Christopoher Somerville has covered the length and breadth of the UK on foot, and has written and broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife and people for over 25 years. In ... Christopher Somerville – Britain’s Best Walks
In a thrilling narrative account, Helen Carr sheds new light on a pivotal period of English history in the first book to cover the whole of the fourteenth century in ... Helen Carr – Sceptred Isle – A New History of the Fourteenth Century
In Rome Father Asser is waiting to die. His idealism has landed him in a papal prison on false charges of heresy, but then salvation arrives in an unexpected form. ... Sir Tony Robinson – The House of Wolf
Harry Mount, the Editor of The Oldie, will be talking to AN Wilson the award winning author of 60 histories, novels and biographies on subjects ranging from Queen Victoria, Charles ... The Oldie Event: When Harry met Andrew – Harry Mount in conversation with A N Wilson
An explosive memoir from the heart of Westminster, lifting the lid on some of the leadership battles that have defined British politics for a decade and a half during the ... Sir Graham Brady – Kingmaker – Secrets, Lies and the Truth about Five Prime Ministers
Today, we are living longer lives, and have choices now as never before about how we will age. What will make us happy? What are we frightened of? What might ... Dr Lucy Pollock – The Golden Rule – Lessons in Living
In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted ... Anne Sebba – The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
In the spring of 1990, we return to Champton, where the characters we’ve come to love are all aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie takes over Champton House as its set location. ... Rev Richard Coles – A Death on Location
How Not to Be a Political Wife is an unflinching account of life at the heart of politics, and what it's like to have politics rip the heart out of ... Sarah Vine – How Not To Be a Political Wife
Join us in a special event of poetry, musicality and conversation to showcase the Caribbean culture that has helped to transform Britain. Featuring the acclaimed poet John Agard who has ... John Agard and Philip Nanton – Caribbean Sensations
Independent sellers will be offering antiquarian & second hand books, modern firsts, signed editions, prints, maps and ephemera at the Dorchester book fair, in the stunning Victorian Hall of the Dorset ... PBFA Dorchester Book Fair
In the first authoritative book to explain how AI works and what it means, the Research Director at the UK government's AI Safety Institute explains how advances in digital technology ... Christopher Summerfield – These Strange New Minds
