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…

One day in 1936, the barrister Clifford Mortimer banged his head on the door frame of a London taxi and was immediately struck blind. He would never be able to see again. Then in his early 50s, he nev

He’s known as The DOGFATHER and TV’s top expert on the quirks of the canine brain . New CL columnist GRAEME HALL reveals the dogs who have shaped his own life and career

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Playing murder detectives takes its toll, says Eve Myles , but luckily her husband is always on hand with a big glass of wine