Christopher Somerville has covered the length & breadth of the UK on foot, & has written & broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife & people for over 25 years. Now, in this extensive new volume, he selects his top 200 routes from his hugely popular Times column, A Good Walk. More than just a basic guidebook, this is a meditation on our relationship with the landscape & a celebration of all that Britain has to offer. From Cornwall to Shetland via Pembrokeshire & Barrowdale, this is the most comprehensive collection of walks in the United Kingdom available in one book, & features trails to suit all skill levels & references, whether you want a gentle ramble to the pub or something much more challenging. Each of the featured walks contains: Detailed description as featured in The Times column Postcode & OS grid reference start point Instructions on how to get there Distance & grade so readers can suit walks to their ability, fitness & mood Simple step-by-step walk instructions Beautiful colour photograph for each walk Full colour, clear & up-to-date map Food & accommodation details for the hungry traveller Featuring stunning photography & using Christopher`s trademark wit & lyricism, this is the perfect gift for ramblers anywhere. ...

Christopher Somerville has covered the length & breadth of the UK on foot, & has written & broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife & people for over 25 years. Now, in this extensive new volume, he selects his top 200 routes from his hugely popular Times column, A Good Walk. More than just a basic guidebook, this is a meditation on our relationship with the landscape & a celebration of all that Britain has to offer. From Cornwall to Shetland via Pembrokeshire & Barrowdale, this is the most comprehensive collection of walks in the United Kingdom available in one book, & features trails to suit all skill levels & references, whether you want a gentle ramble to the pub or something much more challenging. Each of the featured walks contains:* Detailed description as featured in The Times column* Postcode & OS grid reference start point* Instructions on how to get there* Distance & grade so readers can suit walks to their ability, fitness & mood* Simple step-by-step walk instructions* Beautiful colour photograph for each walk* Full colour, clear & up-to-date map* Food & accommodation details for the hungry traveller Featuring stunning photography & using Christopher`s trademark with & lyricism, this is the perfect gift for ramblers anywhere. ...

Follow the routes of 50 long-closed & derelict railways across some of our most beautiful countryside & discover the hidden railways of Britain. Each route is highlighted on historical Bartholomew’s mapping, showing which parts can still be followed today. The carefully researched text is accompanied by historical photographs showing each line in operation prior to its closure, as well as specially commissioned images from the present day. Routes include:• Yatton to Witham – Strawberry Line• Crab & Winkle Line – Canterbury to Whitstable• Jersey railway – St Helier to La Corbière• Mawddach Trail – Barmouth to Dolgellau• South Tyne Trail – Haltwhistle to Alston• Dava Way – Forres to Aviemore ...

The world’s most authoritative atlas, beautifully re-designed & fully updated in a new 15th edition. A unique & timeless gift for all occasions. Our world as it is today in one beautiful volume. Fully updated mapping with over 200, 000 place names. New world topics include migration, health & resources. The 15th edition of The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World has been beautifully redesigned. At 45 cm high, this impressive large scale atlas will become a treasured possession. It is a benchmark of cartographic excellence, trusted by governments, media & international organisations as well as being a trusted reference source for households across the country. ...

The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
- 14th Edition published in September 2014: The latest edition of the world`s most prestigious
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The Times has the most famous letters page of any newspaper. This delightful selection of over 300 items of correspondence over the last century shows precisely why. As a forum for debate, playground for opinion-formers, advertising space for decision-makers & noticeboard for eccentrics, nothing rivals it for entertainment value. By turns well-informed, well-intentioned, curious, quirky & bizarre, since 1914 it has taken the temperature of the British way of life & provided a window on the national character. Among those who have written to The Times to have their say are some of the major political & literary figures of the modern era, including Margaret Thatcher, Benito Mussolini, Graham Greene & John Le Carre. There are contributions, too, from Agatha Christie, Alastair Campbell, AA Milne, Yehudi Menuhin, Theresa May & Morrissey. If you want to know why kippers are dyed, who first turned up their trousers, how to make perfect porridge or just how to have a letter printed in The Times, this infinitely witty, diverting & memorable anthology should be, sincerely, yours. ...

The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years. The Times Great Lives is a selection of 124 of these pieces, each obituary has been updated & reproduced in their entirety, by Anna Temkin, The Times assistant obituaries editor. The Times register provides a rich store of information & opinion on the most influential characters of the twentieth & early twenty-first century
- be they politicians, sportspeople, musicians, writers, artists, pop stars or military personnel. Major figures of influence from our times & from recent history such as Sigmund Freud, Pablo Picasso & Diana, Princess of Wales are included. This updated second edition

Includes:: some of the greatest figures of the modern era such as Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, Neil Armstrong & Margaret Thatcher. Authoritative, fascinating, insightful & endlessly engaging, The Times Great Lives is a must for anyone with an interest in the history & people of the twentieth century.


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This selection of Times obituaries from 1872 to 2014 revisits the lives of 125 women who have all, in their own way, played an important part in women`s educational, professional, social, cultural & emotional journey over the best part of two centuries. The anthology starts with the obituary of 91-year-old pioneering mathematician & scientist Mary Somerville (d. 1872) & concludes with that of 110-year-old concert pianist & Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer (d. 2014). In between come a formidable trio of later scientists: the discoverer of radium Marie Curie; the unsung heroine of DNA, Rosalind Franklin; & the only British woman to win a Nobel Prize for science, Dorothy Hodgkin. Plus a further quintet of great pianists: Clara Schumann, Myra Hess, Eileen Joyce, Tatiana Nikolayeva & Moura Lympany. Among campaigners, there is nursing reformer Florence Nightingale (d. 1910), along with suffragists Emmeline, Christabel & Sylvia Pankhurst (d. 1928, 1958 & 1960), the 20th century`s best-known promoter of contraception (Marie Stopes, d. 1958), civil rights worker Rosa Parks (d. 2005), founder of the hospice movement Cicely Saunders (d.2005), anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman (d. 2009) & Nobel Prize-winning environmentalist Wangari Maathai (d. 2011). Interspersed are women prime ministers from Golda Meir of Israel (d. 1978) to Margaret Thatcher (d. 2013); actresses from Sarah Bernhardt (d. 1923) to Marilyn Monroe (d. 1962) & Elizabeth Taylor (d. 2011); novelists from George Eliot (d. 1880) to Doris Lessing (d. 2013); singers from Jenny Lind (d. 1887) to Joan Sutherland (d. 2010); plus aviators, a mountaineer, a Channel swimmer, war correspondents, ballerinas, sportswomen, botanists, US first ladies, iconic members of the British royal family, & more. ...

Follow the development, decline & later revival of Britain`s iconic railways with bestselling railway author Julian Holl&. Discover the fascinating history of our remarkable railway heritage through expert commentary, stunning photographs & archive material from a lifetime of railway research. The iconic railways of Britain have seen unprecedented change & innovation in just a few hundred years, shaping Britain`s industry, society & transport system along the way. Discover the historic events that have shaped Britain`s railways. Highlights include: 1604: The beginnings of the railways
- Wollaton Waggonway opens in Nottinghamshire.1830: Britain becomes connected
- the world`s first inter-city railway, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, opens.1938: A world leader in train travel
- the LNER `A4` Mallard sets a still unbroken world speed record for steam locomotives.1963: ` Beeching Report` published
- marked the death sentence for many rural lines.2015: Borders Railway reopens between Edinburgh & Tweedbank
- marks a modern-day revival for the railways.




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Middle East & North Africa map at 1:4, 000, 000 from Collins with cartography from the renowned Times Comprehensive World Atlas. On one side is the map of the Middle East, with North Africa shown on the reverse at the same scale. On one side is a map of the Middle East, with coverage: WEST
- whole of Greece & Egypt, northern Sudan with Khartoum, Eritrea, northern Ethiopia with Adis Abeba, Djibouti & northern Somalia; EAST
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