“Few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.”
Virginia Woolf – How Should One Read a Book? (1925)
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BOOK REVIEW: Being Jewish After The Destruction of Gaza – Peter Beinart
Beinarts sensitive, bold and passionate book is a call to uphold the dignity of human life above all else. I can confidently say Beinarts writing will challenge your misconceptions, enlighten gaps in your understanding and warm your heart with some desperately needed hope for a peaceful and just future. It certainly has for me. Read more
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BOOK REVIEW: David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
Throughout David Copperfield the complexities of the mid-Victorian world are revealed and the essence of life in this world so different to ours today is made real. Read more
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BOOK REVIEW: Doughnut Economics – Kate Raworth
We need our global community to find its way into the sweet spot of the doughnut with access to food, water, education and the freedoms to thrive in dignity in life, a safe and just space for humanity. At the same time Raworth’s doughnut tells us that we cannot overshoot these planetary boundaries and jeopordise… Read more
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BOOK REVIEW: Technofeudalism – Yanis Varoufakis
Varoufakis maps out the macro-economic reality of our times, one in which profits and markets are no longer the driving forces of our world but the rents of Big Tech and the means of behaviour modification that they exercise over us marks a shift to an entirely new epoch. Read more
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BOOK REVIEW: The Many-Headed Hydra – Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker
The Hydra motif frames epic historical tales of resistance as heroic heads continually cut down only to be found defiantly respawning Read more
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BOOK REVIEW: A Fistful of Shells – Toby Green
A Fistful of Shells hammers a nail in the coffin of Hegel’s racist notion that Africa has no history. Green’s display of intellectual courage places West African history where it belongs; in the centre of World history. Read more
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