The forsyth saga

THE SIXTIES WASN’T ALL ABOUT FLOWER POWER – FROM JAMES BOND TO JOHN STEED, SECRET AGENTS DOMINATED POPULAR CULTURE

“ Light-hearted banditry”, “ruthless pirating”, a “phantom army” – it’s fair to say that the Special Air Service (SAS) didn’t always attract the most complimentary headlines. In the white heat of the

BOOKS

In June 1993, two new children’s books made an appearance in bookshops throughout the country. The cover of the first, Terrible Tudors, featured a cartoon by illustrator Martin Brown, of a 16th centur

For almost 30 years, Paul O’Grady was seldom off the box. As Lily Savage, he’d hosted Blankety Blank, presented C4’s The Big Breakfast, and been a regular face on ITV’s This Morning. And, minus the pl

The shoppers are already queuing at Taylor’s and A Francis the confectioner and even bubble cars are struggling for parking spaces...