The gardenIn a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. For as long as they can remember, Evelyn and Lily have only had each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother. So, when a

Doyle examines the good days and the bad

Events moved fast in the 1650s

strong coffee for him

no guidebook and no plan

accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public

Monmouth's army is quickly defeated by King James II's superior forces and charged with high treason

The ageing King's eye falls upon her

Their passionate

a young television presenter was offered the opportunity of a lifetime - to travel the world finding rare and elusive animals for London Zoo's collection

His time living on the edge as a foreign correspondent in Rio is over

a bigger question is at stake

West London where he was brought up and left school with no qualifications