Charlie Connelly

As a lover of both history and the British countryside, Charlie Connelly set out on a series of walks that recreate famous historical journeys. En route he retells the story of the original trip while discovering who and what now inhabit these iconic routes....

Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In Attention All Shipping, Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice....

In Search of Elvis sees Charlie Connelly set off on a journey to discover what makes Elvis so significant today and how his spirit is being kept alive....

It's a story of matriarchy and deep family ties, of a generation that was scattered away from the street during the blitz bombings....

Best-selling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen....

The solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour....

Despite the all-pervading influence of television an astonishing 90 percent of people in Britain still listen to the radio, clocking up over a billion hours of listening between us every week....

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us....