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
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.
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
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.
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.
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