On 4 January 2011, millionaire businessman and governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer was shot to death. He had been leading a campaign to amend Pakistan's blasphemy laws, after an illiterate Christian...

Birth and the natural process can be as enjoyable as you wish with the help of this dowload. Benjamin Bonetti is one of the world's bestselling hypnotherapists. His advance hypnotic technique...

Professor Simon Lee reads this part of his celebration of sport - E is for Eights Week. The University of Oxford has influenced the world of sport in many ways. To celebrate and appreciate the...

To build a canal linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans was a heroic dream that spanned four centuries. The human cost was immense: in appalling working conditions, tens of thousands perished...

Fred Perry conquered the tennis world and remains the last Englishman to win Wimbledon. Yet despite achieving fame and fortune, his life began in humble surroundings on the banks of the River Goyt...

Sarah Goodall worked for Prince Charles as a Lady Clerk from 1988 to 2000. Her experiences of life behind the scenes of the Royal Establishment inspired this hilarious story of a naïve and rather...

This is the extraordinary true story of a plucky young woman and her dramatic escape from a German-run internment camp in Occupied France.Written in Rosemary's own words and completed by her...

Series 1 of the programme that cuts through confusion, statistics and spin to present a clearer view of the business world, through discussion with people running leading and emerging companies ....

Former Surrey and England cricketer Mark Ramprakash tells us about his career in the game.

'Jolly Wicked, Actually' is a wonderfully entertaining compendium of the 100 words and phrases that have, over the last century, become the cornerstones of modern spoken English.

The War is over, the Royal Air Force uniform has been handed in and James Herriot goes back to work in the Yorkshire Dales. Plenty has changed in Darrowby, but the blunt-spoken local folk and...

A vivid and personal account of banking excess...

Tetsuya Ishikawa’s story reveals how a young Oxford graduate found himself in command of vast sums of other people’s money; how a...

A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again. At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had...

John Simpson offers a lively look at the challenges & changes the world has gone through in his life & long career. He looks at the world's troubles & takes the perhaps surprising view that it's...

Professor Simon Lee reads this part of his celebration of sport - U is for Umpires. The University of Oxford has influenced the world of sport in many ways. To celebrate and appreciate the role of...