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Beginning with the King's Cook, who is preparing a sumptuous Christmas Pie, Wenceslas takes us to a medieval feast. The lords and ladies are at the...

Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? What does it cost to raise a child? How much tax do the rich pay? Are we...

About the Author Carol Ann Duffy lives in Manchester, where she is Professor and Creative Director of the Writing School at Manchester Metropolita...

"Her final collection as Poet Laureate, a frank, disarming and deeply moving exploration of loss and remembrance in their many forms. Presented in ...

A stunning coffee table book for vanlife and tiny homes enthusiasts, and interior design lovers alike, This Old Van is the guide to renovating and ...

Review Duffy is a fearless writer ... A portrait of sisterhood in the wider sense - one that's as powerful and gritty as it is wise and celebr...

New Statesman's Best Books of 2018 'Mandatory reading' Steven Pinker Do you eat too much sugar? What proportion of your country are immigrants? W...

"It is a cold day in Ireland, the 26th of December; frost lies thick on the blackthorn. A man walks the just-waking village, banging on every door,...

Once, Theodora was little more than a slave, the daughter of a bear-keeper, running barefoot through the streets of Constantinople. Now she is Theo...

1981. A different Britain. When Norman Forrester of the Defence Ministry's Experimental Institute effects a successful fertilisation of a female go...

That saying? Behind every famous man . . . ? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis's twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Caro...

Warning: this anthology contains poems to enter the. bloodstream and rewild the spirit.As with all life on Earth, the climate emergency, species ex...

What will architecture be like in the coming years and decades? Are new trends and tendencies emerging? This book presents architects and companies...

Review "Carol Ann Duffy brings a major's poet's ear to the music of the text... The uncategorisable brilliance of this show... therapeutically unk...

A Modernist Masterpiece of Memory and Emotion In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-m...

Review "An ambitious, thought-provoking, diverse collection of imaginings. I laughed, I cried" -- WILL DEAN "A fascinating and rich collection" ―...

Citizens in retirement age are becoming an ever greater but also more active part of society. Along with this socio-cultural shift a new emphasis o...

The entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and t...

On the fiftieth anniversary of David Bowie's magical album, Aladdin Sane 50 is the ultimate celebration of a musical masterpiece – and the most fam...