As Britain’s death toll from Covid-19 passes 100,000, there is one burning question: why did so many have to die? Tom Clark, Gaby Hinsliff and Philip Ball chart the persistent failures—from both the chief scientists and the politicians. Former head of the Supreme Court Brenda Hale takes on the human rights sceptics and Rana Mitter asks whether China's grip on Hong Kong means the end of the historic freedoms in the city.
The central insight of David Birch's "Before Babylon" is that money is essentially a technology, just like any other and that technologies change—and improve—over time
Scott Page's "The Diversity Bonus" argues that seeking out employees with different experiences, preferences and identities can ultimately deliver dividends
Theresa May once said, “if you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” This book might be read as a subversion of the prime minister’s statement
This exciting collection, which takes the reader from English country roads to sweltering Greece and Australia, proves McFarlane has a knack for disconcerting her reader
His critics accused him of being a mere entertainer with highbrow airs. But Anthony Burgess was one of the most astonishing writers of the 20th century
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