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The haunting that baffled the original ghostbuster

Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell: Haunting that baffled the original ghostbuster

Sceptic and parapsychologist Tony Cornell spent his life disproving the existence of spirits at 'haunted' sites across Britain. But one old mansion in Cambridge proved the exception...

Think you're having a baby? Bite your husband's bottom

Kathryn Hughes dives into the farcical and dangerous world of early modern medicine.

The billionaires and tech bros trying to buy eternal life...

Roger Alton uncovers the men trying to buy their way to eternal life in Aleks Krotoski's fascinating new study of longevity and the search for immortality.

Femme fatales who conquered the skies in style

Meet the daring female pioneers of the aviation world

Charles Dickens and his furry, feline letter opener

New book reveals what should be no surprise to cat lovers, all of the best writers had a cat by their side - making sure they get proper rest, keeping them company and entertaining.

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My night of terror in a haunted house

How To Build A Haunted House by Caitlin Blackwell Baines: My night of terror in a haunted

One woman's journey through some of the spookiest houses in the world

Proof that British food is better than French

Former Editor of the Good Food Guide takes us on a culinary tour of the revolutionary restaurant scene of the 1990s. Now Katharine Spurrier finds out who comes out on top.

Better to have loved or lost than never to have loved at all?

Tennyson thought so... after devastating grief inspired him to write one of poetry's most heartbreaking lines

Rip-roaring tale of how the illegitimate daughter of an Earl became a Texas rodeo star

- and then turned down a suitor worth $100 million

Shocking TRUTH about what it is like working in China ... we have no idea what hard work really is

New memoir reveals what it is really like working in China. From couriering to working in a warehouse, Hu Anyan has done it all.

Kate Price was sexually abused by her father and trafficked to his friends until the age of 12. Now, she reveals the truth about her childhood... and the horrifying reason her mother stayed silent

Kate Price tells her harrowing tale of abuse at the hands of her father and how she learned to heal with the help of psychiatrist Dr Bessel van der Kolk.

The advice Michael Jackson gave Queen that got them a US smash hit

Justin Lewis takes us on a wild ride through the music of the 1980s in his raucous new book, Into The Groove.

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AI is the future of medicine - almost half of doctors can't cope with their workloads and most of what they learnt at medical school is out of date by the time they graduate

AI is the future of medicine - studies show almost half of doctors can't cope with their

With long waits, strikes and regular negligence claims, our healthcare system is failing - new book details how AI can be more trustworthy and reliable.

Swimming with Vikings or sleeping like cavemen, ruling the tennis court and romping with royals: when it comes to non-fiction...We've Got Your Summer Reading Sorted!

Are you a fan of non-fiction and know that beach read fiction isn't for you, here are our picks for best non-fiction books to enjoy this summer.

Hexes and high jinks at the real Downton

Missing Downton Abbey? Take a tour around Highclere Castle - the family home made famous by the iconic TV show.

53 countries, two dogs... one new girlfriend

When Bobby decided to pack up his life, and dog, into a 6 ton truck he had no idea that love and adventure would be just around the corner.

Which of these blockbuster movie scores did John Williams NOT compose? A) Jaws B) Harry Potter C) Indiana Jones D) Star Wars ... Trick question - he did them ALL and there is a heartbreaking truth behind their magic

He is one of the most influential composers of all time, scoring countless blockbuster movies and is the most Oscar nominated living person in history. But who IS John Williams?

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Which unlikely heroes would Steve Cavanagh take to a desert island?

Steve Cavanagh answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

Which 'charming' CANNIBAL would Vaseem Khan take with him to a desert island?

Vaseem Khan answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, and what left him cold?

What book has Prue Leith tried twice and still can't stand?

This week, Prue Leith answers our questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

Which murder mystery writer will you not find on David Nicholls's bookshelf?

This week, David Nicholls answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

Which infamous pair turned Clare Balding off for giving walkers a bad name?

Clare Balding answers our burning questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

What practical reason does Philippa Gregory need a Charles Dickens novel for on her desert island?

Philippa Gregory answers our burning questions, what's she reading now, what would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, and what book left her cold?

The husband SLAYERS

The Women Are Not Fine by Hope Reese: The husband SLAYERS

Beaten with chains, held at gunpoint and sexually abused, the women of Nagyrev could see only one way to end their suffering… poisoning their husbands, fathers-in-law and even their sons with arsenic

My dad's toes were cut off one by one…and then his body dissolved in acid by gangsters. After a childhood like that, tackling Hawaii's infamous Pipeline wave was a walk in the park

How could a cocky blond 20-year-old upstart from Australia be about to win the most prestigious surfing competition in the world: the 1978 Banzai Pipeline Masters in Hawaii?

The Serial Killer Next Door by Emma Kenny: Emphatically not for the fainthearted

As Roger Lewis finds out, Emma Kenny's new book The Serial Killer Next Door is not for the faint hearted. This a study of serial killers filled with every gory detail.

Secret's of the Assassin

How to build a bomb, mount a machine gun on the back of a van and plan a getaway... the deadly world of professional killers laid bare in a gripping new book

First memoir by an Israeli hostage reveals how in a tunnel 100ft deep, bubbling with sewage and crawling with maggots, Eli Sharabi was beaten and humiliated by Hamas...but knew he had to SURVIVE

Eli Sharabi reveals the truth of what it is like being a hostage of Hamas and how after 491 days he was finally released.

Twins wrenched apart by the Chinese government... with one sold to America

After years of China's cruel One Child Policy and hundreds of adoptions to the West, Barbara Demick uncovers the truth behind one separated set of little girls.

Unmasking Lucy Letby: What if there was NO baby killer...?

Peter Hitchens dives into the trial of Lucy Letby in this new book from Judith Moritz and Jonathan Coffey.

The plot to BLOW UP JFK

The untold story of the crazed religious zealotwho set to out kill the President - and if he'd succeeded we'd never have heard of Lee Harvey Oswald

Good listeners. Can keep secrets. God on their side? Why Vatican priests make shockingly good spies

Gripping tale of the lines on which espionage meets the Vatican's priests.

The raw speed of a high-octane world

A full-throttle look into the world of Formula 1.

Always judge a book by its cover!

Sometimes the beauty of a thing really is surface level - Paul Dimond has curated 150 years of Batsford Books' most beautiful publications.

Picture This: Lovely Day for a Guinness

Katharine Spurrier discovers the history of Guinness in this fantastic history from Rory Guinness.

Picture This: Quintessential Italy

The beauty of Italy is seen like never before in this Wine & Travel guide from Assouline.

Picture This: Notting Hill's most famous road brought to life in pictures

Photographer Brian Jaquest captures all spectrums of life on Notting Hill's Portobello Road - from the street performers, to market sellers, his book has it all.

Basking in the beauty of elephants

Federico Veronesi's truly extraordinary photographs of elephants will make you reconsider just how beautiful these ancient creatures are.

I died ... and now I know death is nothing to fear

My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner: I died ... and now I know death is nothing to fear

In his new book Hollywood toughman Jeremy Renner details his fight to survive after being crushed by a 7-ton snow plough, what happens when we die - and why we are here.

My teacher threatened to rip my teeth out after raping me. But I blocked the memory until a surprising moment changed everything, reveals AMY GRIFFIN

After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school election aged 12, one of her favourite teachers, Mr Mason, stopped her in the hallway. 'You're the real leader of this school', he reassured her.

'Thanks to the government, British farmers are screwed' - This week Clarkson led a mob of 13,000 farmers against Labour's inheritance tax changes. His book shows the ludicrous red tape strangling their lives and income

Clarkson's rallying cry to all farmers that dispels any notion of farmer's having an easy life.

The top actress who was sedated and given electric shock treatment to cure anorexia

New book details how Celia Imrie was sent to a controversial Sleep Clinic where the therapy she and other vulnerable young women were given scarred them for life.

I inherited a fortune and gave it all away

In a new memoir, Labour MP Chris Bryant describes his previous life as a gay priest (not the only one) and why herejected a multi-millionpound inheritance

I have to take photos of my taps before I leave the house...

Why? Because that's the only way Downton Abbey actress Tuppence Middleton - who suffers from crippling OCD - can be sure they're turned off.

EXCLUSIVEThe man who discovered Elvis... and then destroyed him: How the King spiralled into addiction and death at the hands of his high-rolling manager - revealed in bombshell biography by a writer who saw it happen

The man who discovered Elvis... and then destroyed him: How the King spiralled into

Addiction was the glue that held Elvis Presley and his manager 'Colonel' Tom Parker together during the last few years of the singer's life. Twenty years of lonely fame and wild extravagance had meant that by 1977 Elvis was struggling to make ends meet. To pay for his entourage and the compliant doctors who fed him the drugs on which he was hooked, he just had to keep touring. You might think a sensible, caring manager would have committed his client to a hospital to dry out. But the 'Colonel' had an addiction problem, too. When he wasn't on tour with 'my boy', as he would refer to Elvis, he would go on gambling binges at the roulette wheel in Las Vegas.

Samuel Pepys the sex addict and RAPIST: Great Fire of London diarist's shocking deeds revealed... by the man himself

Samuel Pepys was a serial adulterer, a sex addict, a coercive predator, and a rapist, newly transcribed extracts from his diaries reveal.

How Queen Elizabeth I's death triggered treachery and deceit as Scotland's James VI STOLE the crown

With no heirs Elizabeth I's death was about to cause royal chaos until she named James VI as her successor, but a top academic reveals the truth of the Stuart takeover.

Despite all of his affairs and her other relationships, Priscilla Presley reveals she NEVER stopped loving Elvis

She fell in love with him at 14. Now aged 80, Priscilla Presley reveals how, even after their split, she'd abandon her sleeping lover to take Elvis's calls.

Gin-swilling Buddhist who averted World War III

He was the UN secretary-general who played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and was admired by everyone from John Lennon to Jacques Cousteau...

The Shakespeare Ladies Club by Christine & Jonathan Hainsworth: The women who made Shakespeare great

Imagine a world in which no one cared about Shakespeare - that was the case in the 1600s, until four pioneering women reinvigorated the bard's reputation.

The GORY greatness of Henry V: The King burned his friends alive and political rivals were hung, drawn and quartered. But historian Dan Jones says he wasn't cruel ... just pragmatic

To many he was a ruthless and excessively harsh ruler. But Kathryn Hughes discovers that Henry V was actually just a product of his age and instead of being cruel, he was in fact pragmatic.

The war ended years ago...but my grief is still raw

LOSING JAMES: A MOTHER'S STORY by Caroline Jane Munday: The war ended years ago...but my

Caroline Munday was counting down the daystill her son's return from Afghanistan when shegot the call every soldier's mother dreads...

I'm not childless - I'm child FREE

As birth rates across the Western world fall to the lowest since records began, Helen Taylor, now in her 70s, considers whether her decision not to have children was the right choice

Can you cure your nightmares?

A new book by a leading scientist explains how you can use your dreams to transform your life

My mother forgot who I was, so this is what I'm doing to avoid the same fate - walk fast, talk a lot and eat blueberries

Anthea Rowan's moving memoir takes us through her years caring for her mother who suffered from dementia, and tells us how she plans to avoid the same fate.

'I don't get jealous watching my husband have sex with other women - I find it attractive!' How a couple discovered a passion for polyamory after settling in the countryside

On a dull Tuesday afternoon in 2019, the author Evie Sage turned up at a shopping centre with a mission: to meet the woman she and her husband had arranged to have a threesome with.

How I recovered from being abused - by my vicar

Manni Coe's beautiful memoir takes the reader on a journey through trauma, acceptance and an understanding of empathy

I'm a top dementia doctor, but even I wasn't prepared when my mum got the disease -- here's what I wish I'd known

Despite years working as a neuroscientist and dementia specialist Dr Sabina Brennan still struggled caring for her mother as she succumbed to the illness.

Help! My vagina has fallen out

Bel Mooney uncovers the devastating reality of how women are treated by the healthcare system, especially when it comes to issues relating to pregnancy and childbirth.

My generation wants to die but still has a 20-step skincare routine

A mother and daughter open up about teenage mental health issues and what parents can do to cope with it.

What is your therapist REALLY thinking? That's the question one patient and her psychotherapist answer in their remarkably honest fly-on-the-wall book

There are many books by psychotherapists about their practice, with heavily-disguised case histories, but what actually happens in the room? Both Sides Of The Couch gives two perspectives on one story

Forget Oppenheimer... how the real brains behind the atom bomb were BRITISH: 'Hidden' history of WWII's deadly weapon revealed

Forget Oppenheimer... the real brains behind the atom bomb were BRITISH: 'Hidden' history

It was two years ago that the Oscar-winning blockbuster 'Oppenheimer' (left) sent the message that it was the Americans, or rather one American in particular, who was responsible for the atomic explosion that brought the Second World War to an explosive close.In this myth-busting book, Gareth Williams reveals that, without the involvement of British physicists (top right), the all-American 'Manhattan Project' would never have got off the ground. And the consequences of that would have been catastrophic, leaving the USA and most of Europe at the mercy of German scientists who were rushing to develop their own weapons of mass destruction. In which case it could so easily have been London or Washington rather than Hiroshima (bottom right) and Nagasaki that were engulfed in a giant mushroom cloud.

I help people DIE so that they can get the most out of LIFE

Stefanie Green assists patients who choose to end their lives. The Canadian doctor tells how she has come to cherish her time with people in their final moments

The six unexpected signs you're heading for burnout, revealed by Dr Rangan Chatterjee - and the clever ways you can solve them

In his latest book Dr Rangan Chatterjee teaches you how to smash the bad habits steering you straight towards burnout.

'I want to be a phone, then my mother would look at me': Child's heartbreaking answer that shows how mobiles have ruined a generation's lives - as terrifying consequences for their brains are revealed

There are currently 987,000 16 to 24-year-olds at a loose end, neither in education or employment, a quarter of them complaining of precarious mental health.

Want to save the planet? GO NUCLEAR

Worried about atomic power? Don't be, writes a scientist: radioactivity is everywhere... even in bananas!

Forget Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg - meet the mogul in tech you have never heard of

Stephen Witt pulls back the curtain on Jensen Huang, the man in tech you have probably never heard of, and whose company is worth $3 trillion.

Natasha Richardson, JFK and Abraham Lincoln all suffered catastrophic brain injuries. But in a fascinating new book, a top surgeon asks… COULD THEY HAVE BEEN SAVED?

Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Natasha Richardson all lost their lives due to shocking brain injuries, but this new book delves into whether they could have been saved.

How to rob a bank - be a woman and make a fuss

Neuroscientist Emily Falk reveals the inner workings of our decision making.

Tim Berners-Lee wanted his technological wonder to be used as a tool for good. Instead it has become toxic and divisive... now gives an insight into his regrets about inventing the World Wide Web

Nick Rennison discovers the inner workings of the man who invented the World Wide Web.

Putin's most dangerous weapon? Mind control

As the war between Ukraine and Russia continues Bob Seely looks at how war has evolved in the modern world.

How my father, my wife and me were healed by the Cornish rainforest

Our Oaken Bones Merlin Hanbury-Tenison: How my father, my wife and me were healed by the

Merlin Hanbury-Tenison was blown up inAfghanistan. His wife suffered twomiscarriages. In his powerful memoir, he recounts how nature helped them recover

Nature? It will ruin your garden

Gardening is meant to be a relaxing pursuit, but after the death of his wife, Carl discovered the trials and tribulations that come hand in hand with curating nature.

I sold my home to buy a narrowboat

Constance Craig Smith lifts the lid on the joys of living on Britain's canals as extolled by Jo Bell.

Salute to spring by our most beloved children's author

In his ode to spring, beloved author Michael Morpurgo recount the joys of the life bringing season.

Boil it, drown it, nuke it - but you can't kill it

Life on earth is more hardy and indestructible than we think

When scorpions were the size of dogs

The world and everything in it is here for one reason only: CO2

Of Thorn & Briar by Paul Lamb: Meet Instagram's hunky hedgelayer heartthrob

Constance Craig Smith discovers what life is like as a hedgelayer in the West Country in Paul Lamb's new book.

The river that can fight for its own future in court

A book that brings us hope that we might be able to save our waterways.

Forget parrots, seals are top talkers too

In her new book on seals, Alix Morris unlocks the secrets of the 'clowns of the sea'.

So cute! Until a baby gorilla becomes a toddler, that is….

When, as former zookeeper Alan Toyne learned the hard way, they start ripping things apart (including you). His new book tells what life is like raising gorillas.

How to find your zest for life... cook with lemons!

SQUEEZE ME by Ruthie Rogers and Ed Ruscha: How to find your zest for life... cook with

The inimitable owner of London's famous River Cafe has written a citrusy new cook book.

Cure your burnout one piece of cheese at a time

After suffering from burnout working as a breakfast radio host, Michael Finnerty decided he needed a change. The change he found was in cheese!

A bacon sandwich is good for your health - your mental health, that is!

In his new book Nigel Slater dwells on the small joys and moments of deliciousness that pepper is everyday.

Want to have great SEX? Find yourself a CHEF!

They're erotic, physical and far better in bed than other men, says the woman who calls herself the Slutty Cheff.

The most important woman in Lucian Freud's life...or at least the one who kept him fed

Constance Craig Smith reviews Sally Clarke's new book which celebrates the 40th anniversary of her restaurant, Clarkes. A book filled with famous names, anecdotes and history.

Is your Scottish salmon really made in China?

Nick Rennison discovers quite how much of our everyday life is manufactured in this insightful new book from Tim Minshall.

'You can't be what you can't see': Gordon Ramsay trained chef, Sally Abe breaks down the barriers holding female chefs back in her new memoir

Sally Abe recounts what its like working for Gordon Ramsay and other Michelin restaurants, and why she is tearing up the cheffing rulebook with her restaurant, The Pem.

How to be No1: keep grandma's card in your bag and smile a lot

Being Carlos Alcaraz by Mark Hodgkinson: How to be No1: keep grandma's card in your bag

He has swiftly risen to tennis stardom and Mark Mason discovers what makes the Spanish champion tick.

The Ins and Outs of Cricket's greatest batsmen

Mark Mason discovers what makes the world's best batsmen tick, and all the things we can learn from them.

Presents that pack a punch: the best sports books of the year

Sport fans: we have your Christmas sorted. Roger Alton has picked out the best sport books of 2024 ranging from the scientific way to score a penalty to the heartfelt memoir of Sir Chris Hoy.

How Bazball sexed up cricket

Bazball is a book about he transformation of the Test team from dreary also-rans to tough competitors full of attacking flair and demonstrating joy in all they do thanks to coach Brendon 'Baz' McCullum.

Sex Drive - Why millions of women are falling for Formula 1

Glamour! Parties! And a LOT of money… with the Formula 1 season just a few weeks away a new book explains how it's become the world's hottest sport.

The nice guy you wouldn't want to face across the net…

With the French Open missing its retired icon, a new book reveals how Rafa Nadal became a ferocious tennis champion - but never forgot his manners

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