This article, 'Shaken and Stirred or The PMM Martini', written by Victoria Dailey, was a popular inclusion in our Winter 2023 PMM special issue and is read by Kate Fleming. The podcast includes the full recipe for John Carter's Dry Martini read by James Fleming.

Written for our Summer 2021 issue, Visualising Dracula takes a look at the various illustrative interpretations of the iconic villain. It was written by Simon Cooke, and is read by Sarah Bennett

“One of the best things I have ever read on Bond” - The Guardian, 6/10/2021. Bond Behind the Iron Curtain, written and read by James Fleming. Ian Fleming's nephew explores previously unseen material translated from the languages of Russian and its communist satellites, detailing their attack on capitalism and the character and morals of the Western hero, 007. An astonishing story.

This article was published in The Book Collector's Summer 2023 issue. Written and read by Philip Gooden, it takes a look at some great works of Spy Fiction, the authors, characters and storylines that followed in the footsteps of Ian Fleming and James Bond.

Written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector's Autumn 2009 issue. Read by James Fleming. Visit www.thebookcollector.co.uk for more information about our quarterly journals and how to subscribe.

The first article written by John Saumarez Smith for The Book Collector, from our Spring 2008 issue, looking at the library sales of some great collectors.

The latest in the JSS series from The Book Collector, this time read by James Fleming. John recalls the destruction of two country house libraries - Dropmore and Hampden in 1939 - in this article from The Book Collector's Spring 2009 issue.

Part of our 'JSS' series as Neil Pearson reads 'Is This Mr Gulbenkian?' from the Winter 2015 Issue, and a special copy of 'Poor Poems and Rotten Rhymes' by A. P. Herbert.

Part of our 'JSS' series of articles written by The Book Collector by John Saumarez Smith. This article appeared in our Autumn 2011 Issue, and looks back at the shop's 50th and 60th anniversaries in the year it celebrated it's 75th. He includes an account of the creation of the special catalogue created in 1996, dedicated entirely to books written by Haywood Hill customers. It is read by Neil Pearson

When global temperatures soared to a record high in 2021, the Doomsday Clock ticked to 100 seconds to midnight, the closest the Earth has been to total destruction in the 75 years since the clock started ticking. This inspired the title of Peter Harrington's catalogue on Climate Change, created by Emma Walshe, who wrote this article for The Book Collector's Autumn Issue in 2022. It is read by Sarah Bennett