Jonathan Smith

A story of great human triumph in the life of a much loved public figure - a TV tie-in edition published alongside the major ITV drama starring Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan and Rachel Stirling. Meer

By the author or "Wilfred and Eileen". While making a speech attacking modern art, Sir Alfred Munnings is taken back 40 years to a special time and place. Meer

* An inspirational book about teaching children and a book for every parent. ** 'A book that every teacher and potential teacher and parent ought to read. Meer

Examining the cultural debate about scientific method in 19th-century Britain, this study focuses on Francis Bacon to argue that literary figures were involved in constructing a methodology that would serve both science and literature, by bringing together reason and imagination. Meer