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), […]
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Inside Story with Humphrey: Michael Ridpath
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 […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Lucinda Hawksley
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. […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Vince Cable
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. […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Adam Lebor
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 […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Julie Summers
Julie Summers is one of Britain’s foremost social historians. The author of fourteen works of non-fiction, including the best-selling book Jambusters, she was listed as one of only four women in the top fifty historians in Britain in 2015. Jambusters inspired the ITV drama series Home Fires, which ran for two seasons in 2015-16 and […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Tessa Keswick
In her enthralling memoir, The Colour of the Sky After Rain, Lady Tessa Keswick follows the footsteps of intrepid western explorers like Isabella Bird and Mildred Cable, whose early 20th Century accounts brought alive the scale and magnificence of China to a western audience. Drawing on her travels in China over thirty years Lady Keswick […]
Read MoreInside Story with Humphrey: Parag Khanna
Dr Parag Khanna is a bestselling author of books that explain where our world is heading and why. Parag, who has been named by Esquire magazine as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, will be talking to Humphrey about his latest book Move: The Forces Uprooting Us. It’s a thought-provoking […]
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