The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Strictly Murder - Review Should you be in the mood for a taut, theatrical thriller then Strictly Murder at The Questors Theatre in Ealing should satisfy your appetite. Set on the cusp of the Second World War, the two-act play, located in a cottage in Provence, is...
Those Who Are About To Die: Gladiators and the Roman Mind, by Harry Sidebottom Harry Sidebottom has written an invaluable work for scholars and storytellers alike. Those Who Are About To Die is a masterclass in how to both educate and entertain the reader...
Aspects of Crime: Sharpe Books It's a great privilege to be one of the first publishers to sign-up with Aspects of Crime, the new magazine, website and podcast devoted to crime fiction, which will launch in September of this year. Our partnership with Aspects of...
Most historians, including this reviewer, are wary of reading historical fiction. The danger is in overlap. Did one get one’s view of life in the Georgian navy from Admiralty records, or from the pages of Patrick O’Brien? Similarly has one’s opinion of Marshal Marmont...
Rufus Varro returns for another thrilling mystery in Richard Foreman’s latest instalment to the Spies of Rome series. Assassin is the third novella and sixth story, and a welcome addition for fans of the series. But with a fast-paced plot, new readers will soon be...
She dropped her aitches but picked up every note, sparkled more than the gems on her gown - and was a pitch perfect blend of fierceness and fineness. Kirsty King, playing Eliza Doolittle, lit up the stage in a new adaptation of My Fair Lady at The Questors Theatre in...
Richard, our favourite reluctant spy and even more reluctant poet Rufus Varro is back – and there’s been a murder. Why was Assassin a story you wanted to add to the Spies of Rome series? I partly wanted to write a novella that was in the mold of Steven Saylor's Roma...
A Rare Old Time The Dubliners may warrant a footnote rather than whole chapter in the story of folk music. But, as historians will tell you, footnotes are important. Ged Graham proves an amiable, amusing and avuncular host, as he steers the audience through the...
Richard, you covered Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt in your Band of Brothers series. Was it your intention to write about Crecy too back then? I wrote Band of Brothers some years ago. As much as I grew to admire the courage and skill of the longbowman (it's more...
