In 1930, Bridget O? Brien, a young widow with two children, fled her brutal & bigoted father & headed for Liverpool & an arranged marriage with a man she had never met. Her destination, the famous Scotland Road, was noisome & terrifying & a far cry from the clean air & flowing rivers of the only country she had known, Irel&. When she met her middle-aged bridegroom, Sam Bell, whose twin sons were older than she was, her sense of isolation only increased. Anthony, one of her so-called stepsons, also held out the strong hand of friendship, but Liam, the favourite of his father, had the power to terrify her. Liam was cold, compelling, mysterious & antagonistic. He was also a priest. ...

Bright, bookish Oscar Lowe has escaped the urban estate where he was raised & made a new life for himself amid the colleges & spires of Cambridge. He has grown to love the quiet routine of his life as a care assistant at a local nursing home, where he has forged a close friendship with the home's most ill-tempered resident, Dr. Paulsen. But when he meets & falls in love with Iris Bellwether, a beautiful & enigmatic medical student at King's College, Oscar is drawn into her world of scholarship & privilege, & soon becomes embroiled in the strange machinations of her brilliant but troubled brother, Eden, who believes he can adapt the theories of a forgotten Baroque composer to heal people with music. Eden's self-belief knows no bounds, & as he draws his sister & closed circle of friends into a series of disturbing experiments to prove himself right, Oscar realises the extent of the danger facing them all... ...

Bright, bookish Oscar Lowe has escaped the urban estate where he was raised & made a new life for himself amid the colleges & spires of Cambridge. He has grown to love the quiet routine of his life as a care assistant at a local nursing home, where he has forged a close friendship with the home's most ill-tempered resident, Dr. Paulsen. But when he meets & falls in love with Iris Bellwether, a beautiful & enigmatic medical student at King's College, Oscar is drawn into her world of scholarship & privilege, & soon becomes embroiled in the strange machinations of her brilliant but troubled brother, Eden, who believes he can adapt the theories of a forgotten Baroque composer to heal people with music. Eden's self-belief knows no bounds, & as he draws his sister & closed circle of friends into a series of disturbing experiments to prove himself right, Oscar realises the extent of the danger facing them all... ...

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex's first children's book, The Bench, beautifully captures the special relationship between father

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It's never too late to take a stand! From the director of Big Daddy & Happy Gilmore & produced by Adam Sandler comes this hit slapstick comedy for anyone who has been picked on, put down or pushed around. Rob Schneider, David Spade & Jon Hedrer star as three older guys who know what it'slike to be bullied. After catching some nasty kids picking on their friends son, they strike back by forming a three-man baseball team to challenge the state's best Little Leaguers. Now, cheered on by every nerd, geek & misfit in town, these underdogs are about to have a field day. ...

Join comedy megastar Benny Hill in two of his classic shows from the 1970's. Known throughout the world for his combination of high-speed farce, risque jokes & gorgeous ladies, it is these shows
- made for Thames Television
- that turned him into a global household name. With every show a critically acclaimed ratings topper, it's no surprise that The Benny Hill Show was one of the most successful programmes on British television. So join Benny, the ladies & his trio of hopeless helpers (Henry Mc Gee, Bob Todd & Jack Wright) in two superb shows from 1976.

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Berlin, 1945: A group of Nazis frantically plot the next steps for their country. SS recruits gather east of the city for an

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' Happiness had never been something she'd looked for. A quiet day with no insults or wallops, that was the best she could imagine.'

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Across the globe there are scores of beautiful & unusual works of art that are largely unseen or fail to receive the critical acclaim they deserve. The Best Art You've Never Seen is your essential companion to this hidden world of artistic treasures. Travelling from Peru to Papua New Guinea, The Best Art You've Never Seen restores to view 101 wonderful treasures
- uncovering neglected artistic wonders from off-beat corners of the world to store rooms in the world's great museums. Written by art expert & former museum director Julian Spalding, The Best Art You've Never Seen takes you into a world of beautiful & arresting artefacts & reveals their amazing stories. It unveils a surprising & unfamiliar alternative canon of works to offer a fresh & controversial take on the world of art.
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Harriet, Olivia & Rachel have a pair if ballet slippers, a tutu & a tiara.

Each is part of a fairy princess costume,

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