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Make it Human outlines a vision for a human-led future of work. It includes practical models, new insights and real-life stories, illustrating how we can nurture workplace cultures to invigorate human growth both for us and for generations to come.
An extremely timely reevaluation of the "lost" Labour Prime Minister. The man who set the course for the last Labour government, and in whom many see the future of the next.
Following Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine, the world is suddenly gripped by concerns over energy security. And yet, there is an even greater threat ahead - one that is even more likely to shape the events of the 21st century than the competition for oil or gas. The combination of an ever-increasing global population, climate change, industrialisation, urbanisation and limited natural resources, means that one challenge, above all, will shape the political, economic and security environment in the years ahead. That challenge is water. If people and nations will fight for fossil fuels, it is nothing to what they will do for most vital natural resource of all. As a doctor, a politician who has dealt with both security and economic issues and a concerned citizen who has worked with WaterAid, Liam Fox tells the story of water and the challenges it presents in a more complete way than ever before. The Coming Storm links together a range of issues which are often written about separately but seldom together and issues a comprehensible and compelling call for urgent action.
Anyone under 40 is caught in the Inheritance Economy; where opportunity is defined not by what you learn or earn, but by what you inherit. Family wealth is keeping families together but widening social equality in the process and this is only going to intensify. Today's millennials are at the epicentre of a great wealth transfer. Over the next three decades roughly GBP5.5 trillion of family money and assets will be passed down the generations, altering the financial and social dynamics of the country. Forget the generation gap; the real fault line within generations is now between those who can rely on family financial support, and those that can't. How is this extraordinary movement of familial wealth shaping the lives of those who give, and those who hope to receive? How will this slow-motion financial revolution shape the lives of those who won't benefit from it? The inheritance economy is a story of winners and losers, but it's also a story of huge social change, economic realignment and political controversy. Centred on families' stories that illustrate the economic dilemma in Britain, taking in interviews with leading historians, economists, sociologists and politicians along the way, Inheritance Trap is a fresh and compelling exploration of our recent past and a future that will be shaped - for better or worse - by the largest transference of wealth in human history. A timely and important survey of a burning issue of our time. Forget intergenerational unfairness, we're already living in something more pervasive; an inheritance economy which is restricting opportunity, forcing families together and pulling society apart.
In this remarkable true story, Christopher Andrew, best-selling official biographer of MI5, brings to life one of the most surprising and fascinating tales of espionage ever told.
This brilliant deep-dive into international law offers a unique perspective onto an unjust war that has cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and threatens to overturn the accepted world order, through the lens of its key protagonist.
Michael AshcroftâEUR(TM)s new book follows the journey of a politician who has quickly become an outspoken and charismatic presence in British public life and who promises to be a lively addition to the government should Labour win the next general election.
A masterful survey of one of the most influential but under-examined roles in politics.
Like its prequel, the bestselling Get It On, Go To War draws heavily on the recollections of the footballers and managers who set the tone for the decade, providing a unique insight into the contemporary game and blending football stories with historical, political and cultural insights.
Why Vote is an expertly written, accessible guide to why you should exercise your democratic mandate, no matter how bored, frustrated or alienated you are, gives you the motivation to do so, and shows you the tools to make a positive change in your own society.
The larger-than-life story of Britain's foremost writer on intelligence and espionage.
A brilliant souvenir for all fans of West Ham of their momentous, trophy-winning season.
Full of passionate and personal argument, Veiled Threat is an indictment on a divided Britain that dominates and systematically others Muslim women at every level.
Commissioned by the UK's Prime Minister in September 2022, Mission Zero was the largest engagement exercise on net zero conducted to date. There were over 1,800 written evidence submissions to the review, which also held over fifty evidence roundtable sessions, visiting every devolved nation and region in the UK.
With the strong possibility of Labour forming our next government in 2024, it is fascinating to consider the last time the party stood on the verge of power, back in 1997. At that time, future Europe Minister Denis MacShane had a ringside seat that he would occupy for the next decade or so, living through the Cool Britannia years, the Good Friday Agreement, Peter Mandelson's two resignations, Princess Diana's death and Tony Blair's seeming invincibility. New Labour may be remembered as an unstoppable force, but what MacShane's diaries reveal is that whilst all seemed outwardly to be going well, the personal rivalries, slights and petty jealousies of the party's big beasts meant that it was never far from disaster. MacShane was a regular in Downing Street from the moment of Labour's election victory, and his indiscreet, gossipy diaries show figures such as Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, Peter Mandelson, Clare Short and Alastair Campbell in a light in which they've never before been seen, detailing the personalities as much as the politics of Labour's most successful stint in government.
The must-read political book of the year, Power Trip is the explosive new memoir from one of Westminsters most controversial figures. From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No. 10 as a pivotal member of Gordon Browns inner circle before a notorious scandal propelled him out of Downing Street and onto the front pages. Known by friend and foe as Mad Dog or McPoison, Browns right-hand man demonstrated a ruthless desire to protect and promote New Labours number two, whatever the cost. Laying bare his journey from naive civil servant to disgraced spin-doctor, McBride writes candidly about his experiences at the elbows of Brown, Balls and Miliband, detailing the internecine feuds, political plots and media manipulation that lay at New Labours core. The first genuine insider account of the Brownite camp, Power Trip is an eye-watering expos of British politics and a compelling story of the struggles and scandals that populate the political world.
The Best of Enemies is the political diaries of one of the most significant politicians of the late twentieth century. Covering the Thatcher/Major period - during which time Norman Fowler held prominent positions in the Cabinet and as party chairman - Fowler's diaries observe both Prime Ministers, and their Cabinet colleagues, at close quarters.
For many people, Gary Newbon is the face of British sports broadcasting. This is Newbon's incredible story of his time as one of the UK's most popular and versatile sports presenters, which included fifty years of TV sports presenting, first with ITV and then with Sky Sports.
Torrid Times is the terrifyingly funny new collection of cartoons by The Times's master satirist, Peter Brookes.
In this characteristically nuanced and calmly objective study, the witty literary critic guides us through the increasingly rocky terrain of triggering. His advice rings clear: literature matters, to us and what we make of our world, and it must be handled with critical care.
Books have been published chronicling all of the UK's Prime Ministers. But what about those who failed to make it? In this often wildly entertaining anthology, Nigel Fletcher brings together key details of each failed opposition leader from Charles James Fox in 1783 to the modern day.
The speed of Rishi Sunak's advance to 10 Downing Street is without precedent in modern British politics. Casting new light on Sunak's tense working relationship with his predecessor, Boris Johnson, All to Play For shows what makes the Prime Minister tick ahead of a general election whose outcome will have profound consequences for Britain's future.
Thewelcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of Britain's fondnostalgia for the Second World War. But there was a darker side to this story, both before and during the conflict. Then, as now, there was great suspicion, resentment and fear - much of it kindled by Britain's infamous tabloid press.Then, as now, government dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees byhiding behind bureaucratic hurdles. In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts were a significant presence in British politics andsupport for Hitler went right to the top. In 1940, shortly before the Blitz, the recently abdicated Edward VIII even told a Spanish journalist that Britainought to be bombed to bring it to its senses and stop it opposing the Nazis. Many of the10,000 Kindertransport children have warm memories of the kindnessthey were shown, but around half a million anti-fascist and Jewish refugeeswere refused entry and most of them died as a result. Once here, German Jews, especially, found their troubles far from over - 30,000 were rounded up andplaced in internment camps. One passenger ship, the Dunera, waspacked with an unhappy combination of German Jews and pro-Nazi sympathisers anddespatched to Australia. Making use ofin-depth research and first-hand interviews, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye onthe wartime era to paint a picture of what life was really like in Britain forrefugees from fascism.
We Were Blackwater provides a unique, revelatory insight into this high-octane, life-and-death world, where adventurers and wannabes can thrive or die, living out their dreams and their fantasies with fearsome firepower and few, if any, rules.
In this rousing polemic, David Skelton explores the roots and reality of this new snobbery, calling for an end to the divisive culture war and the creation of a new politics of the common good, empowering workers, remaking the economy and placing communities centre stage.
During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself it must modernise. The bankrupt, steam-powered railway, run by a Colonel Blimp, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country; the future lay in motorways and high-speed electric - or even atomic - express trains. But plans for a gleaming new railway system ended in failure and on the roads traffic ground to a halt. Along came Dr Beeching, forensically analysing the railways' problems and expertly delivering his diagnosis: a third of the nation's railways must go. Local services were destroyed, rural England sacrificed for tarmac and wheel - at least that is how Dr Beeching is remembered today. Last Trains examines why and how the railway system contracted, exposing the political failures that bankrupted the railways and scrutinising the attempts of officials to understand a transport revolution beyond their control. It is a story of the increasing alienation of bureaucrats from the public they thought they were serving, but also of a nation struggling to come to terms with modernity.
During a long career in journalism, Andy McSmith encountered Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a Siberian town called Bratsk; dined with Sir Edward Heath in his home in Salisbury; was mugged in the street while visiting Moscow with John Major; and knew Boris Johnson as a colleague with an ambition to be something more than just a journalist.
No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason will offer a fascinating overview of the nature of crime reporting and how it has changed over the past thirty-five years or so. Lively and insightful, this is a wonderful blend of storytelling and analysis.
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