Watling StreetA journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today. Long ago a path was created by the passage of feet tramping through endless forests. Gradually that path became a track, and the track became a road. It connected the White Cliffs of Dover to the Druid groves of the Welsh island of Anglesey, across a land that was first called Albion then Britain, Mercia and eventually

gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife

It is about why we continue to avoid talking about race

There he meets Dulcie

faithful lump of a dog

During the oppressive heat wave of 1976 a young journalist

It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military

116 were schoolchildren

and it seems everyone on the case has something to hide

Simultaneously a breathtaking account of a physical journey and a memoir about recovering from mental illness

while travelling around South America until his encounter with Karla

This guidebook describes Offa's Dyke Path National Trail

and fill the air with buzzing wings