Her Secret ServiceSince the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. Now, drawing on private and previously classified documents, leading historian Claire Hubbard Hall brings their gripping true stories to life. From encoding orders and decrypting enemy messages to penning propaganda and infiltrating organisations, the women

and the cycles of public compliance and dissent in the face of injustice

Travelling the world from the Serengeti to the frozen Antarctic ocean

Aarathi Prasad's Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia

the role of their vast network of agents

He's a really good man

and the fathomless grassland steppes of Hungary

One became a respected climate scientist

But long before this

The tower needs patching up

and the pagan clans in the north

even in their time off

alive and well