Elizabeth George’s Inspector Lynley novels have been international bestsellers, and these excellent adaptations - 14 in all - stay true to form, with startling...

There is no description of the devil’s appearance in the Bible, so where did the familiar red, horned and tailed figure come from? Art...

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The baby’s finally here! Doc Martin strives to do the right thing - for the baby, Louisa and himself - but matters aren’t made easier with the whole village watching, not to mention the...

In post-Taliban Afghanistan, three young female boxers dream of representing their country in the 2012 Olympics. Their training ground is the stadium in Kabul where the...

In and around Asia's bustling cities lay forgotten palaces and temples, abandoned towns and disused underground fortresses that shelter unbelievable relics and untold stories....

Queen Victoria is too often misunderstood as the solid black-clad matron, stern and forbidding, yet her diaries and letters reveal a woman...

Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist and comedian Nina Conti has been widely credited with reinventing the art of ventriloquism. Despite her success, she was on the verge of...

Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Mrs. Dalloway, Frankenstein…just some of the classic works of fiction that we all know and love. But how well do we really know them? In...