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SOUTHEASTER by Haroldo Conti
Oct 01, 2015
Written by
Jon Wright
We meet Boga in a lonely corner of rural Argentina, the Paraná Delta, where he cuts reeds in the company of a taciturn old man. Life is dull but peaceful, and there is ample catfish for the dinner table
SIENA: City of Secrets by Jane Tylus
Oct 01, 2015
Written by
Jules Stewart
Siena is a sensationally beautiful city with an illustrious history, a true rival to Florence in the Middle Ages. It is a city of excitement, home to the Palio, a bareback horse race around the city’s conch-shaped Piazza del Campo
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING directed by Avi Lewis
Sep 29, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
The big-screen adaptation of Naomi Klein’s popular book attempts to galvanise public support to demand changes to fight climate change
PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall
Sep 23, 2015
Written by
Mark Cooper-Jones
Living in stable Western democracies, it's sometimes possible to see how Francis Fukuyama concluded we had reached the 'end of history'
EVEREST (3D) directed by Baltasar Kormákur
Sep 18, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
An impressive big-budget blockbuster that brings the gritty reality of mountain-climbing to life
HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD directed by Jerry Rothwell
Sep 03, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Environmental activism is so commonplace nowadays as to be almost unremarkable. This film tells the story of the very first people to try to change the world in this way
WHY ARE WE WAITING? The Logic, Urgency, and Promise of Tackling Climate Change by Nicholas Stern
Sep 01, 2015
Written by
Jon Wright
It might be argued that humanity’s limited capacity for noble self-sacrifice and its puny reserves of foresight are never going to save the planet. I’d prefer to think our better angels will prevail, and I suspect Nicholas Stern would agree
ON THE NILE: In the Golden Age of Travel by Andrew Humphreys
Sep 01, 2015
Written by
Mick Herron
‘Most wonderfully oriental and novel to English people,’ was the verdict of Miss Riggs of Hampstead on visiting Cairo in 1869, one stop on a whirlwind tour organised by the young Thomas Cook
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