Oliver Bullough Everybody Loves Our Dollars How Money Laundering Won with Gerry Foley This wildly entertaining exposé of the dark financial secrets at the heart of the world economy explains how money-laundering works. In the criminal world, cash is still king. Barter is pretty good too and crypto currencies flow through paper ledgers. There has […]
Alwyn Turner A Shellshocked Nation Britain Between the Wars with Juliet Nicolson Upstairs at Bookfest After the calamity of the Great War, Britain longed for escapist fun. It was easier to spend a day at the seaside than to worry about mass unemployment, political scandals or military manoeuvres in Europe. Combining cultural, social and political […]
Harriet Rix The Genius of Trees Richard Negus Words from the Hedge with Ruth Pavey Profoundly original, The Genius of Trees reveals the astonishing extent to which trees shape the world around us. We discover that trees manipulate fundamental elements, plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and even humankind to achieve their ends. The Genius of Trees […]