Fondly remembered this month...

ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL COX Going full Celt VOICING ...

Back in 1947, following the success of my grandmother Monica Edwards’ first book, Wish For a Pony, the opportunity arose to purchase at auction an old dilapidated 14th century farmhouse named Pitlands

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

FROM its oak panelling to the worn leather chairs, the room was oddly old fashioned. Rather like Ralph Draper himself, Dolly observed, glancing around the private detective’s office. She hadn’t expect

No jury in the land could deny that Rumpole of the Bailey remains one of British television’s most beloved creations. The winning combination of John Mortimer’s sumptuous scripts and Leo McKern’s rich