The Generation Myth

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‘Subtle and compelling.’ Observer’One of the best books of 2021.’ The TimesAre we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled ‘snowflakes’? Are Baby Boomers stealing their chi …

The Funny Stuff

‘P. J. O’Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark …

Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind

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What is 4% of 75?Can you calculate 60 + 60 x 0 + 1?Which is bigger, an 18-inch pizza or two 12-inch pizzas?Join award-winning maths presenter Kyle D Evans on an entertaining tour of viral maths proble …

The Quotable P. J. O'Rourke

On This Day in Politics

From the first meeting of an elected English parliament on 20 January 1265 to the abolition of the Slave Trade on 25 March 1807; from the Peterloo massacre of 16 August 1819 to Britain voting to leave …

The Reckoning

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica is suffering from PTSD. The Reckoning diagnoses its core causes and helps begin the healing process.For four years, Donald J Trump inflicted an onslaught of overla …

If Walls Could Speak

Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has designed and built some of the world’s most talked-about and memorable structures – from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal k …

Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit

Have you heard that you should go vegan to save the planet? Or carbon offset your flight to mitigate its effects? Or invest in an ethical pension plan? What if you were told that such actions make lit …

The Hard Road Will Take You Home

This is not a straightforward memoir. Instead it is a book that distils the processes and tactics Anthony ‘Staz’ Stazicker gathered throughout his career in the Special Forces – gunfights, door-kickin …

The Prime Ministers We Never Had

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BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more ‘prime ministerial’ than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become …

Chief of Staff

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BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and Prospect’Fascinating and instructive… his decency and pragmatism shine through.’ The Times’Candid, valuable and insightful.’ ObserverSince the EU referendum …

How To Stage A Coup

‘A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft… Fascinating’ Jonathan RugmanToday’s world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the worl …

Dead in the Water

‘Triumphant… A well-written, well-paced thriller.’ Financial TimesInside the corrupt and secret business of global shipping, the explosive true story of a notorious international fraud and murderIn …

The Curse of Bigness

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We’re three decades into a global experiment: what happens when the major nations of the world weaken their control on the size and power of corporate giants and allow unrestricted expansion?In The Cu …

Freedom to Think

BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2022, NEW STATESMAN & CITY AM’Compelling, powerful and necessary.’ Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’Fascinating’ GuardianWithout a moment’s pause, …

Mine!

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‘A delicious book.’ Jared DiamondWho controls the space around an aeroplane seat: you or the person behind you trying to work on their laptop? Who owns your favourite football player? And why do Faceb …