Grigson's first book on Pugliese cooking after moving to the heel of Italy five years ago: generous and informal food from the coast to the hills around Basilicata and Calabria. Fish, meat, ... read more
A new edition of this splendid book, in a smaller format and illustrated with a few drawings rather than photographs. Roddy writes wonderfully about Testaccio (where she has lived for over a... read more
This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston b... read more
Our former Prime Minister considers Hillsborough, Grenfell and many parliamentary scandals, arguing that time and again those in power have served their own interests or those of the organi... read more
Discovering that her grandfather, one of Greece's fascist generals, acquired ancient art treasures for himself, Helena has to reckon with her family's past. VH is a tireless and passionate e... read more
A witness to the Beslan massacre, the former Moscow correspondent sought to ease his soul and deepen his understanding of the roots of violence by taking a 1000-mile walk along the political... read more
The first biography of one of the great codebreakers: she played a key role in both world wars, and also deciphered the letters of both Beethoven and Mozart.
How Stalin isolated and pampered Western journalists in the gilded cage of the Metropol Hotel in order to control their output: their translators were often paid to share their beds, but oth... read more
When a young woman in Renaissance Italy is taken by her husband, the Duke of Ferrara, to a remote villa, she realises he intends to kill her... Richly told, by the author of Hamnet.
A piece of lively entertainment from the former MP, cabinet minister and memoirist. A foreign office chap disappears in Crete without trace - well, almost none - just enough in fact to feed ... read more