On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..

The basis for the musical phenomenon 'Cats' this collection of 14 inviting rhymes - the mixture of t..

At long last the untold story of the mysterious Mrs Brontë. They were from different lands differen..

‘Now when I hear birdsong I feel an entry to that understory. When I am feeling too squeezed on th..

To many Queen Victoria is a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique portrayed as an ageing stiff widow. ..

In 1940 Britain stood perilously close to invasion. One by one the nations of Europe had fallen and ..

Charting his 15 years working as a GP Dr Amir Khan's stories are as much about community and care as..

In The Genius of Birds acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance o..

On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..

A Slip of the Keyboard brings together for the first time the finest examples of Pratchett's non-fic..

Who were the three men the Soviet and American superpowers exchanged on Berlin's Glienicke Bridge on..

Cory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving boy. Then one morning he had an irresistible urge to shake ..

In 1948 a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide Australia. Well-dressed and unmarked he h..

From prehistoric cave paintings to the prints and etchings of Picasso owls have captivated and inspi..

In 1938 with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking Huan Hsu’s great-great grandfather Liu and..