The Underrated Victorian Author To Read If You Love Jane Austen And Brontë

[ad_1] Last year, fellow Jane Austen fans had a bumper harvest of new shows and audiobooks as part of the 250th anniversary of her birth. And though the response to Emerald Fennell’s 2026 film version of Wuthering Heights has been pretty mixed, there’s no denying it’s brought about a bit of a Brontë boom; sales […]

The music that will never die…the golden days of cheesy rock

[ad_1] Raised on Radio by Paul Rees (Constable £25, 528pp)   By MARCUS BERKMANN Published: 05:00 EST, 22 February 2026 | Updated: 05:00 EST, 22 February 2026 This substantial but consistently entertaining book is subtitled Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola: The AOR Glory Years 1976-1986, which tells you rather more about it than its somewhat dull […]