Muslim EuropeThis revelatory history explores the ancient roots of Muslim Europe, tracing their journey through the Mediterranean. Our odyssey begins in the little known Sufi lodges in Cyprus, where Muslims arrived in 647AD. From there, we travel through the continent visiting places such as Sicily, Malta, Portugal and Spain encountering red haired European Sultans and Arabic speaking Christian Kings. We meet forgotten Muslim pioneers, such as Abbas Ibn Firnas who

and an uncertain future

Written when Orwell was a struggling writer in his twenties

Drawing heavily on the pre-war and fin de siècle

In the 1970s

and he's determined to halt his nemeses in their tracks

in a book that describes his travels to six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic

It is autumn 2004 and in a farmhouse on the hills outside Llandudno

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

For months he has barely seen a soul

Seven generations later

living landscape and the home to hundreds of species of birds

Her husband and daughter once thought so