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Historian's new book uncovers the rogue who recruited the...
From privileged Cambridge student to Soviet double agent, via a secret military unit, the life of James Klugmann reads like something out of a Cold War thriller.But while the Cambridge Spies made...
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Book Club: The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
This month, we…Read: The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett (Orion, £12.99)Met at: Lisa's house, HiltonTalked about (other than the book): cocktails, excessive Facebooking and readings for weddings - why...
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Cambridge poet Diana Brodie on how Parkinson's disease has a...
Award-winning poet Diana Brodie may have been left disabled by Parkinson's disease but, she says, her illness has an unexpectedly positive effect on her writing - which, in turn, has helped her to come...
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"Sex robots are not new" Booker-winner Margaret Atwood...
Dickens, the economic crisis and the long history of sex robots were on the agenda on Monday night, when Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood spoke in Cambridge.The Canadian writer launched the...
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Syd Barrett, LSD and me: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon recalls 1960s...
A new novel will take locals of a certain age on a nostalgic trip (if you will) back to 1960s Cambridge. Author Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon talks Syd Barrett, LSD and why Life is Just… with Emma...
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Young Cambridge author Jona David, 10, launches second book at...
A young writer from Cambridge journeyed to New York to help host a children's summit alongside the 70th United Nations (UN) general assembly.Jona David, 10, was joined at the event by a number of other...
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Eccentric Cambridge revealed: Ron Gray's book features Snowy...
Cambridge's quirky fundraiser Snowy Farr died nearly as decade ago – but according to one man, his eccentric spirit lives on.Ron Gray, from Grantchester, encountered Snowy many times on the city's...
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Sue Perkins, who's launching her memoir Spectacles in Cambridge,...
Ahead of her appearance in Cambridge to launch her memoir, Spectacles, comedian, Bake Off presenter and celebrity blazer-wearer Sue Perkins tells Emma Higginbotham why coming to the city always tugs at...
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Ely Literary Festival to welcome Brian Blessed
Let's be honest, there is no one quite like Brian Blessed. An actor, film star, trained undertaker, unlikely diplomat, secret romantic, martial artist, mountaineer and world-famous boomer (that voice...
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101 things to do with the children on a rainy day revealed in...
Half term is just around the corner and once again parents across Cambridgeshire will face the challenge of laying on an entire week's worth of entertainment. But help is at hand thanks to mum-of-three...
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'My husband drowned on holiday' - Royston author Helen Bailey...
When Helen Bailey's husband drowned during their Caribbean holiday, she started writing a blog to help her deal with the grief. The blog has now become a book – but this is no misery memoir, as Emma...
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From the author's mouth: Anna Martin her new book, Villain of...
Cambridge Medical Librarian Anna Martin's book Villain of Steam is a new biography of Professor Dionysius Lardner, the Victorian Brian Cox and Jeremy Clarkson combined, whose outrageous behaviour and...
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Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge set to appear at Ely Literary...
We'd really, really like Tom Kerridge to be our best friend.Not only is the celebrity chef (and foodie man of the moment) downright lovely (you won't get any Gordon Ramsay-style ranting from this...
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Susan Grossey's new crime novel hits bookstores
As her latest Samuel Plank mystery hits bookstores, Cambridge News columnist Susan Grossey shares her love of plotting and scheming . . .Writing is central to my life: you can see me waxing lyrical...
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Cambridge: The Watercolour Sketchbook looks at the city through...
A book featuring exquisite watercolours of Cambridge has just been released, but it's not all about the pictures: even locals might pick up a new fact or two, thanks to Marcus Binney's intriguing text,...
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Haverhill film-maker Mark Allard-Will has a new comic book
The man behind an acclaimed documentary about Haverhill free-runners is appearing at an international comic book festival. Mark Allard-Will – who previously went by Mark A Allard – grew up in Haverhill...
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Comedian Jenny Eclair: "I absolutely hate prissiness"
Here's some news to make book worms feel all warm and fuzzy this winter: the Cambridge Literary Festival is back – and bigger and better than ever. One of the many literary treats in store comes in the...
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Our Cambridge Literary Festival top picks
Cambridge Literary Festival is back - and bigger and better than ever. For the festival's eighth winter edition, there's an abundance of literary treats in store, including the brilliantly funny Jenny...
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Cambridge author Richard Gould on why more men should write about...
Picture an author of romantic books and they probably look a bit like Barbara Cartland – and absolutely nothing like Richard Gould, a member of the Romantic Novelists Association who loves to write...
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Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke on what it takes to lead...
Former Home Secretary (and Cambridge resident) Charles Clarke has a new book out – and it's ruffling rather a lot of feathers in Whitehall. Lydia Fallon discovers more. With his friendly eyes, jolly...
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