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Renay Richardson, Arisa Loomba
Human Resources : Slavery and the Making of Modern BritainOrdinary items take on new meanings when you ca...Ordinary items take on new meanings when you cast them in different light. The origins of tea, coffee and sugar are well known, but when you discover that gym treadmills were pioneered on plantatio... -
Molly Conisbee
No Ordinary Deaths : A People's History of MortalityHistory is dominated by A-list deaths: queens b...History is dominated by A-list deaths: queens beheaded; archdukes assassinated. But what about everyone else? How did ordinary people depart this life and grieve for loved ones - and which of the o... -
Robert Harris
ConclaveBehind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, ...Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, 118 cardinals are meeting in conclave to cast their votes in the world's most secretive election.They are holy men. But they are ambitious. And they h... -
Sam Goncalves
How Does Change Happen? : Scenes from the Frontlines of ActivismMass protests and direct action have been famil...Mass protests and direct action have been familiar tactics against the many crises of the 21st century. Though methods vary, there’s a collective longing for meaningful and transformative action. S... -
Oliver Burkeman
Meditations for Mortals : A Four Week Guide to Doing What CountsOur lives can feel defined by the struggle with...Our lives can feel defined by the struggle with overwhelm, endless decisions and striving to be productive.Wouldn’t it be good to stop doing all that? What if we could find freedom – and get more o... -
Tiffany Watt Smith
Bad Friend : A Century of Revolutionary FriendshipsRebellious new history of female friendship and...Rebellious new history of female friendship and timely reclamation of the 'bad friend'. Move over idealised BFFs, glossy gal pals and indestructible work wives. Meet the bad friends.The dangerously... -
Alice Maddicott
Tender Maps : Travels in Search of the Emotions of PlaceSome travellers are driven by the need to scale...Some travellers are driven by the need to scale a natural wonder, to see a city's sights or a place of history. Others, like Alice Maddicott, travel in search of a particular scene, feeling or atmo... -
David Peace
MunichsFrom the author of The Damned Utd and Red or De...From the author of The Damned Utd and Red or Dead, an extraordinary novel about Britain, sport and our collective past. February 6, 1958, British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on take-off at ... -
Guy Shrubsole
The Lie of the LandThe lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners ...The lie of the land: that Britain’s landowners care for the countryside. Our landowning elite are paid billions of taxpayer pounds to be good stewards. But these same landowners have carelessly tra... -
Nicholas Jubber
Monsterland : A Journey Around the World’s Dark ImaginationMonsters, in all their terrifying glory, have p...Monsters, in all their terrifying glory, have preoccupied humans since we began telling stories. But where did these stories come from? In Monsterland, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber goes on ... -
Robin Ince
Normally Weird and Weirdly NormalA powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, AD...A powerful, personal exploration of anxiety, ADHD and neurodiversity, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal reminds us all – no matter how weird we feel – that it’s okay to be a little different. We al... -
Simon Park
Wreckers : Disaster in the Age of DiscoveryWhile figures such as Christopher Columbus, Va...While figures such as Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan are celebrated for their maritime achievements – reaching the Americas, India, and circumnavigating the globe – foc...
