For the festive season, we’re giving a lucky reader the chance to win William Sieghart’s Poetry Pharmacy collection as well as an online poetry prescription with the author himself. Sometimes only a poem will do. The Poetry Pharmacy offers poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice offer comfort, delight and inspiration for all; a space […]

Challenge yourself with a book-themed brainteaser from Alex Bellos, The Guardian’s resident puzzle columnist. Think Twice – Bellos’ new book – is a collection of 70 intriguing puzzles, each deceptively simple on the surface, but guaranteed to challenge and confound. These are puzzles to get stuck into, and getting them wrong is all part of […]

This week we on the Penguin Podcast go back in time to bring two riveting discussions on the history of the world, including Al Murray and James Holland delving into the details of World Wars, and Terry Deary describing his distaste for the horrors of the Roman Empire and his love of enemies who make […]