How did we reach this point and what future might await Palestine? This “frank and sober” discussion between two leading figures in the Palestine resistance movement provides an “essential” overview of Palestinian intellectual and political history and “insightful” contemporary geopolitical analysis.


Michael Lewis ( 4) Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State


Allen Lane, 6th, £25, HB, 9780241807781


The author of The Big Short and Flash Boys returns with a wild ride through the “destruction of the US government”, and the story of the unsung heroes – the Blockers – whose lifelong devotion to the nation they serviced would quickly provoke the wrath of Elon Musk and other tech bros. No reading material was available at the time of writing but it sounds riveting.


Gideon Rachman War Is Interested in You: The Breakdown of the International Order and the Threat of World War Three


Bodley Head, 22nd, £25, HB, 9781847928986


With its title taken from a Trotsky quote and drawing on access to world leaders and intelligence chiefs, the Orwell Prize-winning FT chief foreign affairs commentator and host of the Rachman Review podcast presents a “rich, uniquely well-sourced and deeply insightful” analysis of global affairs that lays bare the risk of a third world war.


Maria Ressa ( 5) The Fight Back WH Allen, 15th, £17.99, HB, 9780753562901


I was lucky enough to interview awesome Filipino Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ressa for this magazine in 2022. Packed with steps ordinary citizens can take to fight back, this is her practical and positive guide to resisting authoritarianism and saving democracy.


Joe Sacco, Chris Hedges Requiem for Gaza Cape, 8th, £20, HB, 9781787336780


In the spring of 2025, comics legend Sacco and investigative reporter Hedges travelled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza. This “profound and unflinching” graphic work presents their


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testimonies. No advance material was available but obviously an important book.


Delia Smith


Us: Nine Ingredients to Change Our World Canongate, 22nd, £12.99, HB, 97818327267385


In a short and striking treatise on how ordinary people hold the key to creating real change, Smith shares nine lessons from her long and eventful life in a book billed as “the closest we will get to an autobiography”. She explores how goodness and kindness are currently being eclipsed by oppression and confusion, and why true politics can only come from the people. Foreword by Brian Eno; afterword by Jamie Kelsey, a leader of the Global Citizens’ Assembly movement.


Film & music


Clio Doyle From the Vault: Studies in Taylor Swift, from Lyrics to Literature


Hutchinson Heinemann, 29th, £16.99, HB, 9781529154627


Doyle is an award-winning academic and creator of the UK’s first university module on Taylor Swift and English Literature. She makes a passionate case that examining Swift’s lyrics through the lens of high art illuminates the complexity, ingenuity and sheer pleasure of her songs.


John Eliot Gardiner Monteverdi and His Constellation


William Collins, 8th, £30, HB, 9780008454586


Positioning him as one of the seven leading lights of the 16th and 17th centuries, amid Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, Rubens, Shakespeare and Caravaggio, an “unconventional, brilliant” new biography of composer Claudio Monteverdi from the acclaimed conductor.


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Sarah Fritz Madame Composer: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann


The History Press, 29th, £25, HB, 9781837051441


Promising new discoveries, this first new biography of Clara Schumann since 1985 is said to be a “triumphant and striking portrait of a cultural icon”, which celebrates her as a canon-maker who curated the repertoire we now regard as sacred.


George Harrison, Olivia Harrison (ed) The Third Eye


Ebury Spotlight, 8th, £45, HB, 9781529976052


With the vast majority published for the first time, this is Harrison’s own “intimate, beautiful” anthology of 200 never- before-collected photos of the Beatles at work and at play. We are promised a “window into the mind of a truly great artist” and a “deeply personal record of a transformative cultural moment”. Foreword by Colm Tóibín; afterword by George Saunders.


Jean-Michael Jarre Machines: A History of Electronic Music


Thames & Hudson, 29th, £50, HB, 9780500031506


Featuring myriad photos of instruments from Jarre’s archive and studio, and detailed specifications, this is billed as the definitive illustrated story of electronic sound, from the First World War to the AI-enabled future, presented by the “godfather of the genre”.


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Gary Kemp, Simon Halfon 1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and The Beatles:


The Address Book That Defined an Era HarperCollins, 13th, £25, HB, 9780008822606


Based on singer- songwriter Kemp’s acquisition of Brian Epstein’s address book, this promises a unique portrait of The Beatles and the vibrant culture of the 1960s, through the “universe” of names contained within it


Jim Lea, Daryl Easlea How Does It Feel? Slade and Beyond


Omnibus, 22nd, £20, HB, 9781915841766


In a “deeply personal” autobiography, the final member of the band Slade to share his story reflects on his life and music in “the book that every Slade fan has been waiting for”.


Emily Lordi


Holding Lightning: The Life, Loves and Art of Whitney Houston


White Rabbit, 1st, £25, HB, 9781399610612


“She was The Voice and then she was a tragedy.” US writer Lordi aims to get behind this simplistic narrative to show how hard Whitney Houston worked to become herself, share her gifts at the height of her powers and “passionately reset her own end”.


Kat Maher-Smith, Nicola Slavin, Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera: A Behind-the-Mask Look at the Global Phenomenon


Ebury, 29th, £40, HB, 9781529977592


Authored by Lloyd Webber and his production company, an official illustrated 40th anniversary celebration of the long-running musical,


with contributions from cast past and present and featuring never- before-seen material.


Jonathan Mannion Originals: The Classic Hip-Hop Photography of Jonathan Mannion


Thames & Hudson, 14th, £50, HB, 9780500025895


With images that have shaped the global identity of artists including Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Lauryn Hill and Snoop Dogg, this first book to showcase the work of Mannion, “the king of hip-hop photography”, also includes the stories behind the shots.


Nicko McBrain Hello Boys and Girls! HarperCollins, 22nd, £22, HB, 9780008829919


“Strap in – Nicko McBrain is finally telling his story – and he’s doing it his way.” The “thrilling, hilarious and deeply personal” autobiography of the Iron Maiden drummer promises “a front-row seat to one of heavy metal’s greatest lives”.


Alan Niven Sound N’ Fury: Rock N’ Roll Stories


ECW Press, 29th, £20.99, PB, 9781770419940


The former manager of Guns N’ Roses reveals what it is like to live the rock ’n’ roll life, through a wealth of anecdotes featuring the likes of the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Elton John.


Denis O’Regan Queen: Forever – An Intimate Portrait of Queen’s Final Tour


Welbeck, 1st, £40, HB, 9781035446001


Relive Queen’s Magic tour and Freddie Mercury’s poignant final


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