Mission Impossible: How one man’s epic dash to free his parents saved hundreds
IT IS sunrise over the dams, marshes, and wheat fields of Zuid-Beveland in Holland. Lieutenant Manfred Gans of 10 Commando X Troop puts on his uniform, cleans his Tommy gun and his 45 pistol and fills a bag with grenades and rations. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Showman PT Barnum ‘used slavery to feed sick 19th Century appetite for freak shows’
FROM humble beginnings as a dirt-poor country boy, Phineas Taylor Barnum – better known today as PT Barnum – reinvented himself as a larger-than-life theatrical showman. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Thai cave hero teaches Colin Farrell how to be him ‘I’ll look like an Irish hunk’
LIKE many people, IT consultant John Volanthen has spent hours on Zoom lately. But while for most of us that’s been for work or home schooling, he has had none other than Colin Farrell beamed into his living More...
The 4 Habits of All Successful Relationships
CONFLICTS in the workplace cost the country at least £33billion and take up a fifth of management’s time, according to a new book which highlights the damage caused by broken relationships. Daily Express More...
Divine: How death inspired young writer’s first novel about the fall of Rome
DIVINE is the debut novel from M.J. Woodman, a student of Ancient History and Archaeology, Classics enthusiast and self-proclaimed book-nerd. The story explores an alternative reality where Rome does not fall and More...
Winds of Winter: George RR Martin hints he is ‘hugely behind’ in writing
WINDS OF WINTER still does not yet have a concrete release date, but author George RR Martin has been working tirelessly on the final manuscript. The writer recently hinted he may be further behind than hoped, More...
The Impossible Office? – A history of the Prime Minister
A recent TV documentary on the 1970s claimed Jim Callaghan was the 70th Prime Minister. More than forty years later, we still haven’t had 70 premiers. The makers of that programme would have known that had More...
Widowed author Hunter Davies opens up about life after loss
I WONDER if the Queen will ever have another chum, companion, life partner or kindred spirit, someone to share all the trivial events and thoughts of the day? Will she go on Saga dating and put in her details? More...
How Rocket Man Richard Browning got his 85mph flying machine off the ground
Richard Browning presses a few buttons on what looks like an old TV remote control. Fire spits from the four micro jet engines attached to his arms and a fifth engine, which is strapped to his back, rumbles into More...
John Hassall: The man who pioneered street art
HE WAS the poster boy of posters, the Banksy of his day, an outrageously talented artist whose works adorned thousands of streets and were loved by the public for their stylish simplicity and gentle humour. Daily More...