The new novel centers on the Festival of Britain, a quirky real-life carnival designed to elevate the British people's ...

In Kate Atkinson's new postwar novel, a former war reporter is the suspect when a French woman goes missing. NPR's Scott ...

There are glimpses of Atkinson’s subtle brilliance in this gentle noirish mystery set around the Festival of Britain ...

World War II is over and a battered Britain, still living on ration cards and navigating around bomb sites, needs a ...

Literary everywoman Kate Atkinson has spanned several genres since her Whitbread Book of the Year debut, Behind The Scenes at ...

WITH the horrors of WW2 still fresh, the nation needs something to celebrate – enter the 1951 Festival of Britain, which ...

Our Noble Selves” takes place amid the 1951 Festival of Britain, when a traumatized ex-war reporter and P.O.W. goes from government cog to murder suspect.

Acclaimed author Kate Atkinson has been presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by the Saltire Society, describing the recognition as a "tremendous honour". The accolade was bestowed ...

Brilliantly plotted, witty and compelling, Our Noble Selves reaffirms Kate Atkinson’s place as one of the world’s foremost ...

PROVING once again her exceptional, empathetic storytelling process, Kate Atkinson’s latest is a winning combination of clever plotting, spry pacing and an endearing cast of characters, centred around ...

From Simon Armitage to Kate Atkinson, there is a famous list of Yorkshire-born creatives performing at Ilkley Literature Festival.

The future was here, on a soggy expanse of land on the south bank of the Thames overlooking a London physically, spiritually ...