James Naughtie

Listen In explores the sensational early history of radio from the perspective of listeners through previously unpublished testimonies. Packed with touching stories and anecdotes, illustrations, and cartoons, it traces how radio transformed family life. Radio today can feel like a faithful old companion, but its early history was sensational. Between 1922 and 1939, British life was transformed by what was...

From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie’s brilliant spy series, woven around three brothers bound together through espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng, spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin...