To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies - The ...

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with ...

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen ...

Escape into this exclusive extract from Julia Kelly’s The Fisherman’s Gift - an exquisite love story that delves into the griefs and hopes that can lie behind village gossip. Joseph knows the storm is ...

It’s hard to believe Ted was once a skinny, unwanted pup who was dumped outside an animal shelter, before he found fame and fortune alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the hit BBC series ...

You can usually tell within five minutes whether a TV show is your cup of tea. The same can be true of books – we’ve all put down a hefty tome within the first 50 pages, mildly offended by our ...

Click the button below to listen or continue scrolling to explore all of the books mentioned in this episode. From bonnets to Valspeak, Jane Austen has been interpreted countless ways on screen. But ...

The prestigious Booker Prize has been celebrating outstanding fiction for over half a century. Take a look at some of the Vintage winners from previous years. What do you usually prefer: the book or ...

This prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion. Entries must be ...

The latest volume in Penguin Modern Poets series - moving and unflinchingly honest poems from three different cultures about experiences of the female body, the family, sexual politics and conflict.

Click the button below to listen or continue scrolling to explore all of the books mentioned in this episode. Lisa Jewell, Abir Mukherjee, Sarah Pearse and more on the crime books that shaped them, ...

The twins’ names were Arthur and Pascoe, traditional Cornish names, and to this day I don’t know which of them came up with the idea of burying me alive, but, as they coexisted in a strangely ...