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Knife-edge decisions, adrenalin rushes, extreme weather, bitter rivalries, heart-stopping races – they are all in a day’s work for Ben Ainslie. Against all odds, in the London 2012 Olympics Ben Ainsl …

VIRGINIA VALLEJO:Top Colombian television journalist, cover model and socialite PABLO ESCOBAR:Head of the Medellin cartel, the founder of the global cocaine industry and one of the most ambitious – …

Much has been written about the brutal crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, and thirty-five years after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of thirteen women scarcely a …

Anna was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives – and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King”s ‘Beloved Sister” looks at Anna …

John Terry is known as Chelsea”s ”captain, leader, legend” for good reason. The quintessential one-club man, he has spearheaded the club”s achievements in the twenty-first century, helping the …

SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATOR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON …

Ever wondered what it was like to run a fledgling heritage railway?Former General Manager of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Bernard Warr lifts the veil on the ups and downs of running a private …

Best known for the progressive school he founded in Dessau during the 18th century, Johann Bernhard Basedow was a central thinker in the German Enlightenment. Since his death in 1790 a substantial …

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or …

Love at first sight. During the Holocaust. Bonds as strong as steel, forged in the flames of hate.These are extraordinary stories of love affairs during the most dangerous, degrading, and deadly …