Forty AutumnsWhen Nina's mother Hanna was just 20 years old, she escaped to West Germany with nothing more than a small satchel and the clothes on her back. It was the dawn of the Cold War. Hanna left her parents, siblings and everything she had ever known behind. 'Forty Autumns' traces the dramatic lives of the family on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Hanna eventually moved to America where she gave birth to Nina and her brother. Years after Hanna's brave escape

A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital

But that was years ago now

Emily threw herself into unsettled adventure - dog ownership remaining a distant dream

over oceans and across continents

'My House in Damascus' illuminates the darker recesses not just of Syria's history and politics

a solicitor's letter on behalf of Little Red Riding Hood for the wolf

Will Aidan learn to control his fiery capabilities

By the time their desperate father Sadiq tracks them to Turkey

'Taverna' takes the best of traditional Cypriot cooking and makes it relevant to modern home cooks

firm friends

season-led vegetable books from beloved author and cook Nigel Slater

tragically