No one is more responsible for Britain''s current obsession with celebrity culture than the late, great gossip columnist Nigel Dempster (1941-2007). For a quarter of a century, as the editor of the Da
This is a genuinely enlightening read, combining practical housework advice with touching recollections from the author"s Yorkshire childhood and hilarious scenes from the daily sit-com of family life
This book is the story of Andy Merrifield''s slow and thoughtful pilgramage across the Auvergne with only a donkey for company, after he turns his back on New York and city life.
Whatever your thoughts about Eton, they are likely to be strong: a symbol of class and privilege or a bastion of outdated ideas. Old alumnus Nick Fraser draws on his own experiences, the anecdotes of
Those endless afternoons where you struggled to remember the third person singular present indicative of volo (vult) may be a long time ago. But, if you have the vaguest memory of the ablative absolut
In this witty, intriguing, accessible account, Nicola Shulman interweaves the bloody events of Henry''s reign with the story of English love poetry and the life of its first master, Henry''s most glam
Anne Boleyn was beautiful, gifted and clever. As a teenager, when she arrived at the English court after completing her education in France, she soon caught the eye of King Henry VIII. Love soon turne
This is the story of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish mariner and adventurer, who was delighted to be rescued by passing sailors after four years alone on a Pacific island. The story tells how Selkirk came
Rebecca Tyrrel paints a vivid picture of the life of Camilla Parker Bowles?jolly, horsey, laid-back Camilla, loyal friend, loving mother, whose "open" county marriage was no one''s business until it e
This life of Reginald Farrer offers a window on the opulence and drama of Edwardian horticulture. "Half-poet, half-botanist", as Vita Sackville West described him, he was active during the last great
This life of Reginald Farrer offers a window on the opulence and drama of Edwardian horticulture. "Half-poet, half-botanist", as Vita Sackville West described him, he was active during the last great
As the author of "Evelina" and "Cecilia", both of which created new dimensions for the novel, Fanny Burney is as well remembered for her memoirs of Johnson, her mastectomy and her account of the Battl
This is a portrait of Martin Tupper, the quintessential Victorian, who, in in 1842, wrote the first of a series entitled "Proverbial Philosophy", a moral self-improvement manual. Full of hearty evange
This is a remarkable story, not just about the extraordinary achievements of a family, but about the power of the individual to spur innovation, even when the consen
Let Peter Popples - a young scientist who is just mad about all things popcorn - be your guide as he takes you and your children through thirty fun, delicious and easy recipes to create at home togeth
The astonishing inside story of the coup that toppled Mugabe. The author spent his youth and early adult life watching his parents struggle to make ends meet under the vicious dictator, Sir Robert M
In this game-changing book, University of Cambridge Professor Edward Bullmore reveals the breakthrough new science on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain.
The British and Russian royal families met properly only three times before the Romanovs'' tragic end in 1918. The Imperial Tea Party draws back the curtain on those pivotal encounters; encounters tha
