The memoirs of 25 years of political activism, albeit mostly unsuccessful! Mark Steel has dedicated his life to eradicating injustice. For his efforts he has been wrongfully arrested during the Brixton riots; been called a poof for denouncing sexist attitudes; and has run in a GLA election.

John Sergeant is ITN's Political Editor and previously had a long career at the BBC. This memoir takes the reader from his rather curious childhood through his flirtation with show business as part of the 60s satire boom to his early years on the Liverpool Post and subsequent 30 years at the BBC.

John Major's rise through Parliament was meteoric. That is, until within months of the 1992 election, when his government was in troubled waters. In this text, John Major is honest about what he won and lost, and about friends and foes within his own party as well as outside.

Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypes, language and more, this book includes stories and anecdotes that provide a portrait of the English nation and its people.

A fresh, enlightening and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.

A first-time visitor to the eastern European country of Slaka, Dr Petworth manages to give a controversial lecture, get embroiled in the thorny thickets of sexual and domestic intrigues, fall in love and still find time to see the main tourist attractions.