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Wendy Holden — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Wendy Holden is made to laugh and cry by the pick of 2005's bog reads

Bottoms up! Wendy Holden is distressed by the lack of fizz in a study of her favourite tipple

Wendy Holden — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Uncorked: the science of champagne Gerard Liger-Belair Princeton University Press, 160pp, �12.95 ISBN 0691119198

Diary - Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT

My maternity nurse spent every night discussing her novel with me. When I handed over the (huge) cheque, I was thinking the payment should in fact be the other way around

Fiction - Where to wax

Wendy Holden — Mon, 10 May 2004 12:00:00 GMT

Bergdorf Blondes Plum Sykes Viking, 320pp, �10 ISBN 0670914339

Diary - Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden — Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:00:00 GMT

"Congratulations on the baby," said the journalist. "You must be very pleased." "Whaddya mean?" demanded the veteran star. "That I'm too old to have a baby? Get outta here"

Hard-boiled chick lit

Wendy Holden — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Finding Myself Toby Litt Hamish Hamilton, 432pp, �12.99 ISBN 0241141559

Diary - Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMT

The artist confided that he knew a girl who used to paint boring pictures of boats. Then she reinvented herself, got schmoozing and now sells dirty knickers to Charles Saatchi

Diary - Wendy Holden

Wendy Holden — Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT

I resolve to stop listening to Radio 4's ever-more-hysterical Today programme. Much as I love Sarah Montague's dominatrix style, the rest either terrifies or irritates me

The road to Westminster

Wendy Holden — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Number Ten Sue Townsend Michael Joseph, 336pp, �15.99 ISBN 071814368X

Amour propre

Wendy Holden — Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Man and Wife Tony Parsons HarperCollins, 308pp, �16.99 ISBN 0002261839