In 1989 the people of Eastern Europe rose up and finally put an end to over forty years of subservience to their communist masters? However, the aftermath of those revolutions often brought to light tales of unimaginable poverty, degradation and su...
We've been quite crafty: we tried finding out who won that massive lottery pay-out the other week, but the Editor got cold feet... Jill chuckled to herself, thereby not noticing an eye pop open before hastily closing again as she turned to addres...
During the 1980s an unsung 'Black Country' town in the industrial West Midlands was a world removed from Britain's renowned 'corridors of power' at Westminster, corridors that were overshadowed throughout by the ascendancy of one of the most formidab...
France 1954: two officers â€" one a dashing professional soldier and aristocrat, and one a low-born reservist â€" celebrate the rekindling of a curious friendship that was once fashioned in the crucible of war. Seven years later, and that friendship ...
Summer 1914: the high noon of Germany's colonial presence in the Far East. For the men of the Kaiser's navy the idyllic charm of life on the China station is soon to be abruptly shattered by war in Europe. Their commanding officer, the formidable Adm...
In 'The Making of the Member' we followed the story of two young friends from an unsung 'Black Country' town in the industrial West Midlands as they pursued an arduous thirteen year quest to become its Member of Parliament. By the time Tony Blair and...
During the darkest days of the Second World War, Eileen Kimberley - a pretty teenage girl from the backstreets of Birmingham - makes her bid to escape a claustrophobic home life by enlisting in Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force. What follows prov...
Tom Simmons has everything: he is tall; he is charming; he is self-assured; and he is strikingly handsome â€" the kind of guy who will always command the attention of the opposite sex. Ben Hingley is none of these things. Gullible, obsessive, and emo...
June 1976 - beer is 32p a pint, Abba are topping the charts, and Britain is on the cusp of what will turn out to be its most glorious summer on record.As the temperature soars, a working-class boy from the English Midlands and a vivacious exchange st...
Ambitious and successful, Wes Smith is in the prime of life - even if the pursuit of a lucrative, globe-trotting career has come at the expense of a failed marriage and a string of relationships that have gone nowhere. Therefore, the promise of a new...