Wherever you get your

daily dose from - see the
"Top 100" summer reads

The early history of Britain

made accessible in a fascinating

series of vignettes

A whale washes up, and
war looms - as sisters come of age
with drama - real and imagined

An octopus in Brighton Aquarium

befriends 12-year old Vinnie

in a colourful mystery!

Simon Armitage, poet laureate,

presents a modern, unpretentious

perspective on poets and poetry

A wonderful, gentle odyssey

of a story from the author of

blockbuster A Gentleman in Moscow