A new series by acclaimed historical novelist, Peter Tonkin, brings us into the heart of Elizabethan intrigue, power struggles and local colour. Beginning in 1599, The Shadow of the Axe richly imagines Queen Elizabeth’s court in its twilight years with plots to unseat the monarchy. In 1603, there follows The Shadow of the Tower where, even on her death […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Jack Barsky
Jack Barsky grew up in the old East Germany and became a Soviet spy living undercover in the United States. No, this is not the plot of a fictional thriller movie. Jack Barsky’s book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America gives us a picture of his austere, but […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: John and Mary James
For almost a quarter of a century, The Aldeburgh Book Shop has been owned by husband-and-wife team, John and Mary James who have expanded it and created the now famous Aldeburgh Literary Festival (March 3rd -5th 2023) which has hosted, among many others, Harold Pinter and A.S. Byatt, together with two Nobel Prize Winners. In […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Robin Dreeke
Robin Dreeke is a people person. He knows how to judge, win over, recruit and build relationships that are less transactional and more collaborative. For many years he worked for America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation, better known as the FBI and became head of its elite Behavioral Analysis Program, a Counterintelligence Division tasked with uncovering […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Bob Gourlay
How often do we see a news story about a major company that we’ve used or bought something from being hacked? How many times do we wonder if our passwords and bank account details have been stolen? How do we know what to do? We can’t be changing our login details every day. They drive […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Christina & Ryan Hillsberg
Goldster Inside Story gives you a story of love, spies and parenting with a rare double-act interview and a ground-breaking book for frazzled families – License to Parent: How My Career as a Spy Helped Me Raise Resourceful, Self-Sufficient Kids. Christina and Ryan Hillsberg both spied for America’s Central Intelligence Agency before Christina turned her […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Andrew Harding
Goldster Inside Story explores gripping true drama through the highly-acclaimed crime thriller These Are Not Gentle People, the story of the brutal beating and death of two young men and those accused of their murders. Written by award-winning BBC Africa Correspondent, Andrew Harding, this is a courtroom drama, a profound exploration of collective guilt and individual justice, […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Gregg Hurwitz Live from Riverstone
Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the Orphan X series Evan Smoak is a man with a dangerous past who has skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. Gregg has also published poetry, academic, political, and cultural articles, screenplays and is a bestselling comic book […]
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