Never the twain

BOHEMIANS A BLOOMSBURY INGÉNUE The lives ...

He might be best known for his rollicking tales, but there was always more to John Buchan than derring-do. On the 150th anniversary of the author’s birth, Jack Watkins looks back at a remarkable writing life rooted in the countryside

Heirs and Graces: A History of the Modern ...

A DEEP DIVE INSIDE THE THEME MACHINE

When it comes to famous diarists, Britain can lay claim to an eclectic body of talent. The godfather of the genre is Samuel Pepys, the cheese-burying MP who furnished us with a unique chronicle of Res

Dominic Sandbrook is speaking about Gordon of Khartoum. He lowers his voice to a reverent whisper, leans into his microphone and tells me of “an imperial hero, an adventurer, who ended his days on the