From biplanes to fast jets

The Royal Air Force was formed in the last year of the First World War. And by the time that the guns fell silent at the end of the Second World War, it had grown to almost one million serving personn

THIS MOVING BIOGRAPHY OF AN ‘UNKNOWN’ WWII RAF FIGHTER ACE CHARTS DESMOND IBBOTSON’S CAREER, THE STORY ENDING WITH A TWIST WHEN HIS REMAINS ARE DISCOVERED IN ITALY IN 2005

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.

WHEN doing research for her latest novel, actor-turned-writer Eliza Morton went further than most – 2,500 feet further, to be exact! When she was looking into history of World War II and the Women’s A

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

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