Set in the picturesque town of Askham near Ullswater the story opens with the funeral of Humphrey Cr..

Ever since she can remember Meg has wanted to be a professional cook. But it's 1964 and in restauran..

Late November 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police off..

An Old Etonian chum begs Blotto to join him on a cricket tour of India. But they still need a twelft..

Alexander the Great's sudden death has left his vast empire in chaos. War rages cities fall and the ..

Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968 when he was 20. Over the next 50 years he met her many t..

Everyone knows the sad story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl and con..

When several people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh then awake completely..

An explosion of disgust - 'What? You mean the Earl does it for money?' - from Blotto is provoked whe..

Note to self: don't sleep with your flatmate after a curry and three bottles of wine...especially if..

Rodney Prince a doctor who chose to work amongst the poor of Newcastle to the shame of his beautiful..

When Belle's quiet idyllic life on the coast starts to crumble it's a stranger - thousands of miles ..

Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on her doo..

1996. Northern Israel. Lola leaves an unhappy home life in England for the fabled utopian life of a ..

Sarah Parsons has a choice ahead of her. After the trip of a lifetime she's somehow returned home wi..