MaxCompiling in some instances for the first time in print the very best songs, poems and stories from across his celebrated career, Max Boyce: Hymns & Arias is the definitive selected work of a major cultural figure who, through his inimitable humour, uniquely Welsh pathos and masterful wordcraft, has defined a nation and its people

What forces have forged our planet and how have they in turn governed our evolution

that investigates the causes of conflict between empires

their king seeks dominion

sharing and influencing each other's cuisine and leaving their culinary stamp

a lover of poetry with a darker past than one might imagine

discovered an extraordinary story of women who fought the Nazis

and then on to Scarlett O'Hara

Geography comes before history

she considers

ice creams and desserts

presented in an entertaining style with cartoon illustrations by a highly experienced teacher

Some might say she's thrown her life away