RTE

RRP: £16.99

The story of corruption, waste and ineptitude at Ireland’s national broadcaster has gripped the country since news of secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy became public in June 2023. Shane R …

Stay Alive

In 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war broke out with Pol …

The Bed Trick

RRP: £16.99

She said she wore a blindfold at all times. She said she didn’t know who she was really having sex with.Two former best friends face each other in court at a sex offence trial. Miss X, making the accu …

For the Sun After Long Nights

In 2022, in response to the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab, thousands of Iranians – mostly women – t …

For the Sun After Long Nights

In 2022, in response to the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab, thousands of Iranians – mostly women – t …

Plebs Romana

‘Jones has an eagle’s high eye for the history of Rome’ The Times ‘Jones makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh’ Sunday TimesYou may think about the Roman Empire every day, but I bet …

Red

RRP: £12.99

A New York Times bestsellerRed is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world. More than just a book for redheads, Red is a fascinating social and cultura …

The Path of Light

Praise for The Path of Peace:’A formidable achievement’ Rory Stewart’Thoughtful [and] heartfelt’ Observer’Profound [and] compelling’ Spectator’A noble endeavour’ New StatesmanIn 2020, Anthony Seldon, …

A Very British Christmas

A one-of-a-kind survival manual for everybody’s least favourite aspect of the holiday season: having to spend it with your family.From the forensic science that is gift giving – ‘but what does this re …

Rhyme and Reason

‘Enchanting’ Stephen FrySome people worry that they don’t appreciate poetry; but English poetry wasn’t written to be appreciated it was written to be enjoyed. For six centuries people have been readin …

Deadwood

‘What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth.’ S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of …

Peacemaker

‘A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own’ Rory Stewart’A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age’ …

Turncoat

The remarkable story of George Downing: savvy soldier, politician, diplomat and spy… or the biggest scoundrel in Stuart England?

If Russia Wins

RRP: £9.99

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**March 2028: Russian troops capture the small Estonian town of Narva and the island of Hiiumaa in the Baltic Sea. After victory in Ukraine, Putin’s long-mooted encroachm …

Other Rivers

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‘Memorable… One of [China’s] most astute and sensitive foreign observers’ Financial Times’Compassionate… full of warmth’ GuardianMore than twenty years after teaching English to China’s first boom …

V-Force

‘Impressive… Glancey has written an engaging and affectionate account of the V-bombers, not least the figures who made it all possible.’ TelegraphTHE THREE VERY DIFFERENT models of V class bomber co …