The Old Man and the Sea is the classic by Ernest Hemingway who tells the story of Santiago, an elderly Cuban fisherman with little but hope to sustain him through a punishing life. Published in 1952, it was Hemingway’s last substantive work after novels that recast modern literature such as A Farewell to Arms (1929), […]

From murder mysteries in the windswept landscapes of Iceland, to tales of chilling greed in the world of banking, to knife-edge dramas involving incidents that brought the world to the very brink of nuclear catastrophe, Michael Ridpath is among Britain’s most versatile bestselling novelists. His first novel, Free to Trade (1995), was a financial thriller […]

When writing this book, Lucinda went on an exploration of the 19th-century phenomenon that became the Christmas we know and love today, and of the writer who changed, forever, the ways in which it is celebrated. That writer also happens to be Lucinda’s great-great-great-grandfather. Charles Dickens was born in an age of enormous social upheaval. […]

Sir Vince Cable is the politician people trust. He is former leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Secretary for Business, nimble with footwork as a star of Strictly Come Dancing and a highly-acclaimed author with a range of titles that run from insights on the rise of China to a highly acclaimed political thriller. […]

Humphrey welcomes back Adam LeBor, his first ever Goldster Book Club guest last year when they celebrated the life of John Le Carre. Adam is the author of eight non-fiction and six fiction books ranging from true crime with Hitlers Secret Bankers to fictional thriller noir with his much-acclaimed Balthazar Kovacs Danube Blues detective series […]