This week's highlights include Cracking Crime, which revisits the murder of a prison officer from Kerry.

THE River Café on the edge of the Thames in Hammersmith was started as a staff canteen for architect Richard Rodgers and his team in 1985. His wife Ruthie and her friend Rose Gray loved to cook and had fun reproducing the Italian food they enjoyed on holiday in Tuscany and Florence.

A FEW months ago I wrote about a new young chef called Stevie Parle who is making waves on the London food scene.

Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers new paperback series, the River Café Pocket books, cost around €13. They feature delicious recipes from London’s acclaimed River Café.

Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe was today awarded another honour for her growing collection – being named in the new edition of Britain's Who’s Who.