Keanu and co: how celebrities became bestselling novelists
From Richard Osman and Millie Bobby Brown to the upcoming book by Keanu Reeves, celebrity novels are everywhere. What’s behind the boom? And how do non-famous writers feel about it?
November 2023
David Walliams settles with Britain’s Got Talent production company over leaked comments
I loathe Little Britain, but it shouldn’t be censored – let it fade away for being unfunny
Barbara Ellen
October 2023
Britain’s Got Talent company ‘knew of David Walliams’s derogatory remarks when it offered him £1m deal’
Court papers say FremantleMedia was aware of explicit comments about two contestants when it offered comedian new contract
September 2023
David Walliams files case against Britain’s Got Talent production company
Case follows Walliams’ exit as BGT judge after transcript surfaced of him making offensive off-air comments about contestants
February 2023
Julia Donaldson ends James Patterson’s reign as UK libraries’ most borrowed author
Data shows that Patterson’s 14-year run as readers’ overall favourite has given way to the Gruffalo author
January 2023
Bruno Tonioli to replace David Walliams as Britain’s Got Talent judge
Former Strictly Come Dancing favourite joins ITV talent show panel after Walliams recorded making sexually explicit remarks
December 2022
Bad grandmas are the new pop culture icons – and about time too
Sally Feldman
Steer clear of ‘mediocre writing’ by celebrities for Christmas, authors plead
November 2022
David Walliams expected to quit as Britain’s Got Talent judge
David Walliams recorded making derogatory remarks about BGT contestants
April 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: she’s dead but doesn’t know it – a whodunnit with a supernatural twist
A woman tries to solve her own murder in a new thriller. Plus: it’s the last in the series for Grayson’s amateur artists. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2022
Brass Eye’s outtakes show the brutal TV comedy was the tip of an iceberg
With rare footage and personal insights, the documentary Oxide Ghosts is a must-see for fans of Chris Morris’s satire, which is 25 years old
December 2021
Pinch of Nom narrowly beats Richard Osman to top Christmas book chart
The food bloggers’ fourth book Comfort Food outsold Osman’s second cosy crime novel by just over 1,000 copies
October 2021
HarperCollins removes story from David Walliams’ book The World’s Worst Children
After criticism of the ‘casual racism’ of a story about a Chinese boy, the publisher has taken it out of the next print run of the bestselling anthology
September 2021
‘I have these stories to tell’: the authors trying to diversify children’s books
Schemes provide mentors and funding to help aspiring writers on low incomes enter market dominated by white celebrities
July 2021
Brief letters
Smoke signals light up quick crossword
Brief letters: David Walliams and the Bible | Boris Johnson | Broken asylum system | Quick crossword | 80th birthday present
Coronavirus: singing celebrities make film urging Britons to get Covid jab – video
David Walliams, Jim Broadbent, Nicola Roberts and Asa Butterfield among stars performing in short film
Singing celebrities make film urging Britons to get Covid jab
David Walliams, Jim Broadbent, Nicola Roberts and Asa Butterfield among stars performing in short film
January 2021
Twist review – try-hard reboot spray paints over Dickens' tale
Rafferty Law’s young hero is a graffiti artist and Michael Caine’s Fagin an ex-art dealer in this under-par update of Oliver Twist
