Politics/Current Affairs

A biography of the Sinn Fein leader, and Taoiseach in waiting, Mary Lou McDonald.

A maverick thinker who's drawn the applause of both the left and right offers a bold new framework for understanding the turmoil in the West

Ten years since the death of the world-renowned and controversial intellectual, this stylish edition is one of twelve commemorating Christopher Hitchens' most wry and provocative works.

A groundbreaking exploration of the difficult decisions Britain faces outside the EU in a fast-changing world.

A greener world won't come for free

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2021

A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020

'A wake-up call ... These women's stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.' Amal Clooney

An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all

Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps - with a new introduction from Sir Ivor Crewe covering Brexit

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the West

An impassioned manifesto from the author of Booker-winner God of Small Things, one of the most vocal campaigners in the world

How the case to abolish conflict failed and heralded the era of 'forever wars'.

Why we should all work less! A radical and pragmatic manifesto for tackling the twin crises of work and care in contemporary capitalism.

The Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or politics, but today corporations and platforms exercise more control over our ability to access information and share knowledge to a greater extent than any state. In Silicon Values, leading campaigner Jillian ...

The radical history of space exploration from the Russian Cosmists to Elon Musk

What does care mean? who exactly is paying for the Global Financial Crisis in term of care?

This book examines the history of Labour's civil wars and the underlying causes of the party's schisms, from the first split of 1931, engineered by Ramsay MacDonald, to the ongoing battle for the future between the incumbent, Keir Starmer, and those who fundamentally altered the party's course under his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn.

Leadership of the United Kingdom is being debated as never before. This book is a clear-sighted and insightful contribution to that debate.

If we care about inequality, we have to talk about private schools

An urgent exploration of the challenges facing democracy today

Part of Virago's Five Gold Reads: Celebrating five decades of the feminist publisher, each of the Five Gold Reads represents an iconic moment in Virago's history, from the 1970s to today. Representing the 2000s, Natasha Walter's highly acclaimed, controversial and much needed look at our highly sexualised culture