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British infantry in Arnhem The Dutch and the British have a long tradition of both rivalry and friendship, yet it is striking how little we know of their country beyond Amsterdam. The Netherlands, situated right in ‘the cockpit of Europe’, is rich in history for visitors looking for more than just a gentle break among … Read more
Iceland was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans. And as these incredible photographs show, we haven’t done much with the place. And that can only be a good thing because Iceland is one of the most staggeringly extraordinary places on earth. These images are from a new book in … Read more
CHESS Checkmate! by Sally Landau (Elk and Ruby £17.99, 223 pp) No one said it was easy to be married to a genius. Especially one with appalling medical problems. Yet that was Sally Landau’s choice. In 1959, at the age of 19, she married Mikhail ‘Misha’ Tal. A year later he was to become, at … Read more
WHAT BOOK would military historian Damien Lewis take to a desert island? Damien Lewis revealed he is reading Special Operations In The Age Of Chivalry He would take Andrew Roberts’ Churchill: Walking With Destiny to an island J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings books that gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
WHAT BOOK would historian and nature writer John Lewis-Stempel, take to a desert island? John Lewis-Stempel revealed that he’s currently reading Le Grand Meaulnes He would take Delphi ’s The Complete Works Of John Clare to a desert island He says reading BB’s The Little Grey Men sparked his interest in books By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: How an old comic book could fetch more than £18k By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:19 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:19 BST, 14 April 2019 Only one Beano first edition, pictured, with the mask has come up for sale in recent years Every week Toby Walne gives … Read more
WHAT BOOK would thriller writer Harlan Coben take to a desert island? By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:29 GMT, 4 April 2019 | Updated: 22:29 GMT, 4 April 2019 …are you reading now? The Witch Elm by the Irish crime writer Tana French — lyrical, suspenseful, unpredictable. … would you take to a desert island? … Read more
Flaming comet that wiped out an entire civilisation: An extraordinary new book argues the existence of a lost Amazonia in the Americas Graham Hancock argues for the existence of a lost civilisation in the Americas He points to many ancient earthworks in the southern states as signs of life Hancock believes the culture was destroyed about … Read more
From ruin to redemption: Incredible before-and-after images show how abandoned buildings have been given stunning new leases of life The images are included in a brand new book called Ruin and Redemption in Architecture by Dan Barasch It charts ruined spaces from around the world and the extraordinary designs that have transformed them They include a former … Read more
WHAT BOOK would children’s author and illustrator Nick Butterworth take to a desert island? Nick Butterworth is currently re-reading George Orwell’s Coming Up For Air He would take Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings to a desert island He revealed The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence left him cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:10 BST, … Read more