Charles II Size:large Terry Deary

Terry Deary

The Whole Picture is a much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives about art

Heralded as the ‘scuba-diving philosopher’ when Other Minds was first published

I realised it might be possible to image surface details on every planet in our solar system during just one year from my own back garden

Tudor and Stuart Seafarers tells the compelling story of how a small island positioned on the edge of Europe transformed itself into the world's leading maritime power

Charles II Size:large Terry DearyA portrait of King Charles II (1630 1685) by Sir Peter Lely. Charles II fled England in 1649 when his father was executed by Cromwell's Roundheads. He returned in 1660 as Britain's new King when the monarchy was restored albeit with fewer privileges than they had before the Civil War. Charles reign was a peaceful and for the most part tolerant one earning him the nickname the 'Merry Monarch'. On the issue of the phenomenon of coffeehouses spreading