The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History Of James Bond

Since James Bond first burst on to our cinema screens in 1962’s Dr No, blazing his Walther PPK and seducing every beautiful woman he came across, there have been 23 more official Bond films, with six actors playing 007. Daniel Craig’s final turn as the special agent in No Time To Die, the 25th Bond … Read more

Victory In The Kitchen by Annie Gray review: ‘Popular history at its very best’

Annie Gray’s delicious Victory In The Kitchen, a biography of Georgina Landemare, Winston Churchill’s cook, is ‘popular history at its very best’ By Kathryn Hughes Published: 22:01 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 16:53 GMT, 26 February 2020 Victory In The Kitchen: The Life Of Churchill’s Cook Annie Gray              … Read more

How sexism blighted history of sex: The Romans entombed errant Virgins and Victorians feared cycling

BOOK OF THE WEEK A HISTORY OF SEX by Kate Lister (Unbound £25, 384pp) What a miracle it is that the human race manages to keep reproducing itself, generation upon generation, since attempts to stamp out sexual activity down the ages have been relentless. As Kate Lister, author of this colourful study, makes plain, people … Read more

HISTORY  | Daily Mail Online

HISTORY By Eithne Farry For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 GMT, 5 March 2020 | Updated: 23:33 GMT, 5 March 2020 THE LOST FUTURE OF PEPPERHARROW by Natasha Pulley (Bloomsbury £12.99, 512 pp) The utterly beguiling characters from Pulley’s debut The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street make a much-anticipated reappearance here. Clairvoyant samurai Keita Mori and … Read more