Nicholas Parsons has enjoyed a long and varied career encompassing theatre, television, film and radio. He is perhaps best known as the straight man to Arthur Haynes in the ’60s, as the...

Readings of selected correspondence between the poet Philip Larkin (played by Alan Bennett) and the writer Kingsley Amis (played by Robert Hardy). A meeting at Oxford University during World War...

When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka dive-bombers devastated Warsaw and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Žabiñski began to fight their...

Richard Attenborough and Diana Hawkins have been friends and colleagues for nearly 50 years. They have now teamed up to write this frank and funny account of their unlikely partnership and his...

For Gervase Phinn growing old is not about a leisurely walk to the pub for a game of dominoes or snoozing in his favourite armchair. As this sparkling collection of his very best humorous writing...

Chris Stewart's 'Driving Over Lemons' told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada.

Three years on, 'A Parrot in...

Listeners to Brian Thompson’s first volume of memoirs, ‘Keeping Mum', were delighted by the story of a young boy’s struggle to run a wartime household in his father’s absence. In ‘Clever...

‘There was a lot that we kept from my mother. My dad would say to me as a teenager "Don’t tell your mother." We couldn’t face the disapproval.’

Sue Johnston always seemed to be...

This is an abridged reading of Anneke Wills' autobiography.Anneke played 'Doctor Who' companion Polly from 1966 to 1967, with her other television credits including appearances in 'The...

A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht and DBC Pierre.

In these three titles from the My Sporting Life series, West Ham Sir Trevor Brooking, Alvin Martin and Tony Cottee talk about their careers both on and off the pitch.

Carol Thatcher has one of the most famous surnames in the world. But whatever anyone might feel about her mother, she is one of the best-loved people in the country. In this book, she tells her story.

Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide, convinced that at any moment he would be found out. Instead,...

When Sebastian Coe presented London's bid for the Games on the international stage in Singapore in 2005, he was surrounded by 30 East End youngsters who shared a passion for sport and represented...

This is the definitive account of one of the most extraordinary love stories of our time. Gyles Brandreth presents a unique portrait of Charles, Prince of Wales, and of the love of his life,...