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Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers’ Story
"We owe the Everly Brothers everything. They started it all." Bob Dylan.
If only Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner could sing from the same song sheet with such harmony. Long before the Gallaghers, the Everly Brothers knew how to do number one records, drugs, tantrums and comebacks. Phil and Don Everly were one of the first and most...
Gladiator: Richard Foreman Interviewed
We interviewed bestselling author Richard Foreman about his latest book, Gladiator.
Richard, Can you tell us about your latest Spies of Rome title and how you came to write the novella? I often receive emails from readers asking about when the next book in a series will be. I get more mail than most about Spies of Rome. So I decided to write a series...
Top Five: Books on The Battle of Agincourt
Richard Foreman, author of the bestselling Band of Brothers series, about Henry V and the Agincourt campaign, recommends five books.
Top Five: Books on The Battle of Agincourt Agincourt: The King, The Campaign, The Battle, by Juliet Barker. Combines scholarship with great narrative drive. Barker is strong on detail, grand strategy and looking at the campaign through the eyes of archers and...
Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons: Richard Foreman interviews Cat Jarman
Author and publisher Richard Foreman met medieval historian Cat Jarman to discuss The Bone Chests.
Cat Jarman, Can you first tell us about the genesis of The Bone Chests? What prompted you to write the book? I first learnt about these chests more than decade ago and have been intrigued by them ever since. The chests are completely unique: there’s nowhere else in...
Blithe and Spirited
See Noel Coward's classic, haunting comedy.
Blithe and Spirited The run is as short as Labour's honeymoon period so head over to Ealing's The Questors Theatre to catch their production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit as soon as you can. In one sense the play is a ghost story, but one which is played for laughs...
Fiction Book of the Month: Richard Foreman on Band of Brothers
The bestselling novelist talks about his medieval series, bringing to life the Agincourt campaign.
Richard, can you tell us about when you first had the idea to write the Band of Brothers series? I was fortunate to have early success in my career through writing Roman military fiction, involving the campaigns and careers of the likes of Julius Caesar, Augustus and...
Henry V, by Dan Jones
Perhaps England's finest king gets the Dan Jones treatment.
Too many books about Henry V fall into the tempting trap of weighting the material towards his kingship and the Agincourt campaign. But Dan Jones is too deft and diligent as a historian to fall into such a trap. Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest...
Bonus Podcast 16
The Secret Life of John Le Carré: Adam Sisman interviewed by Richard Foreman
Spy novelist and publisher Richard Foreman sat down with the great novelist's biographer to discuss the new book.
Adam Sisman, can you first tell us about the genesis of the book, The Secret Life of John le Carré? This shorter work serves as a coda to your full-length biography (although it can be read without being familiar with that work). When did you initially have the idea...