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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingauthor="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->Alastair Humphreys <!-- Bremner -->|title=Local|-rating=5| stylegenre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Travel [[image:Bremner_Us.jpg|linksummary=http://wwwAlastair Humphreys has walked and cycled all over the world. And then written about it. For this book he walked and cycled very close to home and then wrote about it.amazon As he says in his introduction, the book is an attempt ''to share what I have learnt about some big issues from a year exploring a small map.co Nature loss, pollution, land use and access, agriculture, the food system, rewilding…'' One of the joys of the book for me was that the biggest thing he learned about all of these things was that there are no easy answers, no single 'right or wrong', that every upside is likely to have a downside for somebody and that there are some hard choices ahead.uk/dp/0525533184/ref|isbn=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]1785633678}}{{Frontpage| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Edel Rodriguez|==title=[[Us vs ThemWorm: The Failure of Globalism by Ian Bremmer]]=A Cuban American Odyssey|rating=4|genre=Graphic Novels [[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] It wasnWe't supposed to be like thisre in childhood, was it? Every day seems to bring yet more news of doom and gloomwe're in Cuba. The spectre revolution has happened, and Castro, first thought of terrorism hangs over most as a saviour of the worldcountry, has proven himself a Communist, fuelling refugee crises and worries about national security. People keep saying that robots are coming not done nearly enough to take create a level playing field for all our jobs. Anti Well, those hours-establishment political parties are making huge gains long speeches of his were kind of taking his time away. Our narrator's family weren't in countries all around the world. And inequality is happiest of places here, an uncle refusing to be the good soldier the country demanded (especially as much of a problem he would probably be shipped off to some minor pro-Communism skirmish, such as it ever was – if Angola) and the father being watched and watched, and not more soliked for his successful photography business, success being frowned upon. [[Us vs Them: The Failure mother gets the couple jobs with the party to ease some of the heat, but in this sultry island country, it remains the kind of Globalism by Ian Bremmerheat forcing you out of the kitchen…|Full Review]]isbn=1474616720}}<!-- Wolff -->{{Frontpage|-author=Sarah Wilson| styletitle="widthThis One Wild and Precious Life: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|the path back to connection in a fractured world[[image:Wolff Trump.jpg|left|linkrating=https://www.amazon.co3.uk/gp/product/1408711400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1408711400]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"Lifestyle|summary===[[Fire and Fury: Inside My favourite Mary Oliver line is the Trump White House by Michael Wolff]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics one in which she asks ''What is it you plan to do with your one wild and Society|Politics and Society]] As precious life?'' I began listening get to love that line so much because my answer is ''This! Precisely this.''Fire I'm lucky enough to be living my one wild and Fury: Inside precious life the Trump White Houseway I want to. Sarah Wilson is equally lucky. In her book that takes Oliver's words as her title (though I can' we were treated to t see that she acknowledges the unedifying spectacle of the President of the United States taking source) she pushes us to Twitter to establish that he was think about whether we really ''a stable geniusare'', as opposed, living the life we want – the best life that we must conclude to being an unstable..could be living. WellHer answer is an unequivocal ''no, letwe are not's not go there. It's a little too frightening: this is the most powerful man in the world. So what made me listen to this book? Well, Donald Trump didnDon't want me to read it: US presidents doncare what you't often go down that road and rarely to a good destination re doing, she thinks you (we, I) could be doing more…And she'm thinking of Richard Nixon here) and s effing furious about the fact that made me really want to know what was between the coverswe are not. But how did the book stack up? [[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff|Full Review]]isbn=1785633848<br>}} <!-- Anderson -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1785633457| styletitle="widthCharging Around: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Exploring the Edges of England by Electric Car[[image:Anderson_Fantasyland.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785038656?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINauthor=1785038656]] Clive Wilkinson| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|===[[Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen]]==genre=Travel [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] Fantasyland covers the Clive Wilkinson has a history of America from 1517 to 2017 in awesome detailtravelling by unconventional means with a preference for slow travel. Covering five centuries As he neared his eightieth birthday the idea of tempestuous history, Andersen paints exploring the conjuring edges of America England in vivid reliefan electric car was not totally outrageous. Discussing everything from pilgrims to politiciansIn fact, it should be a pleasant holiday for Clive and his wife, the exhilarating gold rush to alternative factsJoan, seminal episodes are explored in forensic detail with razor sharp wit. [[Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen|Full Review]]shouldn't it?}}<!-- Connolly -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1529153050| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2022[[image:Connolly_working.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1911585363?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creativeauthor=6738&creativeASIN=1911585363]] Tim Benson| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4|===[[Know Your Place: Essays on the Working Class by the Working Class by Nathan Connolly]]==genre=Humour [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] Simple summary: ''Know Your Place'' Seeking some light relief from the current political turmoil which is an anthology of essays on the working class by the working class. There are twenty-three disparate pieces talking about everything you can imagine: day trips coming to the seaside, access to the arts, food poverty, pub culture, glass ceilings, housing estates, vulgarity-as-class-marker, seem more and much more.  And a full disclosure: ''Know Your Place'' was brought to fruition by crowdfunding and like an adrenaline sport, I was a contributor. I read the proposed spec and just nudged towards ''Britain'knews Best Political Cartoons of 2022'' I would love the book, should it reach its fundraising target, and . Sharp eyes will have noted thatwe's why I stumped up some cash. I think class is both an under- and mis-discussed topic with working class people defined externally and talked about rather than listened to or allowed re not yet through the year: the cartoons run from 4 September 2021 to define themselves31 August 2022. And I really did love the book just as I thought I would. So you know - Who can imagine what there's a possible reviewer bias here that you should know about. I like will be to think I would have criticised ''Know Your Place'' had it fallen short of my hopes for it but just come in case, I'm letting you know. [[Know Your Place: Essays on the Working Class by the Working Class by Nathan Connolly|Full Review]]2023 edition?}}<!-- Smith -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=B0B7289HKQ| styletitle="widthConversations Across America: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|A Father and Son, Alzheimer's, and 300 Conversations Along the TransAmerica Bike Trail that Capture the Soul of America[[image:Smith_Dont.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/147212345X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&campauthor=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=147212345X]] Kari Loya| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"4|===[[Don't Let My Past Be Your Future: A Call to Arms by Harry Leslie Smith]]==genre=Travel [[image:5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]]Kari (that rhymes with ‘sorry’, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]  Don't Let My Past Be Your Future: A Call by the way) wanted to Arms is part autobiography spend some time with his father and part rallying call for society the period between two jobs seemed like a good time to do it. The decision was made to tackle ride the systemicTrans America Bike Trail from Yorktown, Virginia to Astoria, endemic and debilitating inequality faced by the people Oregon - all 4250 miles of the United Kingdom, particularly it - in the North2015. Through reflecting on his own experiences during his childhood, Harry Leslie Smith has painted a frank and uncompromising picture of the grim, appallingly miserable childhood he They had 73 days to endure due to do it - slightly less than the poverty faced by his family contrasted with the, shamefully still, grim and miserable lives many recommended time - but there were factors which pointed this up as more of a challenge that it would be for most people endure today in a country ravaged by cuts, austerity who considered taking it on. Merv Loya was 75 years old and political turmoilhe was suffering from early-stage Alzheimer's. [[Don't Let My Past Be Your Future: A Call to Arms by Harry Leslie Smith|Full Review]]<br>}} <!-- Bristow -->{{Frontpage|-isbn=1739593901| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|22 Ideas About The Future[[image:Bristow China.jpg|left|linkauthor=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910985902?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910985902]] Benjamin Greenaway and Stephen Oram (Editors)| stylerating="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"5|===[[China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser by Michael Bristow]]==genre=Science Fiction [[image:4star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Having worked for nine years in Bejing as a journalist for the BBC, author Michael Bristow decided to write about Chinese history''Our future will be more complex than we expected. Having been learning the local language for several years Instead of flying cars, Bristow asked his language teacher for guidance we got night- the language teacher, born in the early fifties, offered Bristow a compelling picture of life in Communist China - but added to that, Bristow was greatly surprised vision killer drones and automated elderly care with geolocation surveillance bracelets to find that his language teacher also enjoyed spending his spare time in ladies clothingtrack grandma. It soon becomes clear that the tale told here is immensely personal - yet also paints a fascinating portrait of one of the world's most intriguing nations. [[China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser by Michael Bristow|Full Review]] |}'

{{newreview|author=Francis OI'Gorman|title=Forgetfulness: Making the Modern Culture ve got a couple of Amnesia|rating=4confessions to make.5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=After a glut of books about mindfulness I'm not keen on short stories as I find it came as something of easy to read a relief few stories and then forget to return to encounter the book. There's got to be a very compelling hook to keep me engaged. Then there'Forgetfulness'', Francis O'Gormans science fiction: far too often it's thinking on why the twenty-first century is losing touch technology which takes centre stage along with the past, on why what is likely - or could be made world- to happen is so much more important than what has gone beforebuilding. The book is supremely intelligent, but with It's human beings who fascinate me: the knowledge worn lightly technology and it's eminently readablethe world scape are purely incidental. So, regardless what did I think of a book of how you feel about the conclusions he drawstwenty-two science fiction short stories? Well, I loved it. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>1501324691</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Stuart MaconieJane Goodall and Douglas Abrams |title= Long Road From JarrowThe Book of Hope |rating= 5|genre= Travel Politics and Society |summary= I cancelled my ''Country Walking'' magazine subscription about a year ago and the only The done thing I miss is Stuart Maconie's column. His down-to-earth approach and sharp wit belie an equally sharp intellect and read a soul more sensitive than he might be willing book all the way through before you sit down to admitreview it. Let's be honest, thoughI’m making an exception here, because I picked don’t want to lose any of the experience of reading this one up because of someone else's reviewamazing book, in which I spotted names like Ferryhill and Newton Aycliffe. Places I grew up in. Like Maconie I have no connection (that I know of) want to the Jarrow Crusade but when he talks about capture it as it being ''a whole matrix of events reducible to one word like Aberfan, Hillsborough, or Orgreave'' then somehow hits me. And it does become part of my history toois hitting me. Tangentially, at leastThis beautiful book has me in tears.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785030531</amazonuk>024147857X

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Raymond Williams1788360737|title= Culture and Society 1780-1950Artivism: The Battle for Museums in the Era of Postmodernism|author=Alexander Adams|rating= 42

|summary= From the last decades of the eighteenth century Can art ever be apolitical? All art is political because art is not made in a vacuum. It is made by people. Antonio Gramsci stated that ‘’Every man… contributes to modifying the final words of modernismsocial environment in which he develops’’. Therefore, all art must be political, this even implicitly. Alexander Adams in his new book tracks societal changes through exploring five key words‘Artivism: industry, democracy, class, The Battle for Museum in the Era of Postmodernism’ is adamant that art is freer when it is art and culturefor art’s sake. The meanings recent trend of such things, their essence, changes as per their use so-called artivism has caused artists to become more overtly political (read: left wing). Their seemingly grass roots movements have been astroturfed by large “left-wing” donors and media elites hoping to create a more globalist and the era in which their implications were consideredprogressive regime. Or at least that’s what Alexander Adams believes.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784870811</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|isbn=1398508632|title=The Wilderness Cure|author= Patrick WestMo Wilde|rating=5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=It had been on the cards for a while but it was the week-long consumer binge which pushed Mo Wilde into beginning her year of eating only wild food. The end of November, particularly in Central Scotland was perhaps not the best time to start, in a world where the normal sores had been exacerbated by climate change, Brexit and a pandemic. Wilde had a few advantages: the area around her was a known habitat with a variety of terrains. She had electricity which allowed her to run a fridge, freezer and dehydrator. She had a car - and fuel. Most importantly, she had shelter: this was not a plan to ''live'' wild just to live off its produce.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1529149800|title= Get Over YourselfThings You Can Do: Nietzsche for our timesHow to Fight Climate Change and Reduce Waste|author=Eduardo Garcia and Sara Boccaccini Meadows|rating= 14|genre= Politics Home and SocietyFamily|summary= Get Over Yourself considers Nietzsche's imagined perceptions We begin with a telling story. All the birds and animals fled when the forest fire took hold and most of them stood and watched, unable to think of anything they could do. The tiny hummingbird flew to the river and began taking tiny amounts of modern society water and uses our society flying back to explain his philosophydrop them into the fire. The animals laughed: what good was that doing. ''I'm sorry if that sounds vague but it's doing the best I can do from the blurb on '', said the backhummingbird. After reading Get Over Yourself from cover to cover And that, really, I am still none is the wiser about only way that we will solve the purpose problem of this book. It appears to be a series climate change – by each of personal opinions held together with quotesus doing what we can, which don't always appear relevant, from Nietzsche, Chumbawumba and newspaper articleshowever small that might be.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1845409337</amazonuk>

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===[[Swell The murder of George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old black man, on 25 May 2020 by Jenny Landreth]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]]Derek Chauvin, [[:Category:Sport|Sport]]a forty-four-year-old police officer, [[:Category:Biography|Biography]] I love Jennyin the US city of Minneapolis sent shock waves around the world. We rarely see pictures of a murder taking place but Floyd's own description death was an exception. The image of her book as a waterbiography Chauvin kneeling on George's neck is not one which I'll ever forget and I love her encouragement that we should each write our ownthe protests which followed cannot have been unexpected. This is more than There was a backlash against the police - and not just (I say in Minneapolis: whatever their colour or creed they were ''justall''!) a recollection of tarred by the Chauvin brush.}}{{Frontpage|author=Matthieu Aikins|title=The Naked Don's own encounters with water; itt Fear the Water|rating=4.5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=It's also a history of womeneasy to forget at times that The Naked Don's fight for t Fear the right to swim. That sounds absurd until you start reading about itWater isn't actually fiction, then because it becomes seriousreads very much like a well-paced thriller at times. Not too serious though – because Jenny Landreth This is clearly not by any means a lover of the absurd. Not criticism, but rather a lover of book blurbs myself, I do always seek testament to give how well Matthieu Aikins – a shout-out Canadian citizen who decided to those who get accompany his friend as a refugee from Afghanistan through Europe – recounts a vast and at times painful journey. There are tense moments and gripping accounts of border crossings which had me on edge the whole way through. But it dead right: in this case I'm definitely s written with Alexandra Heminsley's ''giggles-on-a haunting and almost lyrical quality that allows the reader to perfectly envisage the-commute funny''environments and people described. [[Swell by Jenny Landreth|Full Review]]<br>isbn= B09N9157T6}}{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy1785633074|title= The ExileStaggering Hubris|author=Josh Berry|rating= 4.5|genre= Politics and SocietyHumour|summary= An account Members of Parliament like us to believe that the fate country is run by politicians, headed by the Prime minister - the ''primus inter pares'' (that's for those of Al Qaeda you who are Eton and Oxbridge educated) but the Bin Laden family since reality is that the events of 9/11, ''The Exileprime'' plunges into movers are the special advisers - the murky waters SPADS - who are the driving force behind the government. We are in the privileged position of international terrorism, espionage and politics. Detailed and meticuloushaving access to the memoirs of Rafe Hubris, the book tackles man who was behind the skilful control of the Covid crisis which was completely contained by the subject from all angles, providing a panoramic view end of 2020. You might not know the subject and acting name now but he will certainly be the man to enlighten and inform the readerwatch.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408858762</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|authorisbn= Emily Clarkson1846276772|title= Can I Speak to Someone in Charge?The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds|author=Jessica Nordell|rating= 4.5|genre= Politics and Society|summary=''Can I Speak Anyone who is not an able, white man understands bias in that they may no longer even recognise the extent to Someone in Charge?'', blogger Emily Clarksonwhich they suffer from it: it's debut booksimply a part of everyday life. White men will always come first. The able will come before the disabled. Jobs, is a fiercepromotions, witty and laugh-out-loud funny ode to feminismhigher salaries are the preserve of the white man. In Even when those who wouldn't pass the medical become a series part of open lettersan organisation it's rare that their views are heard, she addresses that their concerns are acknowledged. It's personally appalling and degrading for the issues faced by every modern woman, discussing everything from dealing with body hair to being made to feel uncomfortable in individuals on the gym, as well as more personal issues, like her experiences receiving end of being the bias but it'catfished' and sent abuse online. This is a vital read for any girl born in s not just the 1990s, tackling some very serious social injustices beneath its fun exteriorindividuals who are negatively impacted.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471156907</amazonuk>

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Before you start reading ''Misfits'' you need to be in a certain frame of mind. You're not going to read a book of essays or a self-help book. You're going to read writing which was inspired by Michaela Coel's 2018 MacTaggart Lecture to professionals within the television industry at the Edinburgh TV Festival. You might be ''reading'' the book but you need to ''listen'' to the words as though you're in the lecture theatre. The disjointedness will fade away and you'll be carried on a cloud of exquisite writing.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0008350388|title=We Need to Talk About Money|author=[[Flaneuse: Women Walk the City in ParisOtegha Uwagba|rating=5|genre=Politics and Society|summary=''To be a dark-skinned Black woman is to be seen as less desirable, New Yorkless hireable, Tokyo, Venice less intelligent and London ultimately less valuable than my light-skinned counterparts...'' ''We Need to Talk About Money'' by Lauren Elkin]]===Otegha Uwagba

[[image:4star''0.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]]7% of English Literature GCSE students in England study a book by a writer of colour while only 7% study a book by a woman.'' ''The Bookseller'' 29 June 2021

Lauren Elkin is down on suburbs: they're places where you can't or shouldn't be seen walking; places whereOtegha Uwagba came to the UK from Kenya when she was five years old. Her sisters were seven and nine. It was her mother who came first, in fictionwith her father joining them later. The family was hard-working, women who transgress boundaries are punished (thinking principled and determined that their children would have the best education possible. There was always a painful awareness of money although this did not translate into a shortage of everything from ''Madame Bovary'' to ''Revolutionary Road'')anything: it was simply carefully harvested. When she imagines to herself what Otegha was ten the female version of that well-known historical figure, the carefree ''flâneur'', might befamily acquired a car. For Otegha, she thinks about women who freely wandered the world's great cities without having the more insalubrious connotation of the word 'streetwalker' applied education meant a scholarship to them. [[Flaneuse: Women Walk the City a private school in Paris, London and then a place at New YorkCollege, Tokyo, Venice and London by Lauren Elkin|Full Review]]Oxford.<br>}}

<!-- Noor -->{{Frontpage[[image:Noor_Surgery.jpg|leftauthor=Richard Brook|linktitle=httpsUnderstanding Human Nature://wwwA User's Guide to Life|rating=4.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1521173192?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN5|genre=1521173192]]Lifestyle|summary===[[Surgery on I am a firm believer that sometimes we choose books, and sometimes books choose us. In my case, this is one of the Shoulders latter. Not so very long ago, if I had come across this book I'd have skimmed it, found some of Giants: Letters from it interesting, but it would not have 'hit home' in the way that it does now. I believe it came to me not just because I was likely to give it a favourable review [ ''full disclosure The Bookbag's u.s.p. is that people chose their own books rather than getting them randomly, so there is a doctor abroad by Saqib Noor]predisposition towards expecting to like the book, even if it doesn't always turn out that way'' ]– but also because it is a book I needed to read, right now.|isbn=1800461682}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1787332098|title=How to Love Animals in a Human-Shaped World|author=Henry Mance[[image:4star.jpg|linkrating=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography5|Autobiography]], [[:Category:genre=Politics and Society|Politics summary=''When we do think about animals, we break them down into species and groups: cows, dogs, foxes, elephants and so on. And we assign them places in society: cows go on plates, dogs on sofas, foxes in rubbish bins, elephants in zoos, and Society]]millions of wild animals stay out there, ''somewhere,'' hopefully on the next David Attenborough series.''

The letters begin I was going to argue. I mean, cows are for cheese (I couldn't consider eating red meat...) and I much prefer my elephants in the fashion wild but then I realised that I was quibbling for the sake of any young man away from home, perhaps in a quite exciting country, writing back it. Essentially that quote sums up my attitude to family animals - and friends I consider myself an animal lover. If I had to tell them choose between the company of his experienceshumans and the company of animals, I would probably choose the sights he's seen and the people he's metanimals. It's just a little different in ''Surgery on the Shoulders of Giants'' thoughI insisted that I read this book: Saqib Noor is a junior doctor, training no one was trying to be an orthopaedic surgeon and over a period of ten years he visited six countries, not as a tourist stop me but to give medical assistanceI was initially reluctant. They're countries which Noor describes as ''fourth world'' - third world with added disaster - I eat cheese, eggs, chicken and their need is desperate. [[Surgery on the Shoulders of Giants: Letters from a doctor abroad by Saqib Noor|Full Review]]<br> {{newreview|author= Rebecca Asher|title= Man Up|rating= 5|genre= Politics fish and Society|summary= When a couple of years ago I needed to either do so without guilt or change my university introduced compulsory consent workshops along with an option of 'good lad' sessions for boys, all debate broke loosechoices. Shouldn't consent be self-evident for everyone? Would I suspected that making the workshops reinforce the stereotype of 'laddish' boys? Would it all decision would not be about pointing fingers at boys and victimizing girls? What about non-binary people? In short, how could these workshops be anything else than a mission doomed to failure?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1784701807</amazonuk>comfortable.

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===[[Outskirts by John Grindrod]]=== [[imageSometimes the reviewing gods are generous:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Animals and Wildlife|Animals and Wildlife]]at a time when violence against women is much in the news, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] ''OutskirtsA Women's Guide to Claiming Space'' by Eliza Van Cort dropped onto my desk. Now - to be clear - this book is an interesting take on not a phenomenon of the modern age: the introduction of the green belt of countryside surrounding inner city housing estates. John Grindrod grew up on the edge of one such estate in the 1960's and how to disable your attacker with two simple jabs'70manual: it'ssomething far more effective, as he puts it, but discussion at the moment seems to be about how women can be ''I grew up on the last road in London.protected'' Grindrod explores the introduction of the green belt, and the various fights and developments it has gone through over the subsequent decades, as environmental and political arguments have affected planning decisions. Within I've always thought that women need to rise above this topic, he has somehow managed to wind around his personal memories of childhoodbe people who don't need protection, producing a memoir with a lot of heartpeople who claim their own space. [[Outskirts by John Grindrod|Full Review]]<br> {{newreview|author= Carolina de Robertis|title= Radical Hope|rating= 4|genre= Politics and Society|summary= On 8th November 2016 If all women did this, Donald Trump was elected as the 46th President of the United States. Since then many Americans have been overcome with fear, worrying about what will become of American society during Trump's administration. Carolina de Robertis was no exception those few men who are violent to this fear and in response to the newly elected President and his policies she put out a call for action. Radical Hope is the outcome to this call. De Robertis reached out women would realise that we are not just an easy target to fellow writers and activists asking for letters, predominantly letters of love, addressed to the citizens of today and those of past and future generations in order be used to help spread hope during times of uncertaintyprove that they are big men.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0349010102</amazonuk>

{{newreviewFrontpage|author=Matthew d'AnconaPolly Barton|title=Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight BackFifty Sounds|rating=34.5

|summary=Where do I start? I could start with where Barton herself starts, with the question ''Our own post-truth era is what happens when society relaxes its defence of values that underpin cohesion, namely veracity, honesty and accountability.Why Japan?'' I'm old enough or perhaps naive enough to believe that when making Japan has been on my radar for a decision about political voting, you should be able to rely absolutely on what while and if the candidate tells youworld hadn't gone into melt-down I would have visited by now. I've been suspicious for a decade or moremay get there later this year, but itI am not hopeful. And like Barton, I don's become difficult t know the answer to ignore the change question ''why Japan?'' She explains her feelings in political attitudes since Brexit and respect of the election of Donald Trump. With regard to question in the latterfirst essay, when Trump was challenged which is on a statement hethe sound 'd made which was subsequently found to be incorrect, his response was 'giro'Who cares if I got it wrong?'' He was able to tap to – which she describes as being, among other things, the fading concept sound of 'the American Dream' - those Americans who were used every party where you have to waiting patiently in line and who had found themselves overtaken by ''women, immigrants and public sector workersintroduce yourself''.|amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>1785036874</amazonuk>1913097501

{{newreviewFrontpage|author= Stephen MossFabes|title= Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's WildlifeSigns of Life|rating= 45|genre= Animals and WildlifeTravel|summary= Wildlife has been declining in Britain over the last few decades; it is an unfortunate byI was brought up on maps and first-product person narratives of human population growthtales of far away places. I was birth-righted wanderlust and curiosity. Unfortunately, I didn't inherit what Dr. Stephen Fabes clearly had which in was the modern world has increased significantlyguts to simply go out and do it. Through this book Moss suggests a few ways in which we can start I also didn't inherit the kind of steady nerve, ability to talk to bring back some of Britainstrangers and basic practicality that would have meant that I would have survived if I had been gifted with the requisite 'bottle'. In order words I's wildlife without compromising m not the human way sort of life: we can co-exist with natureperson who will get on a bike outside a London hospital and not come home for six years. Fabes did precisely that. |amazonukisbn=<amazonuk>0099581639</amazonuk>1788161211