This Sovereign IsleGeography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe. In this succinct book, Tombs shows that the decision to leave the EU is historically explicable though not

But the rot is still spreading

on the one hand marshalled by Hackett convinced he is doing the right thing but in the end only satisfying his own interests

and between 50% and 60% of adult women will have at least one UTI in their lifetime

Featuring exclusive recipes for perennial favourites including dough balls

In his brilliantly illuminating book

Susan Jeffers

prince turned revolutionary leader

Accompanying the major BBC Two series

or to make sure it never got solved

gets the chance to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting JFK in November 1963

They know that the true worth of these possessions doesn't lie in their monetary value

is not that easy