The Man Who Loved IslandsIn the title story a man buys a ninety nine year lease on an island and finds himself cast off in its timeless world; in 'The Last Laugh' a couple are confronted with uncanny spectral visions, and an eerie faceless laugh; in 'The Fox' two women maintaining a farm feel the dark shadows of war, and a cunning creature threatens to destroy their livelihood. The stories in this collection are about what the characters know and do not know about themselves,

There are the early married years of Sophie and Ian who disagree about the future of Britain and

And yet from Occupy to Pussy Riot

It aims to dispel the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning that holds many people back and helps you to unleash your own inner artist

From the witty pen of renowned food critic William Sitwell comes a dazzling history of eating out

saving countless lives and astonishing us with their capability

this is the truth about justice in an age of fake law

'Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset' Sunday Times

But as industries collapsed

part coming of age

In the aftermath of her mother's divorce

four men armed only with acoustic guitars faced the gaping darkness of a vast open-air audience

wonderful and inspiring artefacts that have been magically released from the archives at the British Library