Timothy West

The sonnet has fascinated and challenged poets ever since it was imported from Italy in the sixteenth century. This anthology has been collected together by Don Paterson, and contains some of his personal favourites along with some of the most shining examples of the form.

Alice Vavasor is reluctant to marry the man she truly loves because his style of life doesn't fit with her idea that people should make something useful of their lives. She becomes engaged to her cousin but can't forget the man she truly loves.  Book 1 of series.

Doctor Thorne adopts his niece Mary, keeping secret her illegitimate birth as he introduces her to the best local social circles. She meets and falls in love with Frank Gresham - heir to a vastly mortgaged estate and looking for a wealthy wife. He is unaware that Mary is to inherit a large legacy that will make her acceptable to the middle-class society to which he belongs.  Book 3 of series.

The death of the Duchess leaves the Duke of Omnium in charge of his three wilful children.  Book 6 of series.

When Lizzie Eustace acquires an expensive diamond necklace she maintains it was a gift from her late husband. Eustace family lawyers disagree, and insist she gives it up. She is driven to desperate acts to keep the jewels, causing gossip and scandal.  Book 3 of series.

The ambitious young clergyman in the small country parish of Framley foolishly guarantees a loan for the local MP, a notorious debtor.  Book 4 of series.

The story of the courtship between the daughter of the Rev. Crawley and the son of the wealthy Archdeacon Grantly.  Book 6 of series.

A collection of short stories written in impeccable style and covering a wide subject range. X rated, contains offensive language and explicit sex.

Simon Rae has selected an anthology of poems, one for each year from 1900 to 1999, which report on the impact of modern life.

A shared love of canals and narrowboats has been inseparable from the marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales. In 2014, Tim and Pru took to the canals of Britain with a television crew to record their best-loved trips along the beautiful waterways. Little did anyone guess that their seemingly light-hearted travelogue, would become something entirely more powerful. Timothy tells how Prunella's struggle with dementia has both changed, and yet failed to change, their lives together.

Phineas is young, Irish, attractive, ambitious and adaptable. This story reveals the splendour and absurdity of parliamentary proceedings and compromise of the party system in the mid nineteenth century.  Book 2 of series.

Phineas Phinn returns to politics but finds that his progress is impeded by a series of quarrels. Phineas is drawn into a web of suspicion; eventually to find himself in the dock, charged with murder.  Book 4 of series.

Plantaganet Pallister, Duke of Omnium, is a scrupulously honourable English gentleman, but can he make an effective Prime Minister? Presiding over a coalition government, and interacting with the upper echelons of the Establishment, must political reality take over from ideology?  Book 5 of series.

Timothy West and Prunella Scales are - first and foremost - actors. Over seventy years they have delighted millions, portraying a host of larger-than-life characters that the nation has taken into their hearts. But their finest roles, it turns out, have always been as husband and wife - in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru. In Pru & Me, Timothy West charts the course of their lives, from the years before they met - treading the boards in the 50s - to their secret courting, marriage and settling in Wandsworth. And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre, television and film over the next seventy years, in some of the nation's favourite shows, such as Fawlty Towers and Brass.

Crammed full of stories, often funny, sometimes poignant and occasionally jaw-dropping, Pru & Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys. Here, the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru's gentle struggle with dementia. An honest, charming and above all uplifting story of twin souls who, once they found one another, clung together through thick and thin. Pru & Me is a joyous portrait of a very, very special love story.

Timothy West takes on the role of Rumpole in these four delightful dramas featuring the wily barrister.

Rumpole and the Primrose Path: Rumpole exposes criminal practices at the nursing home where he was sent to recuperate after a heart attack. 

Rumpole and the Scales of Justice: When Rumpole defends a senior policeman in court, his love for Shakespeare's Othello and his old acquaintances in the south London criminal fraternity prove very useful. 

Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror: Rumpole is mystified when his most promising juror in a murder trial suddenly disappears… 

Rumpole Redeemed: Invited to dinner at his local prison, Rumpole solves the conundrum of whether an ex-con can be reformed.

Lily Dale lives with her sister and mother in a small house in Allington. Lily is engaged to Adolphus Crosbie, a self-seeking social climber who abandons Lily to marry Lady Alexandrina de Courcy. After this Lily devotes herself to her mother.  Book 5 of series.

When Dr Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, Dr Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures.

In Barchester a scandal breaks concerning the financial affairs of a Church-run almshouse. The well-meaning warden, Septimus Harding, finds himself pitted against Dr John Bold, a zealous reformer, and his daughter's suitor. An affectionate and witty view of the workings of the Church of England.  Book 1 of series.

Augustus Melmotte has the reputation of being a great financier, but when it is revealed that his prize speculation is a huge confidence trick he is socially disgraced - and commits suicide. The sordidness of his affairs affects his daughter's chances in the marriage-mart.