GREAT WRITERS' LIVES

ALL THE NICE GIRLS

This wartime romance captures the danger and excitement of Britain during WWII. A sweeping story of heroic deeds and painful separations; illicit love and battles at sea; and above all, the poignancy of longing and loss.

BELIEF

The book is based on a radio 3 series in which Joan Bakewell discussed many aspects of belief with some of today’s most influential thinkers including Rowan Williams, Karen Armstrong, Philip Pullman, and Richard Dawkins.

THE CENTRE OF THE BED

Joan Bakewell was a sixties icon and one of the first women journalists on television, where she has maintained an influential presence ever since. This book traces her life from her childhood in Stockport, via Cambridge University to her professional and family life.

SHE'S LEAVING HOME

Liverpool late 1950s, sixteen year old Martha is leaving home. It is a time of many escapes: Nureyev defects in London; Gagarin escapes the earth's atmosphere to be the first man in space; the Beatles escape Liverpool to seek their fortune in Hamburg. In Britain the drab 50s are giving way to the lively 60s and the young sense it.

STOP THE CLOCKS: THOUGHTS ON WHAT I LEAVE BEHIND

Joan Bakewell has led a varied, sometimes breathless life. In this book of musings, she talks of the present, of her family, of friends and literature - and talks too of what she will leave behind.

THE VIEW FROM HERE; LIFE AT SEVENTY

Now in her seventies, the broadcaster Joan Bakewell considers the physical, social and psychological consequences of growing old in a memoir glowing with warmth, wisdom and humour.