A lesson in crueltyThe propulsive new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange, The Lies You Told and It Ends at Midnight

In 2022 Queen Elizabeth II celebrated seventy years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth

From sibling dynamics

tragic queen of France

hearty salads to pick and mix

Drawing on years of research on great partnerships in history - from Lennon and McCartney to Marie and Pierre Curie

It's all tailored exactly to the client's desires - no legal battles

But what if

perched right by the water

rapture and perils of crying - from the history of tear-catching gadgets (including the woman who designed a gun that shoots tears) to the science behind animal tears (including moths who drink them) to the fraught role of white women's tears in racist violence

In 'Middlemarch'

they are at their most interesting when they've peaked

'The Hidden Life of Trees'