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.
A fascinating and mind-bending journey through the science of time perception.
Discover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse!
Collects questions sent in by viewers and fans, answered by Sir Patrick Moore and "Sky at Night" co-presenter Dr Chris North. Featuring sections on the solar system,...
We live in a country where: only one of our 650 MPs has worked as a research scientist. This title shows us what needs to happen to entrench scientific thinking more...
Examining how our inquisitive impulse first became sanctioned, changing from a vice to a virtue, "Curiosity" begins with the age when modern science began, a time that...
In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of the greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and...
"The Spark of Life" is a spectacular account of the body electric, showing how, from before conception to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells are...
The digital age. An age of isolation, warped communication, disintegrating community. Where unfiltered and unregulated information pours relentlessly into our lives,...
The scientists before Darwin who laid the way for the theory of evolution but didn't quite get there themselves.
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...