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Push until it hurts, then push some more

Even by the standards of a sport that requires enormous stamina and capacity for...

'I planted a dog rose. Then I found a curious piece of driftwood and used this, and one of the necklaces of holey stones on the...

The follow-up autobiography to one of Britain's best loved actors and national treasures

In his first book David Jason told us...

Meikle... , Blyth...

In the 60s, Ronnie and Reggie Kray were Britain’s most notorious gangsters. With violence and intimidation they were the kings of...

'Policing is like this everywhere but not everywhere is Scilly'.
Meet Sergeant Colin Taylor, he has been a valuable member of...

A compelling true story of the reality of undercover police work

For over 20 years, Joe Carter has worked for the police as...

'I have this one term for the kind of woman my mother raised me not to be, and I call it a ‘Do-Nothing B-tch'. It’s the kind of...

A powerful work of memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.

Unearthed is the story...

In her early twenties, Christie Watson was convinced she'd found her soulmate, in a glowing flash of light that turned out to be...

Matt Rowland Hill grew up the son of a minister in an evangelical Christian church in south Wales and then south-east England. It...

In this heartfelt memoir, Yan Lianke brings the reader into his boyhood home in Song County, Henan Province, painting a richly...

When Lucy Mangan was little, stories were everything. They opened up different worlds and cast new light on this one.

She was...

Uncovering the mystery of her mother's disappearance as a child: Laura Cumming, prize-winning author and art critic, takes a...

A powerful, personal agenda-changing exploration of poverty in today's Britain.

'When every day of your life you have been...

Rose Tremain (or Rosie as she was then) grew up in post-war London – a city still partly in ruins, where both food and affection...

People always said I'd find love where I least expected it. I always said they were idiots.
I had no idea how to commit to...

Former Prime Minister and the country's longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the...

From the beginning of their lives, the Olivier sisters stood out: surprisingly emancipated, strikingly beautiful, markedly...

Collingwood Ingram, born in 1880, became known as 'Cherry' for his defining obsession. As a young man, he travelled to Japan and...

A revelatory portrait of Napoleon written for our own time, exploring his love of nature and the gardens that gave his...

Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and rackety personal life. She reported from the...

Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to central...

Frank Buckland was an extraordinary man – surgeon, natural historian, popular lecturer, bestselling writer, museum curator, and a...

Mahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time.

A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy...

At sixty-four, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes,...

What do our possessions say about us? Why do we project such meaning onto them? What becomes of the things we leave...

Young Mary Newton, born into a large Irish family in a small Watford semi, was always getting into trouble. When she wasn’t...

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the...

On hearing that Jackser, her childhood abuser, is seriously ill, Martha is elated, thinking that finally she will be able to...

Martha is now in her thirties. Her daughter has left home and she is lonely and vulnerable. The hard knocks have taken their toll...