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Society in Crisis : Our Capacity for Adaptation and Reorientation
In this anthology, 25 leading scholars from across the globe describe and analyse how different societies have handled crisis. In ancient Greek, a crisis refers

What Would Maggie Do? : A Triumph of Love on a Journey through Dementia
Michael’s charismatic and highly successful wife Maggie showed the first signs of dementia in her mid-fifties. His experience of caring for her is quite exceptional:

The History of the Vertebrate
On a single day, Mar Garcia Puig gives birth to twins and becomes elected to the Spanish Parliament as a member of the insurgent left-wing

A Hard Day’s Night
How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic? With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the

The Rose
The award-winning poet reckons with feminine archetypes, erotic love, and the shifting boundary between power and surrender Fury is very lustful A body concealing its

Treasures on Earth : Buried Wealth in Landscape and Legend
From haunted barrows to ruined castles, Britain’s landscape is rich with tales of hidden treasure – stories not just of gold, but of ghosts, curses