Social & ethical issues

Conventional wisdom would have us believe that it is the size of your network that matters: how many people do you know? We're told to mix, mingle, and connect. But social science research suggests otherwise. The quality and structure of our relationships have far greater impact on our personal a...

Extroverts have all the fun. Or so Jessica Pan thought. When she found herself jobless and friendless, sitting in the familiar Jess-shaped crease on her sofa, she couldn't help but wonder what life might have looked like if she had been a little more open to new experiences and new people, a litt...

We are all bombarded with advice about what we should and shouldn't eat, and new scientific discoveries are announced every day. Yet the more we are told about nutrition, the less we seem to understand. Through his pioneering scientific research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how littl...

For centuries, philosophers and scholars have described human behaviour in terms of sex, power and money. In 'The Status Game', author Will Storr radically turns this thinking on its head by arguing that it is our irrepressible craving for status that ultimately defines who we are.

Philosopher and journalist Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells seven stories of people undergoing radical alteration of their beliefs and senses of the world, prising apart what their examples can teach us about opening ourselves up to changes in opinion. What if you aren't who you think you are? What if ...

By applying conventional thinking to complex social problems, we often perpetuate the very problems we try so hard to solve, but it is possible to think differently and get different results. David Stroh enables readers to contribute more effectively to society by helping them understand what sys...

Tony is facing eviction instead of enjoying retirement; Limarra isn't 'homeless enough' to get help from the council; and for Kelly and her asthmatic son Morgan, another new rented house is a matter of life and death. This is 21st century Britain, where millions are trying to build lives in priva...

We all know deep down that these are the 'make or break' years for humanity and the planet and that we cannot flee to another world: but what can any of us really do about it? This title has many of the answers, laid out in an accessible and entertaining way, filled with astonishing statistics an...

Acclaimed foreign correspondent Ben Judah immerses himself in the world of London's immigrants - from the richest to the poorest - to discover the complex and varied individuals who are making London what it is today. Now in paperback. This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, ...

Knowing more has never meant more. Gender identity ideology is about more than Twitter storms and using the right pronouns. In just ten years, laws, company policies, school and university curricula, sport, medical protocols, and the media have been reshaped to privilege self-declared gender iden...