Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This book features a secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers.

Suppose that everything we think we know about 'The Victorians' is wrong? What if they were much more fun than we ever suspected? The author shows us that many of the concepts that strike us as new - political spin-doctoring, hardcore pornography, anxieties about the impact of popular culture upon children - are Victorian inventions.

Offers an account of the extraordinary events that unfolded under the reinforced ceilings of London's grand hotels.

Responsible for the first trial for obscenity in the United Kingdom, 'Venus in the Cloisters' salaciously presents the education, one might say indoctrination, of green Catholic nun Sister Agnes at the hands of her more experienced cohort Sister Angelique."

Adapted from the upcoming major U&alibi series created by Mark Gatiss Matthew Sweet's novelisation of Bookish is based on a brand new six-part TV series coming to U&alibi this summer, set in post-war London in 1946, about an enigmatic independent bookshop owner who helps the local police solve crimes. Gabriel Book is an erudite and unconventional London bookseller married to Trottie, the owner of the wallpaper shop next door. He is also a sleuth who uses the chaotic riches of his stock to crack the puzzling cases that come his way. He does not work alone. Book's shop is a magnet for...