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Bletchley Park and D-Day: A Q&A with David Kenyon

Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become…

War and chaos in Syria and Iraq, violence in Afghanistan, and hopelessness in countries bordering war zones have…

Bookshop of the Month, Britain, Interviews December 27, 2018

What a year it’s been! We have journeyed the length and breadth of Britain to show you some…

Bookshop of the Month, Britain, Interviews April 30, 2018

For May’s bookshop of the month, we paid a visit to News from Nowhere, Liverpool’s radical and community…

Bookshop of the Month, Britain, Interviews, London, Places October 6, 2017

For October’s Bookshop of the Month, we popped down to New Cross in South London to chat to…

In her new book, The London Cage, historian Helen Fry reveals what life was like in one of…

For September’s Bookshop of the Month, we chose Janette Ray in the lovely historic city of York. Janette…

Described by The Times as ‘the biographical equivalent of a buddy film’, Margaret Willes’ The Curious World of…

If you’re headed out to the countryside this summer, you should pop into the lovely town of Cheltenham,…

A unique, in-depth view of London during the record-breaking hot weather of 1858, Rosemary Ashton’s One Hot Summer uncovers crucial…

For this month’s bookshop of the month, we found our way up to Keswick and chatted to Lucy…

For April’s bookshop of the month, we head over to mid Wales where Diana and Geoff run the beautiful…

Bookshop of the Month, Britain, Publishing, Recent Posts March 3, 2017

For March’s bookshop of the month, we are delighted to have chosen the Bell Bookshop in Henley-on-Thames. We spoke to Hilary,…

‘The great age of the royal progress ended with the Civil War, but members of the royal family…

In an article to mark 800 years since Louis VIII was proclaimed king of England – on 2…