‘Winning performances from Jeff Goldblum and Mercedes Ruehl, plus pretty expert direction from Terry Johnson’ – The Daily Telegraph

Following his sell-out success in Speed-the-Plow at The Old Vic, Hollywood star Jeff Goldblum makes a hotly-anticipated return to the London stage, in Neil Simon's brilliantly observed, award-winning comedy. 

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 The Other Tudors - Henry VIII'S Mistresses and Bastards by Phillipa Jones  £9. 99 New Holland

Everybody thinks they know the tale of King Henry VIII's wives: divorced, beheaded died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But behind this familiar story, lies a far more complex truth. This book brings together for the first time the 'other women' of King Henry VIII.

 Searching for Schindler — Thomas Keneally published by Hodder 8.99 April

The extraordinary tale of Oskar Schindler, the Aryan who saved hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, is now legendary, but as Tom Keneally reveals in this absorbing memoir, luck and the dogged persistence of one of 'Schindler's Jews' were vital in bringing it to the world's attention through his Booker Prize-winning novel, Schindler's Ark and the subsequent film, Schindler's List. Entertaining, inspiring and filled with anecdotes about the many people involved, from the survivors Keneally interviewed to Steven Spielberg and Liam Neeson, Searching for Schindler gives a revealing insight into a writer's mind and the creation of a modern classic. It also traces what happened in the decades after the war to Schindler, his wife, and the people they rescued -- including Leopold Pfefferberg, who made it his mission to repay his priceless debt to Schindler.

 To help while away those dark winter nights ahead, why not curl up in front of the fire with a good book? Below are just a few suggestions to whet yor appetite, with many more available on the MT Bookshop website.

Often quiet, assuming, but utterly professional, hospice workers are our midwives from this life into whatever lies beyond. Now at last, someone has written a book encapsulating the work of hospices - as seen through the eyes of the people who work in them. Written by Ann Richardson, an Independent writer and researcher, 'Life In A Hospice' provides vivid, real-life accounts of hospice life .