We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Books news every morning. It’s a cold, sunny morning and Francesca Simon’s kitchen is filled with flowers — tributes from her new ...

I saw the children’s writer Francesca Simon at the theatre two nights before we met on Zoom. By saw, I mean virtually observed. We were both attending Landmark Productions’ livestream of The Approach, ...

Rupert Goold's film directorial debut, Francesca Simon and Cressida Cowell on finishing long-running series, and Richard Cork on unusual things that have become art. Show more Theatre director Rupert ...

I’m finding reading and concentrating difficult during the pandemic, as there is so much to worry about, so I’m restlessly reading more than one book at a time, which is not like me at all. I’ve ...

Director Stephen Daldry talks to Clemency Burton-Hill about The Crown, Linda Grant on her new novel, film Nocturnal Animals reviewed, and Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter. Show more Film and ...

He's one of the best-known characters on children’s television, featuring in a string of animated adventures and even a movie. But the creator of Horrid Henry has now revealed she has never been paid ...

MY what a big boy you are becoming now, Henry! But are you still as Horrid? Bestselling author Francesca Simon had a queue waiting round the block when she came to visit Birmingham’s New Street ...

Francesca Simon, illus. by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Faber & Faber (PGW, dist.), $11.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-571-33027-0 Hel, the protagonist of this deliciously fun YA debut from Simon (the ...

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Francesca Simon is an international star. Her series of children’s books about Horrid Henry (Sourcebooks: $4.99 each, ages 8-12) have sold 14 million copies in 24 countries. In England, where she ...

Best known to television audiences for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in `Blackadder', Miranda Richardson (right), 46, launched her film career with an award-winning performance in `Dance With a ...

Horrid Henry is turning 25. “It’s the 25th book, 25 years, 100th story,” says Francesca Simon of the latest title, Up, Up and Away, featuring her most famous character, “which is rather nice.” “It was ...