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THE Chancellor is facing explosive allegations of being responsible for the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new book on the government’s handling of the crisis.  In Failures of State, extracts of which have been printed in the Times, senior sources from the Sage committee allege that Prime Minister Boris Johnson followed the advice of Chancellor Rishi Sunak rather than heeding their own warnings to enter lockdown as Covid-19 infections rose. In mid-September, government advisers Sir Patrick Vallance and Professor Chris Whitty urged the Prime Minister to impose a sh...

Books: The best new reads hitting the bookshelves this year Turning the page on another year, experts offer their predictions of what's going to be hot in the world of books for 2021... What will you be reading in 2021? 06 January, 2021 01:00 There will be a bumper crop of new books published this year thanks to the pandemic's effect on 2020's schedule IT'S going to be a sizzling year for new books in 2021, from dazzling debuts and celebrity memoirs to tomes exploring diversity, as well as light-hearted reads and even a revisiting of Bridget Jones. Many key ti...

Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka (Bloomsbury) The Nobel laureate’s first novel in almost 50 years promises “murder, mayhem and no shortage of drama” in contemporary Nigeria. The Thursday Murder Club 2 by Richard Osman (Viking) Last year the Pointless co-host’s cosy crime debut set in a retirement home broke sales records; here comes the sequel. Waters of Salvation by Richard Coles (W&N) A new crime series from everyone’s favourite vicar begins as a proposal to refurbish a village church ends in murder; Canon Daniel Clement must investigate. O...

These are the books set to create a buzz in 2021 29th December 2020 Turning the page on another year, experts offer their predictions of what’s going to be hot in the world of books for 2021. By Hannah Stephenson It’s going to be a sizzling year for new books in 2021, from dazzling debuts and celebrity memoirs to tomes exploring diversity, as well as light-hearted reads and even a revisiting of Bridget Jones. Many key titles were delayed due to the pandemic, so there should be a bumper crop of books to bag in 2021, but keep an eye on changing publication dates as the year progresses...

Sunday Times libel damages to Peter Cruddas reduced on appeal from £180k to £50k A £180,000 libel damages award to former Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas has been reduced to £50,000 by the Court of Appeal. The 61-year-old businessman brought the claim against Times Newspapers and two members of the Sunday Times's Insight Team, Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake, over three articles which appeared in March 2012. Today, three judges allowed the group's appeal on the claims for libel and malicious falsehood in relation to the allegation that, in return for cash donations to the...