The Python Years:Diaries 1969-1979 Volume OneThe funny, warm and moving diaries of a man at the centre of one of the world's most influential comedy troupes. Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corner . . . This engaging volume is a window into the world of Monty Python, from the group's early cult success to the global superstardom that followed. Amongst tales

The rank-SSS cryptid’s rampage threatens the entire city of London

The Brain in Minutes covers: the origin and anatomy of the brain

feisty Louise of his imagination

but he's messing with her turf

electro-pop and AIDS

Nick and his party have conquered the labyrinth and claimed the holy Sword of Bonds”just about the last thing you would expect of a group brought together by their pasts full of traumatic betrayals

You'll definitely be grateful these setbacks happened to her and not you

DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case - but she's never been one to play by the rules

Will it all end well

Though the infiltration team narrowly escaped Liquidizer's cunning trap

Led by a drug dealer a glammed-up producer and a high school kid N

If you want to eat well you need to learn to cook well - but it needn't be as hard or as complicated as you think