The Big HopNewfoundland, 1919. Buffeted by winds, an unwieldy aircraft made mainly from wood and stiff linen struggled to take off from the North American island's rocky slopes. Cramped side by side in its open cockpit were two men, freezing cold and barely able to move but resolute. They had a dream: to be the first in human history to fly, non stop, across the Atlantic Ocean. But there were three other teams competing against them, and as the waves raged a few

forestalling the wedding she never wanted

His Aunt Agatha decides it is time for Bertie to abandon his life of frivolity in favour of wedding bells

And finally there's elderly den mother Halajan

and they were free

as well as what we don't look at and why

pore over incredible images of actual mermaids and read about real-life potions

He barely knew how to fly

from a state school in Nottingham - rose to the upper echelons of the classical music world

A dramatic epic of power

Has she been faithful to him all these years

over three centuries

from dealing with elves to making deals with demons