Profile: Mike Shields

Ed Campion is a free-climber but on one climb in the Andes he is captured by local terrorists. Or are they local freedom-fighters? Can he distinguish between the two terms? Or are they interchangeable depending solely on viewpoint? In a journey that leads....

Olaf Tryggvesson was a real historical figure whose short life touched the whole of the viking world, from Newfoundland to Constantinople. Here, his story is told by 6 witnesses, from his birth when his life was saved only by the strength and courage of h....

In the mid-fifties, author Mike Shields, against all adult advice, chose to leave his rather straight-laced Roman Catholic grammar school and start work at a shipbuilding establishment on the River Tyne in North-East England. It was a decision that would ....