Gulag to spitfire

Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City ...

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

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

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

The year was 1987. The Soviet Union, under leader Mikhail Gorbachev, was approaching its final chapters. As if to catch the dying embers of the USSR, recently graduated pianist James Kirby left his li

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