Charles Collingwood
Brian and Me: Life on – and off – The Archers

Charles Collingwood has kept the nation enthralled with his antics on The Archers. Instantly recognizable by his voice alone – upper-class polish with just a hint of naughty wickedness – meet the man behind Brian Aldridge. Charles has become a favourite of Radio 4 listeners, as a regular guest on such panel shows as Just a Minute and Quote Unquote. Happily married to fellow Archers cast member Judy Bennett for over thirty years, his romantic capers are told with affectionate humour and his family stories are fascinating. Go behind the scenes of the world’s longest-running soap opera and share hilarious stories, told with wit and great charm.

Jill Mansell
Take a Chance On Me

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Cleo Quinn doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to men, but now Will’s come along. Handsome and attentive, he could be her Mr Right. But Johnny LaVenture, sculptor extraordinaire and Cleo’s childhood nemesis, is back in Channing’s Hill, tormenting her as if he’d never been away. Meanwhile Cleo’s sister Abbie has a problem of her own – husband Tom has become distant and withdrawn, and she’s determined to find out why. But will the shocking truth mean the end of their idyllically happy marriage? The sisters are about to discover that the past can come back to haunt you, and that love can flourish in the unlikeliest of places...

Monica Ali
In the Kitchen

‘Who ends up in the kitchen, Gabe?’
‘Misfits’, he said, ‘psychos, exiles, culinary artists, and people who just need a job’.

In The Kitchen is Monica Ali’s follow up to her award-winning first novel, Brick Lane. It opens with a mysterious death in the cellars of a smart, cosmopolitan hotel and over the course of the ensuing pages, peels back the layers of polyglot London to reveal the melting pot which exists below.

‘...the kitchen scenes are superb... Ali’s prose is often beautiful and there are flashes of Brick Lane’s buoyant comedy’ – Observer