Set in West Cornwall, the latest book by Patrick Gale starts with a very current dilemma – whether it is right to stay with someone as they take their own life, and...
Something very different for me – a book originally intended for parents of young children, trainee teachers and nursery staff. During her long career, Beryl Collinge used this system to teach a...
The story of the war from the women’s perspective, a time when many women were able to show what they were made of for the first time. Fire watching, ambulance drivers, land...
Set in England and India, the book tells of a variety of people, their lives, their circumstances and the reasons they move to India to live out their later years, surrounded by...
Sarah Bradford is an historian who has written well received biographies about a range of people, from Disraeli to Diana. In her latest book, timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of...
As reported on the front page of the West Briton (5 January 2012), Tony Berry was prompted to leave his home in Australia to discover the lives of his ancestors in Wales,...
In 2010 Marie Stamp and her dog, each carrying their own luggage, set out to walk the South West Coastal Path. This is her story of the 630 mile journey, the places...
Five year old Jack lives with his Mother in a locked room, unaware there is a world outside. On his birthday he learns that much of what he has seen on TV...
The [short] story of Irene Bobbin, whose Mother has made the “most beautiful dress in the world”. Her Mother is ill so it’s up to Irene to deliver the dress to the...
Subtitled “Simple, Delicious Recipes For A Healthy Life”, and linked to the current Channel 4 series of the same name, this book aims to explain how food can enhance health and offers...