Rural hours1917. Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized by nervous exhaustion and creative block. 1930. Feeling jittery about her writing career, Sylvia Townsend Warner spots a modest workman's cottage for sale on the Dorset coast. 1941. Rosamond Lehmann settles in a Berkshire village, seeking a lovers' retreat, a refuge from war, and a means of becoming 'a writer again'. 'Rural Hours' tells the story of three very different women,

under ever-present threat of bombardment

Harri might just be Imogen's fairy godmother

world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis draws on the greatest thinkers in European culture from Plato to Marx to offer us a dramatic and tantalising glimpse of this brave new world

As the war rages on

Montefiore steers us through an interconnected world via palace intrigues

explore the many and varied flavours of the Mediterranean as Claudia shares a life's worth of travelling and stories along with the food she cooks now

a friend of the Rand al'Thor

Lord Glenconner

more rested and at ease

It was the start of the Battle of Messines at the Ypres Salient: 'Then came the greatest miracle of all

she gained a unique insight into a changing world - and an institution that

they soon realise it isn't just the Tyger's life at stake: the world they live in is also on the precipice of darkness