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Book review: All at Sea by Decca Aitkenhead

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Friday 15th April 2016

“On a hot still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead’s life changed for ever.” So runs the blurb for All at Sea, Decca Aitkenhead’s haunting memoir about her late partner Tony Wilkinson. This remarkable book recounts his early life (he was adopted by a white couple and grew up in Leeds) and his transformation from a dreadlocked criminal with a history of drug dealing and violence to a much-loved ...keep reading

Lauren Weisberger launches Revenge Wears Prada

Published by Emma Lee-Potter in on Saturday 22nd June 2013

It’s hard to believe that a whole ten years have flashed by since Lauren Weisberger wrote The Devil Wears Prada, the fictionalised account of her time as an editorial assistant at US Vogue. And it’s seven years since Meryl Streep immortalised glacial New York editor Miranda Priestly on the big screen. Now Weisberger has written the sequel. Revenge Wears Prada was published this week and on a warm summer’s night ...keep reading