Osman as the biggest author in recent times. How has she done it?

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‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction

Readers might expect celebrities to hire professionals to help them with their memoirs. But when it comes to fiction, things get more complicated …

The Independent UK

Physicist Brian Cox among stars at Wimbledon on middle Sunday

Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya, Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie and former co-presenter of Pointless Richard Osman were also in attendance.

The Independent UK

Who is in the Royal Box on the seventh day of Wimbledon?

The Royal Box is usually occupied by members of the royal family, celebrities and public figures

WhatToWatch

Best Not Going Out episodes ranked: what's the funniest episode?

Best Not Going Out episodes ranked: Top 10 episodes of all-time of Lee Mack's hit comedy

Wales Online

Richard Osman says 'I'm so sorry' after pulling Alexander Armstrong up on Pointless Celebrities

The host's pronunciation of the word 'transatlantic' sparked the interest of Richard Osman

Daily Mirror

Casualty beats Emmerdale and EastEnders for TV BAFTA as Coronation Street snubbed

The BAFTA TV Awards 2023 saw Casualty storm to victory in the Soap & Continuing Drama category, while Corrie didn't get a nomination

Daily Mirror

Claudia Winkleman fights back tears on stage after double BAFTA win for The Traitors

The BAFTA TV Awards 2023 got a little emotional on Sunday night, as TV favourite Claudia Winkleman fought back tears after a double win for The Traitors

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