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Alia Akkam is former managing editor at both Beverage Media and Hospitality Design magazines, where she remains a frequent contributor and continues to immerse herself in the intricacies of the spirits and hotel worlds. Her interest lies in covering the intersection of food, drink, travel and design, and she has written for outlets including Architectural Digest, Food &amp; Wine and Vogue.

Alia Akkam

Alice Albinia

Alice Albinia is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction. Her books include Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River and Cwen, set on an archipelago which comes under female rule, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction and Scotland's National Book Awards. Albinia has worked as an editor and journalist, writing for publications including the Guardian, Financial Times and National Geographic. She has taught writing in Orkney for the Islands' Council, at King's College London and the University of Kent.

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Alice Bell is a full time astrologer and resident astrologer for British Vogue. She first got into astrology because it helped her validate certain personality traits she had always had trouble accepting, but it also made her more aware of which areas of life she needed to lean into to feel the most fulfilled. Through her work, she aims to help others find their unique life path and trust in their own personal timing. 
 
In addition to her weekly horoscopes for British Vogue, she is a co-host of the astrology podcast, Astrology and You, and has worked with many fashion and beauty brands to create astrology content. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Refinery 29, Goop, The Times, and Forbes. You can find Alice on Instagram @stalkalice.

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Alice Borchardt

Alice Boyes, PhD, is a former clinical psychologist-turned-writer. The author of The Anxiety Toolkit and The Healthy Mind Toolkit, she is a popular blogger for Psychology Today (where her articles have over 23 million views) and The Harvard Business Review. Her research has been published in The American Psychological Association, and and she has been featured in publications like the Guardian and Women's Health.

Alice Boyes

Alice Clark-Platts is a former human rights lawyer who has worked at the UN International Criminal Tribunal in connection with the Rwandan genocide, and on cases involving Winnie Mandela and the rapper Snoop Dogg. She studied at Durham University and is a graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course whose fiction has been shortlisted for literary prizes.

Alice Clark-Platts

No stranger to doing things his own way, Alice Cooper has cast a long shadow over rock music with an unrivalled live show and timeless anthems like 'School’s Out', 'No Mr. Nice Guy', and 'Poison'. Selling over 50 million albums worldwide, he earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame® in 2003, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® inducted him as part of its class of 2011. Boasting one of the most influential catalogues in history, Rolling Stone cited 1971’s platinum-certified Love It To Death among the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time', while other platinum releases spanned the seminal Killer [1971], School’s Out [1972], the Billboard 200 #1 Billion Dollar Babies [1973], Welcome to My Nightmare [1975], and Trash [1989], to name a few. The latter even graced Rolling Stone’s '50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums of All Time'. 
 
He’s so embedded in generations of popular culture that he not only made a cult-classic appearance in Wayne’s World during 1992, but he also starred alongside John Legend and Sara Bareilles in NBC’s 2018 production of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert - and also memorably appeared on both The Muppets and That 70s Show! as well as in Dark Shadows. Beyond hundreds of syncs, everyone from Etta James, The Smashing Pumpkins, Megadeth, and The Flaming Lips has covered his tunes. The Beastie Boys, Disturbed, and countless others have sampled him. His collaborators have notably included the late Vincent Price, Aerosmith, Guns N’ Roses, and Jon Bon Jovi, to name just a few. Plus, he co-founded Hollywood Vampires alongside Aerosmith’s Joe Perry and Johnny Depp. Most recently, 2025’s The Revenge Of Alice Cooper reunited the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper band to widespread critical acclaim. After thousands upon thousands of gigs and easily a million miles travelled, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee continues ever onwards into rock 'n' roll folklore.

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Alice Correia

Alice Courtley is an illustrator based in the UK. She creates playful images with a blend of people, animals and backgrounds inspired by real life. Her work has been recognised for prizes such as the Batsford Prize and featured in exhibitions such as the AOI's 'Inspired to Innovate' in London. She has been shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize 2023.

Alice Courtley

Alice Gendron was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 29 and created her online platform, The Mini ADHD Coach, to navigate her diagnosis and help others to make sense of theirs too. Alice's funny and relatable illustrations are loved around the world. She currently lives in Bordeaux, France and has also lived in Melbourne, Australia.

Alice Gendron

Alice Hart is an established and experienced UK-based food writer, food stylist, chef and cookbook author. Her vibrant, seasonal vegetarian recipes celebrate wholefoods, spices and herb by the handful. This is her second vegetarian cookbook. Alice lives by the sea.

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Alice Levine

Alice Liveing is a personal trainer, influencer, columnist, podcaster and bestselling author who has inspired thousands of people with her relatable, motivational and balanced health advice. She runs her own successful fitness app Give Me Strength. This is her fourth book.

Alice Liveing

Alice Lowe

Alice Mah is a Chinese Canadian-British writer and Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies at the University of Glasgow. Originally from a small town in northern British Columbia, she has a long-standing interest in ecology and place. Her award-winning research focuses on toxic pollution and environmental justice, the subjects of her most recent books: Petrochemical Planet and Plastic Unlimited. This is her first trade book.

Alice Mah

Alice Mawdsley is a UK-based freelance illustrator who studied illustration at Falmouth University. She enjoys reportage illustration, sharing the stories of the people she meets across her travels. Known for her colourful drawings, Alice explores different cultures, daily life and food - highlighting similarities that connect us all.

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Alice Montgomery

Alice Munro was born in 1931 and was the author of thirteen collections of stories and the novel, Lives of Girls and Women. She received many awards and prizes, including three of Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Awards and two Giller Prizes, the Rea Award for the Short Story, the Lannan Literary Award, the WHSmith Book Award in the UK, the National Book Critics Circle Award in the US, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Who Do You Think You Are? (previously published as The Beggar Maid), and was awarded the Man Booker International Prize 2009 for her overall contribution to fiction on the world stage, and in 2013 she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Paris Review and other publications, and her collections have been translated into thirteen languages. Alice Munro died in 2024.

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Do you know someone who is incensed by compulsory tipping? Who is infuriated if kept on hold for more than a minute? Who is positively apoplectic if someone answers their phone during dinner? If so, you've probably encountered the phenomenon of the grumpy old man. Following their first massively successful BBC1 series, this autumn will see the grumpy old men will return to our screens, and this time they're grumpier than ever. Packed with funny and informative chapters such as 'Who are we', 'What are we grumpy about' and 'How can you spot the signs of grumpiness coming on', this book will leave even the grumpiest of men with a grin on his face.

Grumpy Old Men The Official Handbook

Steve Coogan

Armando Iannucci

Patrick Marber

'Knowing me Alan Partridge, knowing you... a-ha!'   A lot of people say that, when it comes to drama and comedy, the pictures are so much better on the radio. As Alan Partridge says, 'all those people are wrong'.   There's a new chat in town as the hit programme comes live from BBC Television Centre, and Alan ushers on a variety of guests including horsewoman of few words Sue Lewis, powerful hypnotist Tony le Mesmer, fashion designer Yvonne Boyd, and husband and wife thespians Tania Baker and Gary Baker. There's also a whole edition of the programme broadcast from sexy Paris, city of French people.   Joining Steve Coogan as he squirms his way across the easy chairs are Steve Brown, Minnie Driver, Rebecca Front, Melanie Hudson, Doon MacKichan, Patrick Marber and David Schneider.

Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge

Two Episodes from the Hit BBC TV Series

Dawna Walters

An inspirational guide to fighting clutter and sorting out your space, based on the bestselling BBC book and TV series. Clutter can be a huge problem for many of us. We yearn to live in a perfectly-ordered home, but more often than not we find ourselves drowning in a sea of 'stuff'. Not only is it depressing to live in a mess, but accumulating too many things can create negative energy and can even affect your health. Fortunately, lifestyle expert Dawna Walters has the solution. In this essential audio companion, she explains how to take control of your possessions - forever. She demonstrates how to make order out of chaos by organizing your books, CDs and videos; ridding yourself of unwanted sports equipment; recycling old newspapers and ditching unnecessary paperwork. In addition, she gives advice on streamlining your wardrobe, and points out 'scary places' where clutter can lurk, such as airing cupboards, sheds and lofts. As it can be frightening to contemplate throwing away items with sentimental value, she also provides practical exercises on learning to 'let go', including breathing and visualisation techniques to expel negative emotions, relieve stress and help prevent hoarding habits from returning. Packed with invaluable advice and quick tips, this audio guide will help you every step of the way, motivating you to let go of all the things you've collected but never used and start afresh.

Life Laundry, The How To De-Junk Your Life

Jeremy Dyson

Mark Gatiss

The winners of the 1997 Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in their first Sony Award-winning radio series.   'Cruelly intelligent, deeply hilarious, unmissably good' - Glasgow Herald.   Welcome to Spent - an isolated and rather odd town somewhere in the North. Its singular inhabitants lead blackly comic lives, from Dr Chinnery, the lethally incompetent vet and Pauline, the monstrous Restart Officer at the Job Centre, to the hideously exacting Dentons who impose their disturbing habits and pet toads upon their visiting nephew Ben.   These and other memorable townsfolk are ferried around by Barbara, a taxi driver half way through his sex change, and served by Mr Iingleby, who brings a whole new meaning to the term 'small shopkeeper'.   Murderously funny and acutely observed, ‘The League of Gentlemen's’ highly acclaimed brand of comedy shows human nature at its most extreme - and most hilarious.

On The Town With The League Of Gentlemen

Francis Durbridge

From 1938 to 1969 crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular serials. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats – a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul’s help with his latest tricky case.   This time, the case involves the Fergusons, who Paul and Steve meet while on the way home from New York. They are flying to England to visit their son Richard, a student at Oxford University.   But at the airport, there is shocking news: Richard has been murdered, found shot dead in his room. The only clues are a postcard from Harrogate signed ‘Jonathan’, and Richard’s missing gold signet ring.   But who is Jonathan, and what is his connection to the dead man? It is up to Paul to find the answer...

Paul Temple And The Jonathan Mystery

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio’s most popular series.   When young drama student Mary Dreisler is found murdered in her flat, her father instantly sends for Paul Temple. There appears to have been no struggle, no robbery - no motive.   The only possible clue is a package that arrives for the dead girl. It contains a gramophone record called 'My Heart and Harry' and attached is a note: ‘Adored every minute of it - Spencer’.   Who is Spencer? Does the song have anything to do with the murder? If anyone can find the answers, Paul can...

Paul Temple And The Spencer Affair

From 1938 to 1969 the fictional crime novelist and detective Paul Temple, together with his Fleet Street journalist wife Steve, solved case after case in one of BBC radio's most popular series. They inhabited a sophisticated world of chilled cocktails and fast cars, where the women were chic and the men wore cravats - a world where Sir Graham Forbes, of Scotland Yard, usually needed Paul's help with his latest tricky case. In this adventure, Paul Temple is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Desmond baby, and the 'Sitter-In' Miss Millicent. When they visit Mary Desmond she is, understandably, very upset - it's already been a week since her eighteenth-month-old daughter vanished. The only clue is a telephone message left in Miss Millicent's handwriting: 'A Mr Vandyke telephoned, he left no message'. However, no-one knows who this mysterious Mr Vandyke is... This audio edition also includes the BBC Radio 4 programme The Radio Detectives: 'Send for Paul Temple', an affectionate look at the indomitable husband and wife team, Paul and Steve Temple. It features an exclusive interview with the definitive Paul Temple, Peter Coke, and rediscovered vintage recordings.

Paul Temple And The Vandyke Affair

Ross Noble

A brilliant new BBC Radio 4 series of comedy travelogues presented by award-winning stand-up and ‘Just a Minute’ regular, Ross Noble. Perrier Award nominee Ross Noble has received huge critical acclaim and become known as an exciting and original talent in the UK. Now he takes his show worldwide, to destinations as diverse as Shanghai, South Africa, Ireland and Singapore. In Shanghai he marvels at the wonders of a thousand pensioners exercising in a park, visits a Buddhist temple and discovers that he is allergic to incense. Touring South Africa, he fails to go up Table Mountain, but meets the Whale Cryer of Hermanus, and discovers that the monkeys in Cape Town have expensive tastes. Travelling through Ireland, he takes in the sights of Sligo, Kilkenny and Dublin, entertains audiences with his unique brand of stand-up, and learns to play the penny whistle – badly. And, in Singapore, he discovers the amazing secret behind the Japanese invasion of World War II, and realises that his hair is not suited to high humidity – unless he wants to end up looking like a member of the Jackson Five. Half hilarious stand-up routines, half cultural observations, these shows are both a tempting taster of the cities he visits and a perfect opportunity to spend some time in the wacky, whimsical, fantastically funny world of Ross Noble.

Ross Noble Goes Global

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins offer you more than your fair share of laughs, songs, and silliness in their imaginatively titled BBC Radio 4 series. Mel and Sue are extremely well established performers on the comedy circuit. They are also familiar as the hosts of Channel 4's Late Lunch and as the stars of a number of TV commercials. Sue Perkins was a member of the Celebrity Big Brother household in 2002. 
©2003 BBC Audiobooks LTD (P)2003 BBC Audiobooks LTD

The Mel And Sue Thing

Julian Barratt

Noel Fielding

Described by the Observer as ‘Some of the most inventive comedy writing of the decade’, and eliciting an exclamation of ‘Wow!’ from Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening, come with us now on a journey through time and space - to the world of The Mighty Boosh... Here are all six episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series, complete and uncut, from the winners of the Perrier Best Newcomer Award. In Episode 1, a mysterious character called 'The Phantom' is stealing animals from the zoo. Howard and Vince go on a mission to find the thief and the sinister figure behind the plot. In Episode 2, tired of Bob Fossil's management, Howard and Vince venture into the zoo's Jungle Room in search of former zoo boss Tommy Nookah, (Howard's idol) who disappeared there long ago. Episode 3 sees Vince forming a rock band, but after annoying the guitarist Dave and driving him to quit, he calls on Howard to overcome the Spirit of Jazz and join them. In Episode 4, when keeper Joey Moose is savagely bitten, Howard and Vince investigate and discover Bob Fossil is breeding mutant animals to sell to wealthy Japanese businessmen. Episode 5 finds Bob Fossil sending Vince to Spain and Howard to the Arctic to collect more animals for the zoo. Our heroes end up back together facing the perils of the tundra. In Episode 6, Howard and Vince take Tony the prawn to the Zoo for Animal Offenders. Along the way they meet a mysterious hitch-hiker, and end up in the bizarre world of 'The People of the Box'. Starring Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding, with Rich Fulcher, Lee Mack and Richard Ayoade.

The Mighty Boosh: The Complete BBC Radio Comedy Series

In the world of work, there is one place where seniority means nothing, where shoptalk is banned, and where the persecuted minority gather regularly to discuss every subject under the sun: the smoking room.Set entirely in the smoking room of a large company, this eight-part comedy series explores the personal foibles and suppressed longings of an oddly assorted bunch of characters. These individuals wouldn't normally even socialise together, but their shared love of nicotine provides a tenuous link between them all. 
There's the smoking-room fixture with a passion for the postboy; the grouchy security guard; the thick-skinned office Romeo; the terminally paranoiac; the divorcee enjoying a new adolescence; an entirely self-centered emotional wreck; the boss who wants to be popular; and the voice of reason among all the madness. 
©2005 BBC Audiobooks Ltd. (P)2005 BBC Audiobooks Ltd.

The Smoking Room

Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Corbett

For nearly twenty-five years the two Ronnies were a TV institution, a much loved double-act but each with his own inimitable, individual appeal.   Who could forget Ronnie Barker's hilarious pispronounciation, Mr Corbett's witty monologues, the risqué limericks, the puns, the patter and the parody?   So enjoy another fun-filled feast of verbal fireworks - inspired classic comedy from the two one-offs who said goodnight but not goodbye.

Two Ronnies, The It's Goodnight From Me

Peter Ustinov

In this much-praised interview, octogenarian Peter Ustinov talks to John Bird. The man of many talents has an astonishing range of accomplishments behind him as an Oscar-winning film and theatre actor, author of novels, plays and screenplays. He is also a raconteur, graphic artist, photographer, stage director and designer and the recipient of many humanitarian awards for his work with UNICEF and UNESCO. In this interview he talks about his hectic life and times, about family life, schools sports, the army, spying, Hollywood and radio comedy with Peter Jones, Nero and Pol Pot, God and Andre Agassi. Originally broadcast on Radio 4 in April 2001, unheard material and an introduction by John Bird is included, making it equally attractive to those who heard the original radio broadcast and new listeners alike.

Ustinov At Eighty

Woman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers is an audiobook that looks at the changing role of mothers over the last fifty years; the relationships that they have enjoyed with their children, how they have juggled the work life balance and how they have challenged the stereotypes and tested the boundaries of what being a mother means. For example the mothers who have worked for peace in Northern Ireland and those who are campaigning against the gun culture or the women who won the right and the facilities to be allowed to be able to stay with their sick children in hospital.

Woman's Hour A Celebration Of Mothers

A collection of classic nursery rhymes and songs brought to you by the BBC. 
 
Join in with over 40 minutes of fun with familiar favourite rhymes including This Little Piggy, Incy Wincy Spider and Baa Baa Black Sheep. Pre-schoolers will love to sing, dance and learn with this traditional compilation of 30 cheerful songs. Head down to the farm with Old McDonald, count with One Potato Two Potato and discover the delightful joys of Hey Diddle Diddle with a CD that will soon become an essential soundtrack to those precious early years. 
 
The tracks in this collection are: 
 
This Little Piggy 
Old McDonald Had A Farm 
Sing a Song of Sixpence 
Baa Baa Black Sheep 
Incy Wincy Spider 
Three Blind Mice 
Five Little Speckled Frogs 
Bought Me a Cat 
Hickety Pickety My Black Hen 
The Farmer's in His Den 
A Farmer Went Trotting 
Cock A Doodle Doo 
Hickory Dickory Dock 
The House that Jack Built 
One Man Went to Mow 
I Went to Visit the Farm One Day 
12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive 
Five Little Ducks 
Two Little Dickie-Birds 
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat 
Old Mother Hubbard 
One Potato Two Potato 
Oats and Beans and Barley Grow 
To Market To Market 
Tom Tom the Piper's Son 
Goosey Goosey Gander 
Little Bo Peep 
Three Little Kittens 
Hey Diddle Diddle 
The North Wind Doth Blow

This Little Piggy

30 Favourite Songs And Rhymes

Magic Bunny

Magic Ex Libris

Irresistibly cute stories of animal magic, perfect for children who are ready to enjoy chapters books on their own.

Magic Kitten

Magic Kitten Duos

Magic Ponies

Magic Puppy

Magic Reindeer

Magic Tree House

Magical Colouring Books

Magnolia Springs

A thrilling adventure series featuring the gods and monsters of Norse mythology - from the creator of Percy Jackson.

Magnus Chase

Maids of Kent Series

Maigret Capsule Collection

Malazan Empire

Malice Duology Series

Maple Hollow

Margaret Kerr Trilogy

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorised Biography

Mark Steel’s In Town

Follow the incredible journey of Mary Queen of Scots from her coronoation at just six days old, through to her imprisonment by ruthless cousin Queen Elizabeth I.

Mary Stuart

Spanning sixty years of Roman history, Masters of Rome is Colleen McCullough's brilliant reimagining of the tumultuous years that led to the rise of Julius Caeser, his time in power and his ultimate demise.

Masters of Rome

Matched

Follow Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey through the 19th century as he takes command of the Sixth Light Dragoons, battles to crush the rebellion, and tries to safeguard his country's interests whilst leaving the brutal war as unscathed as possible. With cuts in the army and with his battalion down to a single squadron, can Hervey remain an impartial spectator when the stakes have never been higher?

Matthew Hervey

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Maugham Short Stories

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Max Einstein Series

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