MAUREEN CALLAHAN: 'Ask Not, The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed'
One of the most quoted lines in American history is from President John F Kennedy's inauguration in 1961. 'Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'In this expl...
23 Jul 202433min
KATRIONA O'SULLIVAN: Poor
A few weeks ago, I asked on Instagram what people's favourite memoir was and an extraordinary number of people mentioned a book called 'Poor' by Katriona O'Sullivan.The book made me laugh, it made me ...
16 Jul 202431min
DICK LEHR: Whitey Bulger, Boston & The FBI
Following the death of Osama bin Laden, an Irish-American criminal called James 'Whitey' Bulger became number 1 on the FBI's most wanted list. The myth of Whitey Bulger even loosely inspired Jack Nich...
9 Jul 202424min
CONOR NILAND: The Racket, The Realities of Professional Tennis
Conor Niland is a former tennis professional whose new book, The Racket, documents in raw detail his experience as a player ranked 129 in the world. With Wimbledon back on our screens, it's that time ...
4 Jul 202425min
SARA GLASS: Kissing Girls on Shabbat
Dr Sara Glass is the author of a newly published and powerful memoir called 'Kissing Girls on Shabbat'. Born and raised in a devout Hasidic community in Brooklyn, Glass knew for sure by the age of 32 ...
25 Jun 202428min
JUSTIN SCHECK: Blood & Oil, Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince
Justin Scheck is an investigative reporter and the co-author of the best selling book, Blood & Oil. We spoke all about his research on Saudi Arabia and the country's crown prince and de facto leader, ...
22 Jun 202432min
BILL BROWDER: Red Notice, Putin and the Magnitsky Act
Bill Browder is the best selling author of two books, Red Notice and Freezing Order. In them, he documents his time in Russia, the killing of his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and what led to him becoming ...
4 Jun 202432min
AVI SHLAIM: Memoirs of An Arab Jew
Emeritus Professor at Oxford University and renowned historian Avi Shlaim has written many books over the years about the Middle East. His most recent release is much more personal. 'Three Worlds, Mem...
26 Mai 202437min
