Criminologist and film-maker Roger Graef's grandfather killed himself after the Wall Street crash of 1929. Here he describes the tragic event's effects on his father and himself, as well as the lessons he feels can be drawn from the crashes current and past.

Never read Ulysses? Now you don't have to. All you need to know about James Joyce's masterpiece.

Sales of a book by Lawrence of Arabia, the British officer who united desert tribes against the Turks during World War One, have risen sharply since the war in Iraq. Why?