Bookbenchers: Anne McIntosh | 17 February 2013

Anne McIntosh is the Conservative MP for the Thirsk and Malton constituency, as well as being Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. She shares her favourite books with Spectator readers this weekend.

1) Which book is on your bedside table at the moment?

It’s Headhunters by Jo Nesbo, and it’s actually in Danish. I’m half Danish and I try to keep my language up but I have to say it does take me a while – I do read quite slowly anyway. It was written in Norwegian but translated into Danish and English. That’s the one I’m reading at the minute. It’s quite exciting.

2. Which book would you read to children?

I would read the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, they’re for children but they have a moral to them as well, and there are loads of them. I’ve offered to read them locally to children at one of the bookshops or the libraries.