Author: Richard Evans

On 1 September 1909, American explorer Frederick Cook caused one of the biggest sensations in exploration history when, after a year with no word f...

Listening to the Music the Machines Make is the revolutionary story of electronic pop from 1978 to 1983, a true golden age of British music. This d...

You have spent a few decades working, earning a salary from your employers, and saving into company and personal pensions along the way. Now, retir...

While conquering Greece and Macedonia the Romans defeated an intervention by the Seleucid Empire, the most powerful of the Hellenistic states found...

Sir Basil Clarke was a courageous and intrepid First World War newspaper correspondent. In late 1914 he defied a ban on reporters by living as an o...

This is a memoir about a man who embraces adventure and misadventure, who often finds himself in unique business and life situations, and who alway...