THE rousing cover picture of Michael Collins, fists clenched and in full flight, sets the tone of Great Irish Heroes, a lively collection of stories of men and women whose names have reverberated through the pages of history.

AUTHOR Salman Rushdie received an apology in court yesterday from a former policeman who libelled him in a book about his time in hiding under a fatwa threat.

Katie Price – the new-look Jordan – has launched her autobiography today at the start of the London Book Fair.