Hello, I'm Patrick Stewart, and I've written a memoir, Making It So. In it, I revisit my life from my earliest memories growing up in Yorkshire, to acting on the stage stage to Star Trek to X-Men and

Hollywood. It's a life lived far beyond my expectations and I so hope you enjoy reading it.

Making it so by Patrick Stewart is out now in all good bookshops and as an audio book from audible.

When do you know your home appliance is really intelligent? Is it when the fridge suggests

temperature zones depending on the type of food being stored? Is it when the washing machine

refreshes your clothes beyond just washing them?

Or is it when the oven intuitively adapts the way it cooks according to the dish inside?

With a higher appliance... according to the dish inside.

With a higher appliance, you'll know. Used by me,

Meisha Katao, chef and restaurateur.

Higher, connected to the extraordinary.

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Okay, so picture this, Emma Avaril, living what seems the dream life, successful Korea, beautiful

family, the whole nine yards, and then things take a sinister turn.

She stopped sleeping, just like her mother did

before a terrifying breakdown on her own 40th birthday.

Now here's where it gets really gripping.

Is it just sleep deprivation playing tricks on Emma's mind or is she facing the same fate as her mother

Thanks to some dark family history?

As she digs into a past you can't help but hold your breath, wondering what secrets will come to light and if she'll manage to steer clear it of tragedy.

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