Published to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the ending of WW2, London Can Take It reveals Valerie’s remarkable first-hand account of growing up in wartime London where she spent over 5 ...

London is a bookworm’s paradise. With a literary history even older than the printing press, the city has been a home and an inspiration for Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Zadie ...

'Blitz' is an abbreviation of the German word ‘blitzkrieg’, meaning ‘lightning war’. Its explosive sound describes the Luftwaffe’s almost continual aerial bombardment of the British ...

The London Review of Books is the largest cultural, political and literary magazine in Europe and has an unparalleled international reputation for long form literary journalism. Published every two ...

Plus, two more women-focused bookshops you can visit today. There’s no shortage of brilliant bookshops in London. From Gay’s the Word in King’s Cross, which sells queer fiction and non ...

A gorgeous new walking guide to the capital's green spaces. A new book by David Fathers is always cause for celebration. Each of his guides features a dozen or so superbly researched walks across ...

Ann Armitage and Betty Leverton dodged burning oil spills to save people trapped after German planes dropped bombs on London's East End, the LAS said The bravery of women who risked their lives ...

A display of ceramic poppies will again go on show at the Tower of London, to "reflect on the lasting legacy of conflict" and mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. More than five ...