Nobody sees and understands woodland better than Ray Mears.With deep natural history knowledge and practical woodcraft skills, gained over a lifetime of learning from the world's last remaining indigenous peoples, ... Ray Mears – British Woodland
London, 2007. It's summer in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market hits near record highs.But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying ... Robert Peston – Crash
Walking tour around Hardy’s Casterbridge (Dorchester) and Fordington (Durnover) reciting the poetry and prose of this great writer and discovering the places and buildings that inspired him to write The ... A Walk Around Dorchester in the Footsteps of Thomas Hardy
Becoming a WriterA masterclass for those who are taking their first steps in writing fiction. If you want to start writing, this session will help you to explore your talent and ... Celia Brayfield – Becoming a Writer
**Event Cancelled** We regret to say that this event has been cancelled. If you have purchased tickets, please contact us for a refund.The dumbest guy in the Room: How a ... Julian Unthank – How To Be A Screen Writer
Why do we want to write and what stops us?How does the urge to express ourselves fight with the worry that no-one will care or that we will get in ... Cathy Rentzenbrink – Write It All Down
Anna Kent has delivered babies in war zones, caring for the most vulnerable women in the most vulnerable places in the world. At twenty-six years old, not yet a fully-trained ... Anna Kent – Frontline Midwife
A ravishing coming-of-age story set in the shadow of an oncoming war, The Whalebone Theatre fizzes with invention and compassion as an 'unmarriageable' girl elects to defy convention and find her own ... Joanna Quinn – The Whalebone Theatre
Detailing six high profile murder and manslaughter cases over which they have presided, an Old Bailey judge reveals the inner workings of a crown court and how we should all ... Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC – Unlawful Killings
When we go for a walk, whether in the countryside or city, we pass through landscapes full of natural beauty and curiosities both visible and invisible – but though we ... John Wright – The Observant Walker
In Encounters with Artists, Richard Cork turns his impeccable skills as a critic and writer to tell the story of his encounters with some of the world’s most influential artists. From ... Richard Cork – Encounters with Artists
Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human ... Tim Marshall – The Future of Geography
The lives of 40 men and women behind some of the world’s most exciting gardens. Throughout history great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic ... Stephen Anderton – The Lives of the Great Gardeners
Justine Picardie spent years puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, peeling away the accretions of romance and lies. Since its publication in 2010, hers has become the definitive Chanel ... Justine Picardie – Chanel The Legend and the Life
How They Rise and How They Fall: From Julius Caesar to Boris JohnsonWho said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism ... Ferdinand Mount – Big Caesars and Little Caesars
Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine has horrified the world. But many Russians appear to be watching an entirely different war—one in which they are the courageous underdogs and kind-hearted heroes ... Jade McGlynn – Russia’s War
A Family Memoir of Miraculous SurvivalFrom longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival ... Daniel Finkelstein – Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. Bestselling author and top 100 most-cited scientist Tim Spector has ... Tim Spector – Food for Life
**Event Cancelled** We regret to say that this event has been cancelled. If you have purchased tickets, please contact us for a refund.A true story of drugs, war and the ... Miles Johnson – Chasing Shadows
From the Fashion Director of The Times comes a wise, inspiring and invigorating guide to making the most of life as a grown-up woman – from the practical (how to ... Anna Murphy – Destination Fabulous
The son of ex-pat parents in colonial Nigeria, Edward Stourton was sent back to Britain to be educated by Benedictine monks at Ampleforth, at the time when, it was later ... Edward Stourton – Confessions