Author Talk

Ben Aitken is a volunteer in the library, and this is the true story of the unlikely friendship that develops when he moves in with a difficult widow 50 years his senior

Is a lentil a legume, a pulse or a bean? How many types of lentils are there? Why soak lentils before cooking?

The Charge of the Heavy Brigade was a resounding success in the Crimean War

In the 1940s a third of Baghdad’s population was Jewish. Within a decade nearly all 150,000 Jews had fled; today only 3 remain…