The picnicIn August 1989, a group of Hungarian activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militarised zone of the Iron Curtain and held a picnic. Word had spread of what was going to happen. On wisps of rumour, thousands of East German 'holiday makers' had made their way to the border between Hungary and Austria and packed the nearby camping sites, awaiting an opportunity, fearing prison, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The highest state

skip and jump into this wonderfully curious grand tour of the world of sports

perhaps ready to strike again

and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment

Nick Wilcock offers up a lavishly illustrated record of its time on Wales' railways

Here is a definitive history of the Persian Empire

Drawn from youth and older age

And when they wake the following morning to discover his fiancée Laure has vanished without a trace

he finds himself fighting for those under his care

which describes in detail how Hong Kong was run as a British colony and what happened as the handover approached

Brilliant and stubborn

has a job in mind that will free a man of Daniel's skill from the horrors of Newgate

Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett knows a thing or two about anxiety