188 words for rainWe Brits love talking about the weather. So much so that our islands have hundreds of words and phrases for rain, some self explanatory and others that really leave us scratching our heads. From a light smirr in Aberdeen to a 'it's raining knives and forks!' in the Brecon Beacons, each type of rain tells a story about the people and places it falls on. In this delightfully damp tour of the British Isles, writer and puddle splasher Alan Connor digs

sat for an exclusive

But when the hapless and accident-prone young witch is unexpectedly chosen as the next Guardian of the spell book

From his kilns and workshops in Stoke-on-Trent

your little ones will be learning while they play

From her mother's black wedding suit to the swirling patterns of her own silk kimono

Himalaya is a soaring account of resilience and conquest

you will find an accompanying quotation from one

a small international task force set out on a daring mission to evacuate as many Afghans and their families as possible

Ellis Dau dreams of the West - of London

he travels back in time to explore the ordinary kid he once was

it's the three women already dead

particularly with regard to women's rights