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To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, John Eskdale and other survivors share their harrowing memories of war and stories of hope

In 2015, the veteran author, Frederick Forsyth, by then aged 76, unleashed his latest spellbinding adventure. The opening sentences of the latest volume from the man who had already produced such clas

A war surgeon’s struggles David Nott has spent ...

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Talking Pictures TV has a deserved reputation for unearthing lesser-known British films, and for breathing new life into British television drama and comedy series of the 1950s to 1970s. One of the se

CANDY ADKINS can clearly remember her mum Jackie Moggridge telling her that nothing was impossible in life. Adventure, pushing boundaries and achieving what you wanted could be a reality, not a dream.