Victoria's Secret : The Private Passion of a Queen, Fern Riddell

Victoria's Secret : The Private Passion of a Queen, Fern RiddellNew Hardback A passionate and provocative re evaluation of Queen Victoria's relationship with her servant John Brown that uncovers the secrets the royal machine keeps from us, by acclaimed historian Dr Fern Riddell. From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right hand man; their friendship immortalised in print and later on

the story of these admired and loathed political explorers - both their sudden breakthroughs and long stretches in the wilderness - is the untold story of British politics in modern times

Sometimes IT appears as an evil clown named Pennywise and sometimes IT reaches up

keeping guard over the patient's room

000 men rebuilt a 135-mile-long railway in just three days

comedy and anxiety

British Wildlife Beetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world

the River Esk

panoramic history

oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure

It is a love letter to losing oneself in physicality

and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland's wildest islands to save them

Celebrating the soaring highs: facing international greats such as Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar and winning the Ashes four times