Events

Legendary television news correspondent, Jim Laurie, was a 22-year-old adventurer when he arrived in Cambodia in 1970.  Five years later in April 1975 he reported on the catastrophic collapse of first Cambodia and then Vietnam.  And he was in love.  His stunning and highly-acclaimed memoir, The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina, is a story of a […]

As a medic in the Royal Marines, Tony Loughran’s job was to save lives in dangerous environments.  From those early days, escaping a childhood of poverty with an alcoholic father, he has never looked back. He is passionate about his work, and, although long gone from the Royal Marines, he essentially does the same job […]

James Rosone and Miranda Watson are one of the most successful self-published husband-wife writing teams on Amazon. James began his writing career as a form of therapy after his experiences as an interrogator in Iraq. He has turned a hobby into a career. In her spare time as a nurse, Miranda helped him. Both James […]

Goldster Inside Story welcomes back Adam LeBor, Humphrey’s first ever Book Club guest.  On this Inside Story, Adam will share his insight into what makes a great thriller, whether crime, political, espionage, action, psychological or a mix of all those elements. Sorting through dozens of titles, Adam chooses a handful for his regular Best Thrillers […]

Orwell wrote it as a fairytale allegory of the Soviet Union during Joseph Stalin’s rise to power there and his growing global influence. In many ways, it mirrors that of Vladimir Putin and what we are seeing now with the attempted brutal expansion of Russia. But Animal Farm is far more than that. The story follows the […]