Spare PartsHow did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s? Why did eighteenth century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children? And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality? We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world but transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a

Now Lorna's arrival might help their family finally mend itself - even if forgiveness means returning to the past

Europe is an astonishingly successful place

but away from football he has also been widely applauded for his involvement in trying to broker peace in the Ivorian civil war

has drowned in the river near her nursing home

We range from the deep roots behind everyday realities

murderers and angels

A government minister in the Foreign Office has vanished into thin air

Four years of dedicated work have resulted in this book of stunning photo

And yet attaining happiness has become

running the operation from his spare room and ferrying million-dollar ransom payments around in the boot of his car

his home in the Cornish town of Port Medden

from Bognor Regis on the south coast to Cape Wrath on the northernmost tip of Scotland