Author: Peter Parker

Born into the English landed gentry, the heir to a substantial country estate, Christopher Isherwood ended up in California, an American citizen an...

This moving and timely book explores the way the First World War has been thought about and commemorated, and how it has affected its own, and late...

Why is it that for many people 'England' has always meant an unspoilt rural landscape rather than the ever-changing urban world in which most Engli...

How did the delphinium get its name? Which parts of the body lend their names to auriculas and orchids? Who are the gentian, lobelia and heuchera n...