The head archivist of the Imperial War Museum has brought together a collection of first-hand accounts from soldiers, air marshals, ambulance drivers and nurses to illuminate key moments of ... read more
This entertaining debut from the former Home Secretary has an everyday London commute morph into a drama of conspiracy crowded with the Russian mafiosi and the FSB.
Soon after her husband leaves her, Pru goes to a friend's funeral - but it's the wrong one. She has such fun that she buys a black dress and starts attending strangers' funerals quite delibe... read more
Her first book in a decade sees the wonderful SG moving to southern Italy, using food as a route to understanding the culture, history and geography of the region.
An instructive look at 12 statues: why they were put up, the stories they were supposed to tell, why those stories were challenged; and why the statues were pulled down.
A no-holds-barred revenge thriller set in Virginia. Two anti-hero fathers try and make up for their poor parenthood and prejudices by avenging the murders of their two sons. Hold on to your ... read more
What poor RB got up to in lockdown, deprived of guests and colleagues at his beloved Le Manoir, and separated from his family: simple, cheering food that owes much to what he learned from hi... read more
Every Christmas needs an escapist book and this year we think this fits the bill - a novel about the three daughters of the first Earl of Iveagh. There is of course the old chestnut that Pr... read more