From wildfires and floods, to food poverty, degraded rivers, mass migration and conflict, the environmental crisis is already here – and it’s set to get worse. How can people lead ... Tony Juniper – Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet

We are living longer and, thanks to medical advances, our lifespan after the middle years continues to extend. But how do you age wisely? How do you remain psychologically healthy ... Frank Tallis – Wise: Finding purpose, meaning and wisdom beyond the midpoint of life

‘I am writing this story without knowing its end: it begins long before I was born and will continue long after I die. I am writing this story to help ... Olia Hercules – Strong Roots: A Ukranian Family History Through War, Exile and Hope

A never-before-told perspective on the British experience at Colditz – one of themost infamous sites in Nazi Germany. The grandson of a King, the son of the Viceroy of India, ... David Lascelles – Out of Colditz

Weaving ideas about our domestic and daily life with thoughts on style and the way wepresent ourselves, Alexandra Shulman combines anecdotes and observations from 25 years spent editing British Vogue ... Alexandra Shulman – Black Coffee and Red Lipstick

Between 1931 and 1949, a series of crises broke out that threatened collective security, world order and the internal cohesion of states across the globe. At the heart of these ... Jonathan Fennell – Collapse: A Global History of the Second World War, 1931-1941

A sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever ... John Wright – Grasslands

How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon in real time become a genuine cinematic classic?Journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed explores how this beloved film captures both the ... Samira Ahmed – A Hard Day’s Night

Outdoor enthusiast, cyclist and acclaimed travel writer Simon Parker was restless for a new adventure, but with a small baby his explorations needed to begin at home. He decided to ... Simon Parker – The Wild Road Home

After almost a decade and a half of Tory rule, the 2024 General Election saw the Conservatives suffer their worst-ever defeat: they received 7.14 million fewer votes than in 2019; ... Anthony Seldon – Sunak at 10

Johnny Ball spent seventeen years working as a stand up comedian, and twenty years with BBC Television, where he wrote and presented twenty series of award winning programmes, including Play ... Johnny Ball – Stories That Must Be Told

In 2021, Anthony Seldon, inspired by a fallen First World War soldier who dreamed of a ‘Via Sacra’ tocommemorate the war dead and stand as a marker for the triumph ... Anthony Seldon – The Path of Light