A new Sky History docu-drama, The Lost Women Spies, uncovers the incredible stories of the brave women who were recruited as ...

Humans just love a good tale of revenge. There is so much inherent drama, wrongs being righted, betrayal and catharsis. So it ...

When he began his presidential bid, Jimmy Carter vowed that he “would not tell a lie.” But historians say his honesty made it ...

In 2012 Alan Hillgarth, Man of War, written by Duff Hart-Davis, was published. In the book, Hart-Davis described Hillgarth’s ...

One party has 402 MPs, the other 5, yet Reform UK, in concert with the worlds’ richest man, looks like making life ...

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Barbara Goalen was a housewife and war widow who captured the eye of couturiers Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga.

I have just finished reading Tariq Ali’s excellent book Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (Verso, London, 2021). Although with a chronological structure, it is thematic. It places the ...

The treatment of civilians in the besieged territory was "contrary to all the laws of war", Tory former minister Lord Soames of Fletching said on Monday. He also urged the UK Government to do more to ...

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland enjoyed a remarkable career in movies that spanned six decades. Although the Academy of ...

A writer's post mentioning that she wrote Ankur Warikoo's second book in "less than 3 months", prompted a response from the author-entrepreneur after her claim went viral on social media.

By Liesl Schillinger “I’m very comfortable with the level of ambition I have for my books,” says the ubiquitous BBC talk show host, who calls “Frankie” his “first happy romance.” ...