Merry Christmas! If, like us, you’ve had your dinner and would like to take yourself to a quiet corner with something good to read and a cup of tea (or a second Christmas dinner- why not?) , rather than get into yet another discussion about politics or similar tricky topics with your aunt’s husband, then we have a treat for you.
Kindle have discounted a whopping 12 of our bestselling titles. Just click on the tiny price next to each title below and you’ll be able to read Wolf Hall, Americanah, All the Light We Cannot See, Pretty Honest and many more in an instant. With enough titles to take you through to 2016, you’ll have a very happy new year too. Read more…
We’ve given you enough lists of books to take you through to the end of 2016 (and we’ll be checking that you’ve read them all), so we thought we’d give you, via the terrific Hadley Freeman, this list of eighties movies that you should sit back and watch this Christmas. We’re imagining that you’ll have some extra time on your hands, and how better to spend it? Plus, popcorn is basically fat free, isn’t it, which is what you’ll be wanting after delicious Christmas dinner. You don’t have to watch all of these films, but we’ll bet you want to after looking at the posters… Read more…
With Christmas right around the corner (you’re going to hear that phrase from us a lot in the next few days), we at 4th Estate are about to do some Supermarket Sweep style shopping for our nearest and dearest. Luckily, we have an extract from this bespoke gift guide from Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes to help us out. We’ve got gift ideas for teenage girls, men of all ages, mum, plus cheap and lovely stocking fillers. Sali has beauty covered, and once again, she’s saved us from buying presents that gather dust in cupboards and under beds. Read more…
Today is Friday, the day of the usual Food From 4th post, plus, we’re getting ready for Christmas. How better to combine the two than to bring you a 4x4th Estate on Festive Feasts? Christmas can be an event, in literature, where the times that are supposed to be good, go ever so slightly bad. Read more…
