Politics/Current Affairs

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'Never before, in years of reviewing books about buildings, has one brought me to tears. This one did.' Rowan Moore, Observer Book of the Week

On 14 June 2017, a 24-storey block of flats went up in flames.

The fire climbed up cladding as ...

The tendency nowadays to wander in wilderness is delightful to see. Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber ...

The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment of art's appropriate place in society. This title examines the themes in contemporary art, from portraiture in the age of face transplants and facial recognition software, and more.

The Best of Enemies is the political diaries of one of the most significant politicians of the late twentieth century. Covering the Thatcher/Major period - during which time Norman Fowler held prominent positions in the Cabinet and as party chairman - Fowler's diaries observe both Prime Ministers, and their Cabinet colleagues, at close quarters.

Weed's impact on culture is explored throughout this book, with facts and quotes.

Cities are both the engines of innovation and the seedbeds of inequality - how can we keep what's good and break free of the bad?

A unique coming-of-age story from the lost world of Arab-Jews

A greener world won't come for free

A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health

A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis

Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.

Presents an analysis of how Islamic scripture, jurisprudence, and Hadith, can not only accommodate a sexually sensitive Islam, but actively endorse it.

* Essays by some of the best writers and
thinkers of the day, on what it will take to make Britain turn a corner.

In this meticulously researched biography, Michael Ashcroft charts Kemi Badenoch's fascinating course from relative obscurity to being hailed in some quarters as the saviour of conservatism in the UK.

How
to Be an MP is
indispensable reading for anyone wishing to make a mark from the back benches
and influence proceedings in the House.

How to Write a Parliamentary Speech is a practical guide to effective speechwriting from one of the best in the business. In this fresh, funny, practical guidebook, Paul Richards deploys his thirty years' experience writing parliamentary speeches to offer tips, tricks and sage advice.

This essential work looks at the background to the Hamas-Israel war and asks whether the international system can contain two simultaneous wars in Europe and the Levant.

In this pacy and colourful new book, seasoned political journalists Tim Ross and Rachel Wearmouth use new interviews and candid private accounts from key players to take the reader behind the scenes of one of the strangest but most consequential elections in recent history.

Drawing on extensive polling and analysis this is a pitiless account of how the Conservative Party came to be seen by those who elected it to office.

In these pages, former coalition Cabinet minister David Laws explores periods in British history when one party needed the other to secure electoral support or the ability to govern.