Book of the Week. Jeremy Paxman's social history of coal mining in Britain tells the stories of engineers and industrialists, but focuses particularly on the miners themselves.

Jeremy Paxman: ‘I don’t see Newsnight… My idea of fun is to go to bed at 10.30pm and read a book’ Jeremy Paxman has said he doesn't watch Newsnight, preferring to go to bed and read a book.

Vine, who worked with Paxman on the BBC news programme between ... “My dad died of Parkinson’s and I’ve been meaning to reach out to Jeremy because I see how he’s suffering with that ...