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used it to collect snippets of fabric from a range of garments, her own and those of others, and carefully annotated each one. Two hundred years later, the diary came into the hands of dress historian Strasdin who has unravelled the secrets contained within its pages to give a vivid account of Victorian life.
Ian Mortimer Medieval Horizons Bodley Head, 23 February, hb, £20, 9781847927446
General History The acclaimed historian and
author of The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England” gives us a short introduction to the Middle Ages, which forms a companion to his brilliant bestselling primer. Far from being backward, he shows that the people of those times found their horizons— knowledge, experience and understanding of the world— expanding dramatically.
March
James Read Of Cabbages and Kimchi Particular Books, 2 March, hb, £18.99, 9780241455005
Food & Drink A playful and accessible guide
to fermenting at home. Jane Lovett
Deliciously Simple Headline Home, 2 March, hb, £26, 9781472293329
Food & Drink Food writer- author Lovett
looks at the “10 greatest ‘living’ ferments”—fermented foods that are neither cooked nor pasteurised—and places them under the microscope, before cooking with them in all their “delicious versatility”.
Joanna Thornhill Interior Design Masters Quadrille, 2 March, hb, £22, 9781787138582
Homes & Interiors
The interiors expert teams up with contestants and
judges from BBC1’s “Interior Design Masters” to dispense advice on making the most of all your living spaces; from creating a brief and a mood board, to selecting colours, lighting and flooring.
Current affairs
How did a conspiracy theory reshape global politics? How did it
tear families apart, inspire an insurrection and convince millions that a shadowy cabal was hellbent on eating children and only Donald Trump could stop them? Sommer draws on first-hand access to leading figures in the movement to explore how the internet radicalised our politics and convinced millions to believe the unbelievable.
Jon Snow The State of Us Bantam Press, 2 March, hb, £20, 9781787635708
Current affairs
“What sort of society do we want to live in?” This question is
lodged at the heart of this riveting, revealing memoir of Snow’s broadcasting career. Opening with an incredibly moving personal account of the Grenfell fire, it is also a rallying cry for us to recover our sense of community, empower the news media, and tackle the inequality that lies behind so many of our problems today.
Henry Dimbleby, Jemima Lewis Ravenous Profile Books, 2 March, hb, £16.99, 9781800816510
Current affairs
The founder of the Leon restaurant chain and director
Pink Floyd, Jill Furmanovsky, Aubrey Powell Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Tames & Hudson, 1 March, hb, £45, 9780500025987
Music Produced with the involvement of all
band members, this handsomely illustrated official 50th anniversary book with much new material, commemorates the release of perhaps the most enduring Pink Floyd album, presenting rare and unseen backstage footage and on-stage photography of the band during the album tours of 1972 to 1975. It also reveals the visual conception of the iconic album artwork.
Nell Frizzell Holding the Baby Bantam Press, 2 March, hb, £14.99, 9781787635944
Current affairs
Frizzell’s The Panic Years was much discussed. Now this
part-memoir, part-manifesto promises a “hilarious and heartfelt” account of the under-acknowledged post- partum period. It is also a rallying cry against the undermining and short- changing of new parents; looking at the effect of parenting on a career, how we can make childcare affordable and fit for purpose, and more.
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Melanie Sykes Title to be revealed HarperNorth, 2 March, hb, £22, 9780008591472
Biography & Memoirs
TV presenter Sykes (pictured) has navigated
racism, divorce and an autism diagnosis, and come through stronger, “ready to share what she has learnt about living life on your own terms”.
Angela Saini The Patriarchs Fourth Estate, 2 March, hb, £20, 9780008418113
Current affairs
I’m a fan of Saini’s books and science journalism. In this
“bold and radical” new work, she goes in search of the roots of what we call the patriarchy, from the world’s earliest known human settlements, to the latest research findings in science. She asks what role we all play— women included—in keeping patriarchal structures alive.
Will Sommer Trust the Plan Fourth Estate, 2 March, hb, £20, 9780008466763
The Bookseller Buyer’s Guide Non-Fiction
Peter Frankopan The Earth Transformed Bloomsbury Publishing, 2 March, hb, £30, 9781526622563
General History Frankopan reveals the
extent to which climate has been overlooked as a crucial theme in global history, shaping the rise and fall of civilisations across time. Taking us from the beginning of recorded time to the present day, he demonstrates that concerns about climate change are nothing new and seeks to
of the Sustainable Restaurant Association teams up with journalist Lewis to reveal how the global food system that shapes the modern diet is killing both us and the planet. They explain what we can do to avert impending disaster. Prue Leith and Tom Kerridge are both impressed by Dimbleby’s mooted National Food Strategy.
James Roberts Two Lights September Publishing, 2 March, hb, £16.99, 9781912836178
Natural History & Pets
This “stylistically innovative and hauntingly beautiful” book is the author’s
account of a life spent in search of wilderness and connection to other species, and how in a period of intense, soul-stripping loss and depression, he found in the resilience of wild creatures, a way back to life again.
Merryn Glover The Hidden Fires Polygon, 2 March, hb, £14.99, 9781846975752
Travel Writing
In 2019, Glover was appointed the first writer in residence
for the Cairngorms National Park. This book was written in response to Nan Shepherd’s classic work The Living Mountain as a “conversation between two women over time”, comparing their parallel experiences of the Cairngorms landscape.
“expand the horizons of how we look at history”.
Roma Agrawal Nuts and Bolts Hodder & Stoughton, 2 March, hb, £22, 9781529340075
General History In this gem of an
explainer, structural engineer Agrawal explores how seven simple inventions—the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, string, and the pump —have shaped our world, from the handmade Roman nails that led to modern skyscrapers to how humble lenses helped her conceive a child against the odds.
Will Harris Brother Poem Granta Poetry, 2 March, pb, £10.99, 9781915051042
Poetry At the heart of this “speculative-poetic”
by the Forward Prize-winning, T S Eliot-shortlisted author of Rendang is a sequence addressed to a fictional brother and an attempt to reckon with the past while mourning what never existed, thus creating a “moving portrait of contemporary anxieties around language and the need to communicate”.
Nancy Birtwhistle The Green Gardening Handbook One Boat, 2 March, hb, £14.99, 9781035003716
Gardening Birtwhistle’s third eco-friendly
book is a guide to gardening and growing at home with a sustainable outlook; including advice on when to plant potatoes, what sort of fertiliser to use, seasonal recipes, tips for getting kids involved, and much more.
Hadley Freeman Good Girls Fourth Estate, 2 March, hb, £16.99, 9780008322670
Health, Self-Help & Parenting
This eagerly awaited memoir from
the Sunday Times columnist charts her experience of anorexia and mental ill-health, beginning with the trigger that sparked her illness, and moving through four hospitalisations as she offers insights into her struggles as well as advice and support for those similarly afflicted.
Tanya Frank Zig-Zag Boy William Collins, 2 March, hb, £16.99, 9780008382841
Biography & Memoirs
Pitched at readers of Beautiful Boy and About a Son,
this “powerful and moving” début is the author’s account of how her son Zach fell into psychosis during the pandemic. It’s also about the shocking state of healthcare provision both in the UK and the US, and what it’s like to fear for the life of someone we love.
Danni Brooke The Girl for the Job Macmillan, 2 March, hb, £16.99, 9781035006694
Biography & Memoirs
For more than a decade Brooke was one of
the most effective female undercover cops in the UK. This is her “exciting, intriguing and at times jaw-dropping” memoir.
Aarathi Prasad Silk William Collins, 2 March, hb, £20, 9780008451844
General History Billed as the first biological
and cultural history of silk, this “gorgeous” book spans
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