The Rise of the British Presidency

The Age of Absurdity

Like Alain de Botton crossed with Charlie Brooker, Foley succeeds in educating and enlightening u...

Embracing the Ordinary

'In recession-chastened, soddenly staycationing Britain, Foley may well have devised a new bestse...

Front-line Essex

Before the First World War, Essex was a very different county from that which we know today. The ...

Front-Line Thames

The Thames has been a highway into London since early times. Iron Age forts once guarded its bank...

Kings of September

On the 19th September 1982 Kerry ran out in Croke Park chasing immortality. Victory over Offaly i...

Front-Line Kent

Kent has been on England's first line of defence. Many people in the county have lived closer to ...

Life Lessons from Bergson

The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge' Ind...

Front-line Suffolk

Suffolk's coastline faces east, and through most of its history has therefore been one of the are...

Essex in the First World War

Before the First World War, Essex was a very different county from that which we know today.The...

Friend of Dorothy

'A Friend of Dorothy Life on the Yellow Brick Road' is about the struggle for self-acceptance and...

Isn’t This Fun?

Michael Foley, the author of bestselling The Age of Absurdity, wants to understand why he doesn't...