“Food should bring pleasure, connection and nourishment”

In Good Taste: What Shapes What We Eat and Drink—and Why It Matters by Mallika Basu, launching 22 January 2026, is an accessible guide to the food system. It explores how our food is shaped by power, inequality and environmental impact, and...

Freebourne blends futuristic tech with a gripping murder mystery

Set in a near-future English town, ‘Freebourne’ is a speculative murder mystery that fuses a tense thriller with profound questions about free will and the rapid advance of technology. It will be published by Roundfire Books, the fiction imprint...

The Unreasonable Transformers of South India is a stirring chronicle of craft, courage, and climate justice.

William Dalrymple is the closest we have to a pop-historian of India. His success in reaching a broad audience stems from his skill as a storyteller, a crucial attribute for historians, especially those seeking to engage readers beyond academic...



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