1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other...

Unexpected tales from the master of short fiction

The Shielding of Mrs Forbes

Graham Forbes is a disappointment to his...

In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her...

A concise collection of Alan Bennett's latest diaries - and more.

Following the phenomenally successful Writing Home and...

One winter night in Prague, Helen Franklin encounters her friend Karel, half-mad with fear.
He has come into possession of a...