It is perhaps surprising that a chief executive would choose to describe his own company as "somewhat secretive", conjuring up images of a shadowy publishing underworld and secret handshakes. But many people in the UK might agree with Des Higgins' view of Bonnier.

Although the Stockholm-based Bonnier Group is one of Europe...

Ion Trewin learned a most valuable lesson early on in life when he was starting out on a career in journalism.

It was the early 1960s and he was a cub reporter, fresh out of Highgate School in London, working for the Plymouth-based newspaper the Independent. He was assigned to cover a corner of Devon—"real parish pump stuff...

With a career in book design spanning two decades and a bulging portfolio to his name—ranging from the launch of Vintage paperbacks to the rebrand of Rough Guides—you might expect Peter Dyer to have an ego.

Yet, on meeting him at his new Profile offices, the anticipated arrogance is nowhere to be seen; you might even call...

Meeting Rachel Holmes is like being sucked into a whirlwind of en­thusiasm. She has been appointed as the driving force for literature and spoken word at the restored Southbank ­Centre, including the annual London Literature Festival, which will run for the second time this summer, and is clearly brimming with excitement about her new...