Books & Music

‘It was only two days after I arrived that I realised I had actually joined MI5. It did not exactly throw the doors wide and welcome scrutiny. The existence of the service was avowed but very little else about it was. Who worked for it? Where were its...

Truth in Public Life explores the difficulty in defining truth, its critical importance in civilised society and the challenges and threats to telling the truth in different public service settings. Three leading experts reflect on subjects related to...

A delightful and humorously illustrated sticker book, packed full of Beefeaters, red buses, black taxis and other London icons. Young children can explore the sights of the bustling city of London and use the stickers to complete scenes at London Zoo,...

Please note: this particular item is available on a pre-order basis therefore it is not available to collect in store. In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the...

London. City of ancient churches and bustling markets, palatial townhouses and modest terraces. Two millennia of expansion, commerce and street life. This is its story.In Cruickshank's London, Britain's favourite architectural historian offers a tour...

London's Strangest Tales takes a walk on London's weirder side with an absorbing collection of curious tales from one of the world's greatest cities. This fascinating book is packed with amazing things you didn't know about Britain's capital, like the...

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B...

Delve deep under London's streets from the days when the Romans ruled through to the hustle and bustle of the modern-day capital in this fantastic flap book. The book includes double page spreads on medieval times, the Tudor period, the Plague, the Great...

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that was growing so rapidly that the government took repeated, and ineffectual, steps to curb its expansion...

This official publication charts an extraordinary period of transition: from the proclamations across the United Kingdom, The King's first address to the nation and Their Majesties' early engagements during a period of national mourning, to the Vigil of...

Daniel Cook plays a collection of classic organ music on the Organ of Westminster Abbey. The CD includes the following tracks: 1. Coronation March: Orb and Sceptre  William Walton (1902 - 1983) (arr. McKie) (8:18) 2. Air on G String J.S. Bach (1685 -...

Please note: this particular item is available on a pre-order basis therefore it is not available to collect in store. A new children's version of the bestseller Black and British by award-winning historian and broadcaster David Olusoga. Illustrated with...