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Alex Hassell reveals Rivals season two will pay tribute to Dame Jilly Cooper after author’s death aged 88

The British actor also teased what’s in store for his character Rupert Campbell-Black in the Disney+ series

Evening Standard

Another Guardian link to the Keira Knightley film The Woman in Cabin 10

Brief letters: Norman and Joe Shrapnel | Proficiency in English | How to Stay Married | Jilly Cooper’s Riders | What next for Venezuela?

The Guardian - UK

Queen Camilla remembers Dame Jilly Cooper's desire to get 'absolutely plastered' in literary event tribute

Queen Camilla remembered an "immortal line" from the late Rivals author Dame Jilly Cooper as she paid tribute to her "much-missed" friend at the Cliveden Literary Festival.

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Queen pays tribute to Dame Jilly Cooper at literary festival

Camilla quoted the ‘queen of the bonkbuster’ who has died aged 88.

Evening Standard

Five Great Reads: a grand book heist, being outed as an IRA guy, and the desperate mishandling of the Israel-Gaza conflict

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU

What the late Jilly Cooper meant to us

Letters: Caroline Cole reveals why she called her first daughter Harriet. Plus letters from Bob Kentridge and Jean Holmes

The Guardian - UK

Give football fans seats in the House of Lords

Brief letters: Fair representation | The new PPE | Bad films | Jilly Cooper and University Challenge | Panettone french toast

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‘A sparkle that extends beyond fiction’: readers on what Jilly Cooper meant to them

Fans pay tribute to the author’s escapist tales, her real-life largesse and her unexpected passions

The Guardian - UK

Children's fantasy novelist Katherine Rundell secures multi-film deal with Disney

The Oxford university fellow is the first British children’s author since JK Rowling to simultaneously reach No. 1 on the children’s book charts in the UK and America.

Evening Standard

Jilly Cooper: why readers still cherish her ‘fat, fun, frothy novels’

The author Jilly Cooper has died aged 88. Cooper’s books were “bonkbusters” – a form of blockbuster fiction that was most popular in the 1980s and 1990s, characterised by explicit sex, scandalous plots and large casts of characters.

The Conversation

Eamonn Holmes claims he inspired ‘devilishly handsome’ character in one of Dame Jilly Cooper’s novels

The GB News host spoke about the exchange after news of the bestselling author’s death aged 88

Evening Standard

Dame Jilly Cooper ‘changed the way we read books as women’ – Angela Rippon

The broadcaster was friends with the author.

Evening Standard

Strictly star Karen Carney says football punditry criticism ‘crushed’ her

Former Lionesses Karen Carney says she joined Strictly Come Dancing to “rebuild” her confidence

The Independent UK

Thomas Skinner speaks out after Strictly elimination: ‘I move like a fridge’

Skinner and his professional dance partner Amy Dowden become the first couple to leave the series

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Queen Camilla pays tribute to 'wonderful' friend Dame Jilly Cooper

Queen Camilla has paid tribute to her "wonderfully witty and compassionate" friend Dame Jilly Cooper following the author's death.

Evening Standard

Stormzy among stars reading from Booker Prize novels shortlisted for 2025

Pop star Dua Lipa and Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker are among previous stars to have read excerpts from Booker Prize-nominated novels.

The Guardian - UK

‘Absolutely divine!’ How Jilly Cooper changed the world – one bonkbuster at a time

Her romances were so intelligent, raunchy and outrageously readable that she created her own category, bewitching generations of readers

Evening Standard

Jilly Cooper's raunchiest bonkbusters, from Riders to Rivals

The best-selling author has died at 88, leaving behind a legendary legacy of literary filth

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Woman & Home

Farewell to Dame Jilly Cooper - the queen of glamorous escapism

The author has died aged 88. Our Books Editor Zoe West reflects on her incredible legacy

Evening Standard

Tributes pour in from Rivals cast in honour of Dame Jilly Cooper

The author, who was known for her ‘bonkbusters’ including Riders, Rivals and Polo, died unexpectedly Sunday morning after a fall.

The Guardian - UK

‘Jilly Cooper was the absolute queen’: writers pay tribute to the beloved author

The writer was an astute observer of English class – and a champion of complicated female heroines

The Independent UK

100-tonne ‘fatberg’ blockage removed from London sewer

Thames Water described the clearance of the fatberg as ‘hugely complex’

The Independent UK

‘Queen of joy’: Dame Jilly Cooper honoured by Rivals stars after death aged 88

Renowned author is being remembered as a ‘magical woman’ by cast of the hit Disney+ adaptation

The Independent UK

‘A bit silly’: What TV bosses got wrong about Jilly Cooper’s wonderful books

‘A group of people saw Jilly’s work as naff but another group saw it as dangerous and sexy,’ said ‘Rivals’ showrunner Dominic Treadwell-Collins

Evening Standard

Jilly Cooper: from train crashes to affairs — a scandalous life well-lived

The author made her name writing racy novels, but her life was almost as interesting as those of the characters in her books

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