‘Brilliant and fundamental, this is the necessary book about our prime global emergency’ Ian McEwan The news is full of hotly debated and divergent claims about the impacts and risks of climate change. Lawrence Krauss, one of the world’s...
In 1972 three Oxford graduates embarked on a trip around the world. For one of them it sparked a lifelong love affair with one country, Turkey. After many years holidaying there George Dearsley and his wife Carolyn moved to...
Explore the diverse cultural and historical legacy of the world’s greatest writers, artists and composers on foot. This unique trans-continental culture trip around the world presents a series of inspiring walks, treks, and hikes that vary between easy one-hour strolls, half...
Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this...
In war, there is no easy victory. When troops invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime, most people expected an easy victory. Instead, the gamble we took was a grave mistake, and its ramifications continue to reverberate...
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