A fascinating celebration of the human body - and a warning about its abuse
I Will Never See the World Again is both a haunting account of journalist and author Ahmet Altan’s trial and imprisonment and an invigorating testament to the consolations of the mind
Mixing memoir and psychology with a dash of self-help, Catherine Gray's new book positions itself as a manifesto for recalibrating how we think about singlehood
Fire On All Sides is Rhodes's diary of his five-month European concert tour in 2016
Catherine Blyth’s On Time is a pithy attempt to understand time, why it always feels like it’s speeding up, and how we might try to reclaim it
Brendan Daly goes up, up and away during a trip to the picturesque wilds of Catalonia
Breathlessly paced, ricocheting across the Atlantic, written in a clean, unfussy style.
History/Politics; 1956: The Year in Revolt ; By Simon Hall; Faber & Faber, €27
Language Unbecoming a Lady reveals how ‘Robert in accounts’ became The Divine Diana
This shallow, sophomoric text confuses titillation with a genuine examination of the subject
NON-FICTION; One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment; By Mei Fong; Oneworld Publications, €17.25
This timely anthology is a supple and touching exploration of exile and defiance, love and loss
Fannin harnesses great humour from the juxtaposition of the sacred and profane