Anywhere: deborah moggach (Keywords)

When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his obnoxious father-in-law, he asks his wife: 'Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away.' His prayer seems to have been answered when his entrepreneurial cousin, Sonny, sets up a retirement home.

Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as ...

John Madden directs this British comedy drama starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel. The film follows the experiences of a group of British retirees who arrive to take up residence in a newly-opened retirement home in Bangalore, India. Despite its glossy publicity campaign, the Marigold t...

John Madden directs this British comedy drama starring Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel. The film follows the experiences of a group of British retirees who arrive to take up residence in a newly-opened retirement home in Bangalore, India. Despite its glossy publicity campaign, the Marigold t...

Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had - picnicking on the beach with small children, laughing together, nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of...

Pru's husband has walked out, leaving her alone to contemplate her future. She's missing not so much him, but the life they once had – picnicking on the beach with small children, laughing together, nestling up like spoons in the cutlery drawer as they sleep. Now there's just a dip on one side of...

James is getting on a bit and needs full-time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, who seems willing to take him off their hands. But as James regales his family with tales of Mandy's virtues, their shopping trips, and the shared pleasure of their journeys to garde...

James is getting on a bit and needs full-time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, who seems willing to take him off their hands. But as James regales his family with tales of Mandy's virtues, their shopping trips and the shared pleasure of their journeys to garden...

At 23 Brimley Street, Kate struggles with her two babies and the effort of keeping up appearances for her high-flying husband. Next door, Sam struggles with his novel, while his wife goes out to work. Magic and mischief await them all this summer.

From swimming on Hampstead Heath to illicit trysts in hayfields, or counting stock in corner shops and stifling parenting classes to pedicures in Florence, this collection of short stories includes some previously unpublished in book form, and covers the gamut of human nature - our foibles, our l...

Four brilliant short stories by bestselling writer Deborah Moggach, author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and many other works.

Russell 'Buffy' Buffery erstwhile thespian and thrice-married B&B owner has hit on an idea: So you've split up. It happens to the best of us. But marriage is a division of labour and chances are you've relied on your Better Half for something you can't do yourself fixing the house, sorting out th...

When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for. In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than the chic and is miles from nowhere, he realises he needs to fill the beds - and fast. Enter ...

When retired actor Buffy decides to up sticks from London and move to rural Wales, he has no idea what he is letting himself in for.In possession of a run-down B&B that leans more towards the shabby than the chic and is miles from nowhere, he realises he needs to fill the beds – and fast.Enter a ...

1916, pretty young Eithne Clay runs a South London boarding house with the help of her teenage son and their maid. Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, and her son going as everyday life vanishes in the face of war, Eithne's world is transformed by the arrival of Mr Turk, the butcher.

British comedy drama sequel starring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Dev Patel. Following on from the events of 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (2011), Muriel (Smith) is now the manager of the hotel owned by Sonny Kapoor (Patel) and Evelyn (Dench), and has Douglas (Bill Nighy) to help to run the bu...

Petra's romantic life has always been a car-crash, and even in her sixties she's still capable of getting it disastrously wrong. But then she falls in love with Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad. The fatal catch? Jeremy is her best friend's husband. But just as Petra is beginning to relax...

'Nobody in the world knows our secret ... that I’ve ruined Bev's life, and she's ruined mine.'Petra’s romantic life has always been a car-crash, and even in her sixties she’s still capable of getting it disastrously wrong. But then she falls in love with Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad....

Petra's romantic life has always been a car-crash, and even in her sixties she's still capable of getting it disastrously wrong. But then she falls in love with Jeremy, an old chum, visiting from abroad. The fatal catch? Jeremy is her best friend's husband. But just as Petra is beginning to relax...