Apparatus for retrieving information from a hierarchically arranged information source, the apparatus comprising: a display for displaying information and user selectable menu items corresponding to information available from said information source; a user input device for receiving user selections of displayed menu items; retrieving means for retrieving independently displayable information from said hierarchically arranged information source for each of a plurality of hierarchical levels, at least one said level lying at a sublevel of another said level; the information source having displayable information generic to at least one level; and a display controller adapted to control said display in dependence upon received user selections to display said menu items as history menu items indicating previously received user selections corresponding to navigation down levels of the hierarchy of said information source and new menu items corresponding to information available at a next level of the hierarchy of said information source, and to display said retrieved information corresponding to a most recently selected menu item in a display region separate to said history menu items. |