Biography: general

Tells the story of the most influential British plantswoman of the past 100 years. Beth Chatto was the inspiration behind the 'right plant, right place' ethos that lies at the heart of modern gardening. She also wrote some of the best-loved gardening books of the 20th century, among them 'The Dry...

This is Sandi Toksvig's autobiography - part memoir, part diary, part travelogue and history all from the top of a double-decker.

When Ron Stallworth, the first black detective in the history of the Colorado Springs Police Department, comes across a classified ad in the local paper asking for all those interested in joining the Ku Klux Klan to contact a P.O. box, Detective Stallworth does his job and responds with interest,...

The prospect of a move from St. Joseph's Home, London to Blaisdon in Gloucestershire, evokes fear of further horrors to come. For years, the author has been warned of the Spartan disciplines, awaiting all who are sent there. Will Blaisdon Hall be the ultimate in refined punishments by men that th...

Growing up in a quiet, middle-class suburb outside of Amsterdam, childhood best friends Anna and Olivia had their whole lives ahead of them. But every parent's worst nightmare came true when the teenagers fell in with the wrong crowd. Eleven years their senior, Ricardo was charming and good-looki...

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them - women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.

Rob Temple runs a social-media empire from the comfort of his sofa. Living the dream! But what happens when a lack of colleagues, bosses and alarm clocks means that your sofa, and the four walls of your very quiet living room, become your whole world? In this tender and life-affirming memoir, Rob...

Famed as the most beautiful undergraduate at Oxford, Lord Alfred Douglas, or Bosie as he was known, remains one of the most notorious figures in literary history. This biography explores the contradictions that made up his life.

Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical stories. These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl's real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.

Wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, passionately argued, and infused with his characteristic humour, 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions', the final book from one of the greatest minds in history, is a personal view on the challenges we face as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are h...