Charlie Connelly

21 February 2020

Great European Lives: Andreas Hofer

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13 February 2020

Snow, Dog, Foot: A novel about a modern-day hermit

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11 February 2020

The best literary podcasts of 2020

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11 February 2020

Martine Carole: The original Parisian bombshell

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28 January 2020

The remarkable life of film director Alexander Korda, who shaped views of Britain globally

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20 January 2020

The film pioneer that history almost forgot

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15 January 2020

The great life of astronomer Caroline Herschel, who catalogued the heavens

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09 January 2020

The fast life of De Filippis, the first woman to race in Formula One

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19 December 2019

The classical music clown who refused to be cowed

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14 December 2019

The best and worst books of 2019

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12 December 2019

The author haunted by his country’s and family’s past

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28 November 2019

The defiant Dutch writer who faced her fate with dignity

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26 November 2019

Stalin’s daughter: The story behind a stunning defection

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17 November 2019

The BBC’s War Of The Worlds reboot has arrived at the right time

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15 November 2019

The glamorous film star linked to one of history’s most mythologised murders

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11 November 2019

Great European Lives: Olga Bergholz

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04 November 2019

Finding a home in the Arctic

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04 November 2019

Miner celebrity: the real story behind Stalin’s favourite worker

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29 October 2019

Great European Lives: Georges Carpentier

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29 October 2019

How literature’s awards season descended into squabbling

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23 October 2019

Great European Lives: François Truffaut

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23 October 2019

Ciaran Carson: Belfast loses its bard

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13 October 2019

How well does Ian McEwan’s satire skewer Brexit

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13 October 2019

Great European lives: The dancing spy, Mata Hari

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07 October 2019

The new book telling the cruel story of Alzheimer’s

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29 September 2019

The outsider who found a home on British screens

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28 September 2019

Is this the greatest post-Brexit novel so far?

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25 September 2019

The Saga of Sagan: The remarkable life and death of France’s fast-living author

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12 September 2019

Great European lives: Walter Bonatti

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09 September 2019

Great European Lives: The untimely death of the opera-singing Grand Prix champion

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02 September 2019

Great European lives: Max Factor

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01 September 2019

CHARLIE CONNELLY: Enid Blyton was always controversial

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