Have you noticed how books on empire have colonized best-seller lists? Most tend to focus on the American empire — even those dealing with ancient Rome or Victorian England do so with one eye firmly ...

Unlocking the World. By John Darwin. Allen Lane; 496 pages; £25. IN LIVERPOOL, A French observer marvelled in 1907, “one feels one is in contact with America, Australia, west Africa, the Far East, at ...

ANNE Darwin was just your average housewife. But her life spiralled out of control when she helped her husband fake his death. In 2002 Ms Darwin had some heart-wrenching news that was splashed across ...

It's almost hard to believe that The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe is a true story, but as with many real-life TV dramas, reality can be as mind-bending as fiction. It's the story of how, back 2002, ...