Category Archive : Books

After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school election aged 12, one of her favourite teachers, Mr Mason, stopped her in the hallway. ‘You’re the real leader of this school’, he reassured her.

There are currently 987,000 16 to 24-year-olds at a loose end, neither in education or employment, a quarter of them complaining of precarious mental health.

For Richard Waters, an experienced travel writer with a taste for adventure and physical challenges, the discovery from a DNA testing kit that most of his ancestors were Vikings was immensely pleasing.

Anthea Rowan’s moving memoir takes us through her years caring for her mother who suffered from dementia, and tells us how she plans to avoid the same fate.

After giving birth to her own child, Helen Jukes turns to Nature to understand how other species approach motherhood.

The untold story of the crazed religious zealot who set to out kill the President – and if he’d succeeded we’d never have heard of Lee Harvey Oswald

Why? Because that’s the only way Downton Abbey actress Tuppence Middleton – who suffers from crippling OCD – can be sure they’re turned off.

Glamour! Parties! And a LOT of money… with the Formula 1 season just a few weeks away a new book explains how it’s become the world’s hottest sport.

Nick Rennison discovers quite how much of our everyday life is manufactured in this insightful new book from Tim Minshall.

Katharine Spurrier discovers the history of Guinness in this fantastic history from Rory Guinness.