Fifty 50 Shades of Grey by EL James books to spark baby boom

The best-selling Fifty Shades of Grey books have already been credited with reviving ailing marriages and now an expert predicts they could cause a baby boom. Professor Ellis Cashmore, expert in Culture at Staffordshire University, predicts a spike in the number of newborns in Britain next year as a result of the book, which has been dubbed 'mummy porn'. He said: 'With the millions of copies it has sold - it makes complete sense to assume that in nine months time we are going see a baby boom.