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A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet...

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Jungle tells the remarkable story of the world's tropical forests, from the arrival of the first plants millions of years ago to...

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It is spring 1917 in the Cornish coastal village of Zennor, and the young artist Clare Coyne is waking up to the world. Ignoring...

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Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history....

1950s Tehran. In an alleyway an abandoned baby cries into the night, attracting the attention of the young man who will save her....

The Pizzeria Vesuvio looks like any other Italian restaurant in London - with a few small differences. The chefs who make the...

Matar was nineteen years old when his father was kidnapped. In the year following he found himself turning to art, particularly...

We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the...

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'The actress arrived in his village the only way one could come directly . . .'

In spring 1962 American actress Dee Moray's...

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger?

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