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END OF YEAR REVIEW: The best books from 2020  | Updated: 12:55, 07 January 2021 Stratford Literary Festival (SLF) folk and other local reading enthusiasts share their favourite reads from Gill Sutherland (43827353) Wine Girl by Victoria James made very interesting if dangerous reading. Subtitled “A sommelier’s tale of making it in the toxic world of fine dining”, James gives amazing insight into what goes on behind the scenes in fancy restaurants. Her love of wine is contagious and made me really appreciate the treat of a good bottle with all the homemade food being prepared...

The pop culture that got us through 2020 In 2020, we leaned on pop culture more than ever for moments of levity, distraction — and sometimes even clarity — during a chaotic year. Looking back, here are some of the pop culture moments that stuck with us. Listen to the story. People in their cars and on outdoor chairs watch the movie "Tolo Tolo" July 9, 2020, at the Paolo Ferrari drive-in cinema in Ostia, on the Rome's seaside. The drive-in cinema opened during the summer with social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: Share Movies, books, videos on the inte...

'Off Again, Gorgeous Day': One man’s impossible mission to climb Mount Everest Ed Caesar’s new book, The Moth and the Mountain, is an engrossing and probing account of British mountaineer and aviator Maurice Wilson, who is known for his ill-fated attempt to climb Mount Everest alone in 1934. December 20, 2020 / 07:24 AM IST What makes a person give up everything to chase a daunting dream? Rash self-confidence, the desire to go down in history, being driven by an idea larger than oneself, or a combination of all these? Take the case of Maurice Wilson. In the 1930s, he decided to fly fro...

The world’s parcel delivery services are slammed beyond capacity, but it’s not too late to give the gift of knowledge this holiday season. Just call up a local bookstore near your giftee’s address and have them put aside a copy of one of the books below. Or better yet, order a few for yourself. This winter, more than any other, is the right time to curl up on the sofa next to a big stack of books and stay the heck inside (other than during your daily workout or adventure, of course). The list rules: these are books I liked this year. Some are old, others are new, and a few are still to ...

IN 2011 Ed Caesar read a paragraph about a Yorkshireman who, in the 1930s, decided to mount an ambitious expedition to climb Mount Everest. The man planned to fly a plane from London to the lower slopes of the mountain and walk the rest of the way to the summit - despite having no flying or mountaineering experience. When news of his outlandish scheme became public he was forbidden from carrying it out, but defied authority and embarked on a mammoth trek, flying thousands of miles, walking hundreds more - in disguise to evade arrest - and tackling the inhospitable terrain of the world�...