A Thousand FeastsTHE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAY

By 1914 it had been drastically weakened and circled by numerous predators waiting to finish it off

When a dead body is found in the Thames

the programme which became the foundation of Microsoft and eventually for the entire software industry

This big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to despotism

Rabbit has been struggling since he saw his father die - he finds it hard to speak

This is a vital playbook for everyone from senior leaders developing and executing complex strategies to Gen Z-ers entering and navigating turbulent work environments

Written with David Attenborough's characteristic charm

but when a theatre troupe begging alms turns up at Measham Hall

All seems lost until the pair unearth 'The History of Everything

a busted fishing net and enough sand to make a beach

Joe Spork repairs clockwork and lives above his shop in a wet

Elizabeth has seen off more than one Spanish attempt at invasion