The TV historian, 56, reflects on the debt he owes to his determined mother, the history of guns, and why the next series of The Celebrity Traitors should be just as good as the first one…

Which childhood book sparked your love of reading? The Shoe Shop Bears by Margaret J Baker, now sadly out of print. It was the first book I bought with my own money. I was bored by picture books and w

Reality is far stranger than fiction, and this is certainly true of my family history. I am one of seven American children born to Hungarian physicians Clara and Julian Ambrus who grew up in Budapest

In 1939, at the start of the Second World War, the government planned to evacuate 1.5 million civilians, mostly school children, mothers and other vulnerable people, from cities at risk of bombing to

Jennie Godfrey didn’t know how to follow her bestselling debut novel — until she found inspiration in Live Aid

Unstoppable force By Lucy Feldman TEYANA TAYLOR IS BALANCING A WORKLOAD that borders on ridiculous. On the day we speak, her to-do list includes participating in a Q&A about One Battle After Another,