In early 2022, Charlie Walker set out to hike 600 miles along Siberia’s frozen rivers. He hoped to learn who its people are and how they reckon with their haunted past, as well as what the future might hold for this remote corner of the world. Camping in temperatures down to -50 degrees, exploring semi-deserted ... Charlie Walker – On Thin Ice

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 good lives without ultimately hastening global collapse, and how might we ask those in developing countries to reject the consumerist culture that has seized richer ... 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 and fully engagedgiven the immense and daunting challenges of later life – regrets, loss, disappointments, physical deterioration, and mortality? From ancient Greece to the 21st ... 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 myself heal and to make you understand.’ Strong Roots is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. ... 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, Churchill’s nephew. All held captive at the notorious Colditz prisoner of war camp, they were the Prominente: scions of the British establishment, and pawns in ... 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 and her current life as a freelance writer and commentator. She draws onher experiences as a magazine editor but also a mother, daughter, sibling, girlfriend,housekeeper ... Alexandra Shulman – Black Coffee and Red Lipstick

From the taking of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1,300-year battle for political, military, ideological, economic and religious supremacy. Simon Mayall focuses on ... Simon Mayall – The House of War: The Struggle Between Christendom and The Caliphate

A sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidenceof monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever imagine.Join John Wright, one of our best-known naturalists, as he uncovers the beauty andrich diversity of Britain's grasslands. Bursting with mushrooms, lichen and wildflowers,home to butterflies, ... 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 band's coveted charisma and the shifting cultural landscape of 1960s Britain. A life-long fan, Samira first discovered the film at the age of 11 and ... 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 cycle through all 15 of the UK’s national parks in the anniversary year of the first one’s founding, the Peak District. While each of the ... Simon Parker – The Wild Ride 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; 23.7 per cent is their lowest ever vote share; and their current 121 MP contingent is their smallest since 1832. Meanwhile, the rise of Reform ... 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 School, Think of a Number and Think Again, followed by five educational stage musicals, which played nationwide to many thousands of students. Here Johnny Ball ... Johnny Ball – Stories That Must Be Told