Charlie Connelly

21 June 2021

Birger Ruud: The ski jumper who became a resistance fighter

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21 June 2021

Bertha von Suttner: The great peace campaigner

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the pacifist campaigner Bertha von Suttner, a woman not intimidated by anyone she met, even the most powerful men in the world

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15 June 2021

How holiday reads became the most important books of the year

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11 June 2021

When Eton took on a team of miners at football

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08 June 2021

George Sand: The writer who attracted scandal and praise in equal measure

George Sand is no longer widely read, but once eclipsed many of the greatest names in 19th century European literature, writes CHARLIE CONNELLY

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07 June 2021

The novel that pays tribute to the female pioneers of aviation

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02 June 2021

Rebecca West: Balladeer of the Balkans

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02 June 2021

The book that serves as a reminder of Britain’s fall as a maritime power

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02 June 2021

The man who chronicles the loss of Old Europe

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25 May 2021

Rosa Bonheur: The brilliant eccentric who became an artistic superstar

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18 May 2021

Luis Ocaña: The rider who ran out of luck

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16 May 2021

The brilliance of Rónán Hession’s Panenka

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11 May 2021

The golfer who galvanised a sport

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11 May 2021

Publishing after pandemic: How the coronavirus changed reading habits

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03 May 2021

Dalida: A life ground down by tragedy

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02 May 2021

Boney’s books: Why Napoleon was history’s ultimate bookworm

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28 April 2021

Jean Bart: The ultimate swashbuckler

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23 April 2021

Dreamland: A warning from Britain’s post-Brexit future

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20 April 2021

Greta Garbo: The face that continued to fascinate

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19 April 2021

The golden age of translation

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13 April 2021

The rebel writer: Why Charles Baudelaire still resonates

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13 April 2021

Robert Doisneau – The man behind one of the world’s most famous photographs

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05 April 2021

A life striving to stay one step ahead of the Nazis

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31 March 2021

Spyridon Louis – Greece’s ultimate marathon man

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23 March 2021

Ransome the Red… literature’s most enigmatic author

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22 March 2021

The great entertainer who accepted constant presence of death

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14 March 2021

The Eastern European societies that have replaced communism

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12 March 2021

The athlete who cleared the barriers communists put in her way

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09 March 2021

The Swedish star immortalised in two of cinema’s most enduring images

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06 March 2021

Why I am changing my mind on writer’s block

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01 March 2021

Marguerite Duras – the writer sparked by a single moment

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25 February 2021

Still trapped by the siege of Sarajevo

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