Philip Hoare examines our need to be immersed in water. Or at least to be near it.
RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR homepage
Kassia St Clair gives a potted history of colours and the vivid stories behind them.
The Secret Lives of Colour homepage
Andrew O'Hagan recalls the turbulent time he spent ghost writing Julian Assange's memoir.
The Secret Life homepage
Joanna Moorhead's biography of her father's cousin, the surrealist artist and writer.
The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington homepage
Ulrich Raulff's moving exploration of the role of the horse in human civilisation.
Farewell to the Horse homepage
By Henry Marsh. Reflections on a life spent operating at the frontline of neurosurgery.
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery homepage
Author Richard Ford remembers his parents in separate poignant accounts.
Between Them homepage
Thomas Dilworth's biography of visual artist and poet David Jones
David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet homepage
Erica Benner's myth-busting biography of Niccolo Machiavelli.
Be Like the Fox homepage
A fatherless man tries to be a father to his daughter, who is now becoming his son.
Fathers and Sons homepage
John Simpson's account of life behind the scenes at the Oxford English Dictionary.
The Word Detective homepage
By Alan Light. The story of Nina Simone, the classically-trained pianist turned soul icon.
What Happened, Miss Simone? homepage
Kapka Kassabova explores the hinterland where the Iron Curtain met Greece and Turkey.
Border - Tales from the Edge of Europe homepage
Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Paul Farley explore the myth of the doomed poet.
Deaths of the Poets homepage
Pankaj Mishra traces the tangled roots of hatreds and nationalisms across the world.
Age of Anger homepage
Xiaolu Guo's story of growing up in China during times of transition.
Once Upon a Time in the East homepage
David Bellos tells the compelling story of how Victor Hugo's novel conquered the world.
The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of Les Miserables homepage
The story of Emma Jung, her marriage to Carl and the early years of psychoanalysis.
Labyrinths homepage
Journalist Madeleine Bunting explores the history and landscapes of the Hebrides.
Love of Country homepage
By Richard Holmes. A meditation on the art of biography from a master of the genre.
This Long Pursuit homepage
The story of Claude Monet's later years and the famous paintings he produced at Giverny.
Mad Enchantment homepage
Carlo Rovelli's provocative account of how science affects our understanding of the world
Reality Is Not What It Seems homepage
Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes reads from his book about fear - particularly his own.
Fear homepage
Pete Brown illuminates the hand-in-hand history of humanity and our most familiar fruit.
The Apple Orchard homepage
Four writers explore what it means to be black, Asian and minority ethnic in Britain today
The Good Immigrant homepage
Edmund Gordon's biography about one of English literature's most inventive writers.
The Invention of Angela Carter homepage
Powerful memoir of hope and loss by the Booker Prize-nominated Libyan author Hisham Matar.
The Return homepage
Gary Younge tells the story of the children and teens shot dead on an average American day
Another Day in the Death of America homepage
By Artemis Cooper. Authorised biography of novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard.
Elizabeth Jane Howard: A Dangerous Innocence homepage
Renowned espionage writer John le Carre reads extracts from his memoir.
The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carre homepage
