It was during his illness, in 1887, when Gauguin was 39 years old, that the battle dramatised in this play - a battle... More > imagined in his body, and in his mind, and in his moral nature - could have taken place. < Less

Come and meet Big Ted and join Polly and Peter as they listen to the stories of his amazing adventures!

A hilarious evocation of life as a student at Cambridge University in the sixties, shortly after the time of such notable... More > figures as F. R. Leavis, C.S. Lewis and E.M. Forster. < Less

In this third book of the ‘Jonathan Three’, the experiences conveyed by the protagonist’s stream-of-consciousness... More > place the reader in the mind of the young man who eventually finds real love and meaning in a fulfilling relationship. < Less

Come and meet Big Ted and join Polly and Peter as they listen to the stories of his amazing adventures!

A young man in Birmingham, in the sixties, escapes the humdrum mundanity of life through fantasies, tries to find himself,... More > and finally escapes his dead-end lifestyle by gaining a place at a university. < Less

While this novel recreates the terrifying times of the plague and the great fire of London, the chief interest centres... More > around the affectionate, vulnerable yet resourceful young woman, Tansy, who brings alive the past era with disarming humanity. The fair-haired, blue-eyed heiress, cheated out of her inheritance, nevertheless wins the hearts of the common people and the heir of a Scottish estate. < Less

This interview with Alan Paton by Roy Holland has never, until now, been published. The interview took place on June 19 and... More > June 20, 1973, when Holland was a guest in Paton’s home, Lintrose, at Bothas Hill, Kloof, Natal. It provides many insights into Paton’s life, his political involvement as the founder of the Liberal party in South Africa, and his writings. < Less

It was during his illness, in 1887, when Gauguin was 39 years old, that the battle dramatised in this play – a battle... More > imagined in his body, and in his mind, and in his moral nature – could have taken place. < Less

While this novel recreates the terrifying times of the plague and the great fire of London, the chief interest centres... More > around the affectionate, vulnerable yet resourceful young woman, Tansy, who brings alive the past era with disarming humanity. The fair-haired, blue-eyed heiress, cheated out of her inheritance, nevertheless wins the hearts of the common people and the heir of a Scottish estate. < Less