Sofia looks at the tradition of afternoon tea, at home and in London's many elegant tea rooms.
Author Richard Beard, Director of the National Academy of Writing, explains how the popularity of eBooks is making video an essential component.
Burrowing under the perimeter fence of the grandest of Grand Projects - the giant myth that is 2012's London Olympics - Ghost Milk explores a landscape under sentence...
Following his highly successful life of Sassoon, Max Egremont turns his attention to a world that has vanished into history.
Examines the Popes, an oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter (traditionally - but by no means ...
Traces the story of the British neighbour through nine centuries - spanning Medieval, Tudor and Victorian periods, two world wars and up to today's modern, virtual...
A dazzling biography of the Eternal City - 'A tour of the great city with a great guide: who could do this better?' EVENING STANDARD.
The first volume in Peter Ackroyd's stunning new six-part history of England, taking us from Stonehenge to the death of Henry VII
The author of Rubicon explains how the Persian and Roman empires gave way to a new empire spanning Constantinople to the Arabian desert.
Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy...
New York Times-bestselling author Rachel Caine returns to the Gallery to discuss her...
In this exclusive interview for Foyles to celebrate the publication of Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary talks about her fascination with Thomas Cromwell and the corrupting effects of power.
WINNER ANNOUNCED! 80-year-old Aharon Appelfeld wins for Blooms of Darkness: while his fellow Jews are being rounded up, a young boy escapes the concentration camps by sheltering with a prostitute.
The story of Amelia Earhart, who on this day in 1932, set off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Her disappearance over the...