From the trenches of the World Wars to the scheming royal courts, from the perspectives of ordinary citizens to towering ...

In "The Aviator and the Showman" (to be published July 15 by Viking), Laurie Gwen Shapiro draws on newly-uncovered sources to explore the famed pilot's life and her marriage to wealthy publisher ...

The sketch, written by the late Ronnie Barker, sees the comedian trying to buy fork handles and being offered four candles by shopkeeper Ronnie Corbett. The handwritten script, which turned up in 2006 ...

Over their seven years playing together, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley have obviously grown quite close, but their bond goes beyond what one would ...

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Though he’s a seriously dodgy figure in the sequel, he’s also said to bear a strong resemblance to legendary comic Ronnie Barker. An insider said: “It was pretty obvious that Hugh’s new ...

The issue with the book is that it’s clearly one chunk of a wider story and it ends just as the plot is building to something grander. Abarat was intended as a quintet but Barker stopped at three for ...

What do you do? If you’re Gray Barker, you invent a genre. And if you’re Gabriel Mckee, you write the definitive book on the man who did. Mckee will be presenting “Saucer on a String: The UFO Hoaxes ...

The wait is well worth it, especially because Barker is a master at tension-building. However, the second flick has no such obligations and is free to get down to business without delay.

The jersey in the photo is the one worn by Ronnie on Saturday ... both volumes are still available on hardback from Celtic Star Books and if you would like author to add a special dedication ...

Four years ago, the DJ Diplo ran a half marathon before heading to Club Space in Miami to see another DJ perform. At the club, on a post-run high, he thought, This is the best experience ever. The ...

The book loathes racists: “I won’t have my son getting mixed ... which really rather bombed out and was unsuccessful. His name was Ronnie Barker. He wasn’t the famous Ronnie Barker. He was the ...