Fans of mystery and intrigue are invited to join Ruth Rendell and PD James for a Read for RNIB Literary Reception at one of London's hottest venues The Ivy, 6 October 2011. Money raised from ticket sales will help the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) provide reading services and equipment to blind and partially sighted people.

Best-selling crime novelist Ruth Rendell CBE will appear at an exclusive literary lunch at The Ivy in London to raise funds for leading sight loss charity RNIB. From her award-winning Inspector Wexford series to novels written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine, Baroness Rendell will be sharing some of the highlights from her brilliant career and discussing her next eagerly-awaited Inspector Wexford novel, The Vault, out next month.

Sunday 25th September 2011 - 5:30pm

The top two British crime writers join forces to discuss crime writing, murder mysteries and psychological thrillers. Between them, they have written over 100 books and the names of their protagonists, such as Inspector Wexford, Adam Dalgleish and Cordelia Gray, are known world-wide. Many credit them for upgrading the entire genre of whodunit, shaping it more into a whydunit.

The Oldie magazine team is launching a new literary festival, based in London's Soho, with authors including Man Booker-winner Howard Jacobson and Michael Morpurgo set to appear.
The Soho Literary Festival will run from 23rd to 25th September 2011, comprising 40 events at The Soho Theatre. Philip Kerr, P D James, Ruth Rendell, Kate Summerscale, Gyles Brandeth, James Delingpole and A N Wilson are also among the names already signed up to appear at the event.

The Westminster Society invites you to a literary evening with two successful and well know crime writers; PD James and Ruth Rendell. The evening's conversation will be chaired by a third writer; David Benedictus and there will be support from the Maurice Horhut Jazz Trio. Tickets cost £35 each and can be purchased by contacting the main office on 020 8968 7376.

A charity carol concert in aid of helping children in Darfur in Sudan. It was organised by Kids For Kids, who support families there through long term projects, which includes sending out goats. Hence the reason why we were greeted by a stuffed goat outside the church as well as a couple of donkeys!<br />
It all took place at St. Luke's Church in Chelsea, and we were there to be part of a celebrity choir. We were given the first verse of Away in a Manager to sing, and managed to have a brief rehearsal before it was our big moment. Also in the choir was the actor Richard Wilson, the author Ruth Rendell and fellow news presenter Alastair Stewart.

Explore London's history with old maps on your iPhone

To celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished Church Street Library, the library is hosting a series of free events including Ruth Rendell talking about her work on Wednesday 1 September 2010 from 11am to 12 noon.

Ruth will be reading from her new novel 'Tigerlily's Orchids' at England's Lane Books in Hampstead on Thursday 16 September at 7.30pm.

The only time that I actually felt really moved was when the father of the twins (played very well by Christopher Ravenscroft) was reunited with his wife. However, this beautiful moment was ruined a little by the American tourist behind me who exclaimed ‘Old people are, like, so cute!’.

The V&A commissioned TROIKA to create a permanent sign for the V&A entrance leading from the South Kensington tube station to the Museum.

...Thus the old Syracusan merchant Egeon has been arrested and arraigned by a tall, white-suited Duke in a gendarme's hat that makes him look like General de Gaulle. Ragged and manacled, Christopher Ravenscroft makes Egeon's long, usually boring speech of explanation, one of riveting interest...

...There is also some dramatic balance in that the long opening account of misery from Egeon, the imprisoned merchant of Syracuse, is delivered with gravity (and clarity) by Christopher Ravenscroft.

Ruth Rendell answers questions and reads from her 2008 novel Portobello at West End Books in Hampstead.

“My characters sometimes try to take over a plot and I have to crush them,” said the novelist, who lives in Maida Vale. “You have to remember what Graham Greene said about authors of fiction: ‘There’s always a little splinter of ice in them.’ He meant that you could be at the deathbed of a dear and close friend or relative and you would be taking down notes.”

On Monday 26th April, Baroness Ruth Rendell of Babergh, C.B.E presented the Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition Award at the October Gallery in Bloomsbury, London, a competition conducted by the award winning charity InterAct Reading Service.

It's just not safe on the streets of small-screen London - whichever channel you choose.

An interactive guide to the corner of London once famous for its bookshops.

The loss of one of Charing Cross Road's best bookshops is as much down to customer neglect as the economic climate.

Watch the new ZDF Ruth Rendell documentary online.

Will Self, Victoria Hislop and Ruth Rendell are among the line up for the 2008 SW11 Literary Festival. The event held by Waterstone¹s at Clapham Common and Wandsworth Council will run from 8th to 28th September.