17 May 2023
Is whipping up drama from everyday life down to personality? Or could it be caused by something deeper that warrants investigation? Scott Lyons's new book explores what might fuel those who thrive on the dramatic
23 November 2022
The threat of climate change permeates this visually stunning, memorable film about a couple living through drought in the Bolivian highlands
14 September 2022
In unstable times we need to think clearly about the future. There is a lot to learn from David Christian's Future Stories: A user's guide to the future, an ambitious book with a Big History approach
8 June 2022
Big data can help us make better life decisions argues a thought-provoking new book, but there are some important flaws in the argument
27 April 2022
From the discovery of the first subatomic particle to the confirmation of the Higgs boson in 2012, Suzie Sheehy's account of experiments that changed our world is detailed but lively
13 April 2022
This moving book sees neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo explore the effect on her cognitive functioning when she fell in love with a fellow scientist
30 March 2022
Andrea Arnold’s documentary debut, featuring a loveable dairy cow, prompts difficult questions about raising animals entirely for human benefit
23 March 2022
A true-crime series on IMDb TV takes a slightly too po-faced look into a theft from an invertebrate zoo where things weren't quite as they seemed
16 March 2022
Netflix's new film about recent Boeing plane crashes is a damning account of why the disasters happened and who was responsible
19 January 2022
A TV adaptation of the hit 2014 novel by Emily St John Mandel shows that culture and humanity can survive even the collapse of civilisation
