offers a blueprint for achieving equity in our rapidly changing global landscape. He finds reasons for hope.


Current affairs, politics & activsim


Peter Apps Homesick: How Housing Broke London and How to Fix It


Oneworld, 25th, £18.99, HB, 9781836430360


Tracing the past 40 years of housing policy, the Orwell Prize-winning author of Show Me the Bodies follows a diverse group of Londoners through the decades, and explores ways in which the issue of housing in the capital might transform from a market for private profit to a place its residents can properly call home.


Andrew and Jihi Bustamante Shadow Cell


Headline Press, 9th, £22, HB, 9781035412402


In a “thrilling” first-hand account which provides an “unprecedented insider view of 21st-century spycraft”, the husband and wife authors and former CIA intelligence officers relate how they triumphed against the odds in a deadly cat-and-mouse game against a mole within the intelligence agency.


Vince Cable Eclipsing the West: China, India and the Forging of a New World


Manchester UP, 16th, £20, HB, 9781526179821


The former Liberal Democrat politician and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills offers a “compelling” account of what the rise of the Asian superstates of China and India means for the future amid the crumbling of the international order.


Noam Chomsky, José Mujica Surviving the Twenty-First Century


Verso, 30th, £12.99, PB, 9781804299517


A companion to a new documentary film by Saúl Alvídrez, narrated by Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, this brings together two renowned political writers to discuss freedom, power and the biggest challenges of the 21st century.


Nick Clegg How to Save the Internet: The Threat to Global Connection


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in the Age of AI and Political Conflict Bodley Head, 4th, £25, HB, 9781847928597


The former Deputy Prime Minister and senior executive at Meta presents his blueprint for reforming Big Tech while preserving the essential openness of the internet. While acknowledging that mistakes have been made in Silicon Valley, he also makes the case the many of the charges against them are “vastly overstated or simply untrue”.


Lady Hale


With The Law on Our Side: How the Law Works for Everyone and How We Can Make It Work Better


Bodley Head, 18th, £25, HB, 9781847926579


The trail-blazing former President of the Supreme Court takes us on a “deeply entertaining”, top-to-bottom tour of the legal system in this country, told through real cases in real courts; from benefit tribunals and magistrates courts to the Royal Courts of Justice and the Old Bailey.


Sarah Housley ( 3) Designing Hope: Visions to Shape Our Future


The Indigo Press, 2nd, £14.99, HB, 9781911648970


What happened to the sci-fi golden age of the 1950s when futurism flourished as a discipline and drove innovation? Design futurist and trend forecaster Housley aims to reset our expectations through the lens of four emerging futures, showing visions of hope to inspire action and critical thinking about the world to come.


Valentine Low Power and the Palace: The Inside Story of the Monarchy and 10 Downing Street


Headline Press, 11th, £25, HB, 9781035418817


In this follow-up to his book Courtiers, Low draws on his high-level access to both the Palace and 10 Downing Street to lift the lid on the intimate relationship between sovereign and government and how it has changed over the past 200 years.


Mark Mazower On Antisemitism: A Word in History


Allen Lane, 23rd, £25, HB, 9780241722909


What do we mean when we talk about anti-Semitism? Billed as an urgent intervention on a highly contentious


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subject, this tries to correct misunderstandings and seeks to illuminate rather than blame.


Cass R Sunstein On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom


MIT, 2nd, £27, HB, 9780262049771


Harvard professor Sunstein, who was also an adviser to presidents Obama and Biden, mounts a defence of liberalism – what it is, why it is under threat, and why we need it more than ever.


Film, TV, music & gaming


Howard Berger, Marshall Julius Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures


Welbeck, 11th, £40, HB, 9781802798456


What makes a great movie monster? This richly illustrated celebration of monsters, monster movies and monster movie-makers features dozens of interviews with artists and film-makers including John Carpenter, Joe Dante, Tom Savini and Russell T Davies.


Keith Cameron 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers


White Rabbit, 11th, £30, HB, 9781399607407


“The story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop.” Drawing on hours of new interviews and delving into the genesis of 168 songs, this is a new “definitive” history of the Manics, written with the band’s full cooperation.


Eleanor Chan Duet: An Artful History of Music


Duckworth, 18th, £25, HB, 9780715655719


“What if we could see music as vividly as we hear it?” In this jaunty history of music, Chan – a classically trained musician, art historian and BBC New Generation Thinker – takes us on an engaging journey through sound and vision, aiming to forever change the way we see music.


Robert Elms


Blitz: The Club That Created the Eighties Faber, 25th, £20, HB, 9780571394180


The radio broadcaster and writer presents a history of the short-lived Blitz Club in London’s Covent Garden (which he himself frequented) and explains how it was the catalyst for a “counter- cultural blast against all that Thatcher’s leadership had ushered in”. Ties in with a Design Museum exhibition.


Jill Furmanovsky, Noel Gallagher Oasis: Trying to Find a Way Out of Nowhere


Thames & Hudson, 14th Oct, £47.94, HB, 9780500030646


Released to coincide with Oasis’ reunion tour, this contains more than 500 photos by Furmanovsky that document the dramatic career of Oasis on stage, backstage and in the studio. The images are accompanied by a commentary from Noel Gallagher.


Alan Green Sound Advice: Timeless Life Lessons from 80s Pop


Salt, 1st, £12.99, PB, 9781784633585


Making unlikely connections between ABBA and Einstein, Iron Maiden and Bob Marley and Darwin, this voyage of self-discovery aims to


combine the immersive joy of listening to pop music with simple and practical advice on healthy lifestyle habits.


Tim Greiving John Williams: A Composer’s Life OUP, £31.99, HB, 9780197620885 Drawing on more than 20 hours of new interviews with the man himself, this is billed as the first major biography of film composer Williams, which also includes new interviews with the likes of Steven Spielberg and Yo-Yo Ma.


Dan Jennings Paul Weller: Dancing Through Fire: The Authorised Oral History


Constable, 11th, £30, HB, 9781408721636


Marking the first time that Paul Weller has authorised a biographical book, which he will also support, this explores the narrative of his musical career, weaving together stories, insights and perspectives from the man himself, and drawing on access to his inner circle.


Mark Kermode, Jenny Nelson Mark Kermode’s Surround Sound: The Stories of Movie Music


Picador, 11th, £18.99, HB, 9781447230564


Taking in dozens of interviews with the likes of Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead and Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley, plus the stories behind soundtracks including Never Let Me Go and Blade Runner, Kermode and Nelson explore the stories behind film music scores.


Joe O’Connell Ultimate Anime: 100 Essential Films and Series


Books New Titles: Non-Fiction


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