In 1886, the first match in history for the title of World Chess Champion took place in the USA. Steinitz's opponent was the ...

A superb life of Lady Pamela Berry by her daughter, Harriet Cullen, revels in her glittering circle – and reveals her flaws ...

What Bob Batchelor shows is that notwithstanding Gatsby’s misfortune, the portrayal of his striving continues to bemuse ...

There are legends that resurface from time to time. Leading international media such as The Guardian, Daily Mail, and Page ...

The author of an alternative Jacinda Ardern biography says his book's different - because he's spoken to people across politics.

In 2012, scholar John Turner published an award-winning biography of Brigham Young, a mountain of a man in Western Americana.

In the second part of our expansive book review series, we present a wondrously queer selection of biography and memoir ...

The Life of Rebel New York Attorney Paul O'Dwyer,” takes readers through the civil rights era, Northern Ireland.

William F. Buckley Jr., aged 25, published his incendiary “God and Man at Yale,” targeting his alma mater — he’d graduated ...

Once a second banana, always a second banana when in the shadow of a brighter star, like Lucille Ball. “Desi Arnaz: The Man ...

In the “Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson,” New York Times best-selling author Mark Kriegel tells the story of one of the ...

The Cascais Cultural Centre opens “A Painted Biography” on Friday, June 6th – a dedicated exhibition celebrating Eduardo Arroyo, an unmissable figure in 20th-century Spanish art. Organised by the D.