The idyllic - but pretty outdated - scenes in the Ladybird books were updated in the 70s and 80s to reflect Britain's changing society - but can you spot the difference? Fans of the Ladybird Books are ...

"In my time the retail of second-hand and vintage books has changed beyond recognition," says Ms Lee, who has been working for Oxfam for two decades. "Things like Ladybird books, lovely old ...

Those books that you don’t sell on at the end of your university career. Ladybird books covered a huge range of topics. So you might find it a little unexpected then that our subject here is a ...

In this return to the futuristic setting of Castle's (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) Amaryllis, casino owner Nick Chastain searches for a full-spectrum ""prism"" who can focus his psychic talents and help ...

The first time that I ever toured EB Green’s Castle at Mayfair Lane was back in 2015. At the time, the then-matriarch of the ...

but generations of children that grew up reading Ladybird books are likely to agree that the publisher’s red and black beetle symbol really does belong in that category. The imprint, which is now part ...

Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire boasts 20 bookshops and this festive treat coincides with the Christmas light switch on ...

By Catherine Hong The Coming of the ‘Messiah’: How Handel’s Masterpiece Was Born John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political ...

The Magician of Tiger Castle’ will be published in 2025 — see the cover hereIf you grew up loving books like Holes and ...

6. Build up layers in a pyramid formation. 7. Add a roof by leaning a couple of tiles across the pine cones at an angle and your ladybird lodge is ready. What site to pick for a bug hotel depends on ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

The Frick Collection: Photograph Michael Bodycomb Cromwell's prayer book featured in a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger Assistant curator at Kent's Hever Castle, Kate McCaffrey, made the link ...