by MediaMe | Jun 30, 2026
Alexander Larman Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie with Matthew Stadlen Twenty-five years before David Bowie’s death, he appeared washed-up. The Thin White Duke needed a miracle if he was to continue his career. And a miracle – a resurrection from the dead –...
by MediaMe | Jun 11, 2026
Stephen McGinty One Morning in March: Dunblane and the Shooting that Changed Britain with Julian Worricker Thirty years ago, a man walked into a Dunblane Primary School and shot dead a teacher and 16 children before killing himself. Stephen McGinty recounts the...
by MediaMe | Jun 11, 2026
James Campbell The Men Who Created Winnie-the-Pooh The Lives of A.A. Milne and E.H.Shepard with Peter Guttridge To mark the centenary of the first tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, James Campbell’s fascinating book tells the story of the men whose partnership brought about...
by MediaMe | Jun 11, 2026
Alwyn Turner A Shellshocked Nation Britain Between the Wars with Juliet Nicolson Upstairs at Bookfest After the calamity of the Great War, Britain longed for escapist fun. It was easier to spend a day at the seaside than to worry about mass unemployment, political...
by MediaMe | Jun 11, 2026
Alanna Skuse The Surgeon, the Midwife and the Quack How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England with Kate Harris Alanna Skuse ventures into the bustling medical marketplace of Renaissance England – a world of travelling surgeons, prosthetics craftsmen, faith...
