The Tube was innovative, anarchic, riotous live television at its best. For five years the show brought music, humour and chaos into our living rooms on Friday evenings, making it the perfect start to the weekend. In The Tube Exposed, Maria Malone describes what made the programme so unique. With contributions from Jools Holland and … Read more
Girls Aloud became a pop phenomenon after winning ITV’s Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah enjoyed a record-breaking 20 consecutive top 10 singles, six platinum albums and a Brit Award amid huge critical acclaim. In Dreams That Glitter, the girls share the story of their success. Publisher: Bantam PressISBN: 978-0593061220Type: Biography We’d … Read more
Little Mix became one of the world’s most successful girl bands after coming together on the X Factor in 2011. Jade, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Perrie enjoyed Number One hits, platinum albums, sell-out tours. … and collected three Brit awards. In their official best-selling autobiography, Our World, they talk about the highs and lows of pop … Read more
When he was growing up, Tony Hadley was an outsider. He never quite fitted in. By the age of thirteen he had set his heart on becoming a singer. Instinctively he knew he would, one day, be a star. Ten years later, as lead singer with Spandau Ballet, he had made it. Publisher: Sidgwick & … Read more
Cheryl became an iconic star, one of the most photographed women in the world. In her first official book she offers a revealing and intimate glimpse behind the scenes of her busy life – from the recording studio in Los Angeles to backstage in Dublin on the opening night of her tour with the Black … Read more
Singer and broadcaster Mica Paris is passionate about women taking control of their lives. In Beautiful Within, Mica shows how we, like her, can overcome negative pressure to build a happy, wonderful life – no matter what size, shape or age we are. Publisher: Simon & Schuster LtdISBN: 9781847370853Type: Memoir I absolutely believe if you … Read more
Growing up during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Eamonn Holmes was inspired to enrol on a journalism course, but even after landing a job as a television anchorman he felt he couldn’t give up his bar job just in case things didn’t work out. He learned the rules of reporting the hard way – at … Read more
Back in Control is the frank and inspiring autobiography of Tina Malone, star of Channel 4’s Shameless. If ever there was someone whose life could truly be described as a rollercoaster, it’s Tina. She has battled drugs and alcohol addiction and for years struggled with her weight. She worked hard, played hard, piled on the … Read more
Jennifer Worth is known to millions as the best-selling author of CALL THE MIDWIFE, an extraordinary and evocative account of her experiences in the East End of London during the nineteen-fifties. In THE MIDWIFE’S SISTER, Jennifer’s sister, Christine, describes a childhood in which both girls suffered neglect and cruelty. and chronicles their lives and enduring … Read more
Selfish Little Cow is the evocative and moving autobiography of skincare guru, Jenny Harding. Following the deaths of her parents in shocking circumstances days before her seventeenth birthday Jenny went downhill fast. Convinced she was to blame, and consumed by grief and guilt, she tried to take her own life. Vulnerable and isolated, she became … Read more
The true story of how a poor girl from Grimsby became a queen. In a bleak northern town where there was little work, the best that Angie Beasley could hope for was a grim job at the local Findus factory. But aged 16, Angie decided she was destined for bigger things. After seeing a TV … Read more
View Post A hundred years ago humorist and storyteller Mark Twain travelled the world. Zig-zagging sedately along the Equator he dropped anchor in Hawaii and Fiji, Australia and New Zealand, in India, Mauritius and South Africa. He encountered a world painted red, a British Empire upon which the sun never set. A hundred years later … Read more
It is 1890 and Harry Selfridge is about to marry society debutante Rose Buckingham. Showman that he is, Harry is determined that their big day will be flamboyant – the talk of Chicago for years to come. He has more on his mind than the wedding, however, and so, it seems, does Rose. Both are … Read more
Popstars: The Making of Hear’say follows the trials and tribulations of becoming a superstar – from the very first auditions through the painstaking selection and refining of the chosen band, to the release of a single and album. The official story of the creation of the Popstars band and the making of what was a … Read more
How does it feel to be plucked from obscurity and thrust into the public eye? What is it like to star in a smash-hit TV show – as yourself? And what price instant fame? Hear’say’s Danny, Kym, Myleene, Noel and Suzanne know only too well. They dreamed of being in a pop band and the … Read more
The official companion to the hit TV series. Packed with photos and anecdotes, this is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of a much-loved show and takes readers from audition to makeover and sees contestants make their entrance in full-on star mode through billowing smoke and those famous sliding doors … Publisher: Andre Deutsch LtdISBN: … Read more
The perfect heartwarming wartime saga, the story of what happened next to the characters featured in the ITV drama series, Home Fires. June 1941, and the women of Great Paxford WI are doing what they can to help the war effort while, behind closed doors, each is fighting a more personal battle. Pat Simms, haunted … Read more
The last thing on Harry Selfridge’s mind was falling in love. Work was his mistress and allowed precious little time for anything, or anyone, else. Then a chance encounter with debutante Rose Buckingham changed everything. Rose proved a perfect match for Harry. From the first moment they met the pair seemed destined to be together. … Read more