Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage
David Mabberley, Mel Gooding and Joseph Studholme
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Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A...
The Blue Cupboard: Inspirations and Recollections
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This book was started as a memoir of my mother and subsequently developed into something more like a...
The Cobbe Cabinet of Curiosities: An Anglo-Irish Countryhouse Museum
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This lavishly produced volume presents a survey and analysis of a fascinating cabinet of curiosities...
Afghanistan Saddozai Kings and Viziers 1747 - 1842
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Edit Afghanistan: Saddozai Kings & Viziers 1747-1842 introduces an Afghan tribe led by its...
An From Eton to Ypres: The Letters and Diaries of Lt Col Wilfrid Abel Smith, Grenadier Guards, 1914-15
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Regarded as one of the most outstanding commanding officers on the Western Front, Wilfrid Abel Smith...
At Speed
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The hottest sprinter in the world - Telegraph Mark Cavendish is the first British cyclist to win the...
The Accidental Agent
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America is at war. A long and deadly conflict seems inevitable, unless there is a breakthrough in...
In the Flesh
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Adam O'Riordan's remarkable first collection traces the hidden paths from past to present, from the...
Julian Fellowes's Belgravia: A Tale of Secrets and Scandal Set in 1840s London from the Creator of Downton Abbey
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'A modern classic that will fill any Downton-shaped hole' DAILY EXPRESS On the evening of 15 June...
Clearly made on a punishingly low budget, and the vision of the future is occasionally a bit wonky from a modern perspective, but the five episodes written by series creator Chris Boucher are some of the best, most intelligent, wittiest and most cynical SF ever broadcast by the BBC. The other episodes not so much: everything gets a bit campy and there are a lot of national stereotypes on display. (Plus, the theme tune has been called the worst in TV history, and most of the incidental music is rubbish too.) Even when it's not particularly good, it's always trying to do something a bit different, and David Calder is consistently excellent as Spring. Not the first nor the last SF or fantasy show to be cut loose by the BBC before it had a chance to realise its potential.