Law and Literature in Dorchester: Meet at The Thomas Hardy Statue at the Top O’ Town Join Mark Damon Chutter, Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society, for ... Have They Come For Me? A guided walk tracing Law and Literature in Dorchester with Mark Damon Chutter

“Tanks are like dinner jackets”, an Australian general once commented – “you don’t need them very often, but when you do, nothing else will do.”An authoritative history of the tank ... Mark Urban – Tank

At the heart of the Middle East, with its regional conflicts and proxy wars, is a 1400-year-old schism between Sunni and Shia. To understand this divide and its modern resonances, ... Barnaby Rogerson – The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East

Drawing on the latest international research, leading physician and healthcare expert Professor Geoffrey Guy examines how quantum phenomena affect processes as diverse as the functioning of the brain and the ... Geoffrey Guy – Quantum Biology

There’s a sea lover in every Brit. The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 has been keeping people up to date with the latest changes to British weather for a ... Meg Clothier – The Shipping Forecast

From the international bestselling author, an unmissable new retelling of the life of one of the most captivating and misrepresented female figures in history. A story of female power and ... Natasha Solomons – Cleopatra

One in three people over the age of 50 has grandchildren. These grandparents are the first generation to be both psychologically aware and very hands on, playing an integral role ... Terri Apter – Grandparenting: On Love and Relationships Across Generations

A Journey Through Two Centuries of British Railway History 1825–2025.In 1825 the Stockton & Darlington company strode into history with the opening of the world’s first public steam railway. What ... Simon Bradley – Bradley’s Railway Guide

A bold and brilliantly inventive historical novel, set in the reign of James II at a time of rebellion and unrest, from a 25-million-copy bestselling author. England, 1685. Decades after ... Minette Walters – The Players

Beautiful and strange, ancient monuments have long captured our attention and curiosity. We stand in awe before them, asking who created the Uffington White Horse – and why? What was ... Peter Ross – Upon a White Horse

So secret was this mission, the SAS seizure of a train to raid deep into enemy territory to liberate a concentration camp, that it wasn’t until 1968 – twenty-seven years ... Damien Lewis – SAS: The Great Train Raid

In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the President of Equatorial Guinea, to be educated ... Monica Macias – Black Girl from Pyongyang