Nigel Slater on how his memoir Toast became a phenomenon
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On the 20th anniversary of his bestseller, Nigel Slater tells how it all began … and how it went to stage and screenToast is 20. But the memoir that chronicled my childhood (cooking, eating, crying, and a few other “ings” a wiser author might have...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/jan/22/nigel-slater-how-his-memoir-toast-became-a-phenomenon

And Then What? by Catherine Ashton review – colourful insider account of European diplomacy
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The first and presumably last Briton ever to lead European foreign policy gives us a glimpse of an approach – more collab...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/22/and-then-what-by-catherine-ashton-review-colourful-insider-account-of-european-diplomacy

‘Didn’t read it, will not read it’: Harry and Meghan of little interest to Montecito neighbours
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The world’s fastest-selling memoir is merely an episode in a soap opera in the Sussexes’ adopted Californian hometownOn the day Prince Harry’s controversial, h...

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/harry-and-meghan-montecito-california-neighbours