When we meet in his airy office near London's Hatton Garden jewellery quarter, Peter Usborne has a boyish grin on his face. He has just had drinks with one of his heroes, Dustin Hoffman, at the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Children like facts. That is a fact. I’ve long realised that if mine tell me something about animals, however ...

All About Ghosts by Christopher Maynard is a non-fiction book for children curious about spectral beings. First published in 1977, this book grabbed many children with the vice-like grip of a ...