Nights at The Ambassador were like something out of Casablanca say MacManus
EXCLUSIVE: As a young foreign correspondent, former Express man James MacManus fell for a local woman while covering the chaotic, bloody Rhodesian War of independence. Their Romeo and Juliet affair was doomed… but he’s recreated it in a deeply poignant new novel. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
‘U2 worked much harder than us’ – Guitarist Will Sergeant reflects on his 40-year career
EXCLUSIVE: Eighties rockers Echo & The Bunnymen could have been one of the biggest bands on earth. But they chose street cred over fame. Looking back on a 40-year career, does founder member and guitarist More...
The secret history of Hampton Court: Host to the most dramatic events for 500 years
EXCLUSIVE: A hotbed of adultery, drunken escapades and raucous partying, the sprawling red-brick palace has played host to some of the most dramatic events of the last 500 years. No wonder the Royal Family moved More...
One Piece author Eiichiro Oda leaves Netflix Luffy star in tears during rare interview
One Piece author Eiichiro Oda, who famously hides his face on camera for privacy, has given a rare new interview with Netflix’s live-action Luffy star Iñaki Godoy, who ended up getting very emotional. Daily More...
‘I’m innocent’: Controversial book reignites debate on James Hanratty’s execution
EXCLUSIVE: James Hanratty was one of the last Britons to be executed before capital punishment was abolished in 1965. But a new book suggests he was wrongly hanged. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
Oppenheimer’s atom bombs came close to destroying Japan for the third time
EXCLUSIVE: First Hiroshima, then Nagasaki… yet Japan came frighteningly close to being targeted a third time by Oppenheimer’s atomic weapons, as a new book reveals on the anniversary of that hellish More...
The tragic failure of care in the community, as witnessed by an ex-nurse
EXCLUSIVE: The move in the 1990s to close Victorian asylums and look after the mentally ill in their own homes was meant to be a compassionate and cost-effective step forward. 30 years later, social care leader More...
Writing about a deadly toxin could’ve led crime writer M W Craven to jail for ten years
EXCLUSIVE: Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year winner Mike Craven reveals how he nearly gave away the recipe to a deadly toxin by accident in his latest bestselling novel…a serious offence under More...
Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer the flawed genius who built the atom bomb
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Oppenheimer was the Leonardo da Vinci of his age, a childhood prodigy turned brilliant theoretical physicist. But he was also a communist sympathiser, cursed with hubris and accused of spying. More...
Chris Mullin: The greatest diarist since Alan Clark is back with another volume
Former Labour MP Chris Mullin might not boast the foibles of the late Tory grandee but his journals are every bit as lively, lacerating and waspish. A gift for historians, his unique insights will be studied for More...
