REVIEWS
THE WORLD’S GREAT WONDERS: How They were Made and Why They are Amazing by Jheni Osman
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
There’s a school of thought that suggests that understanding how something came to be robs it of its wonder, the same way that a magic trick, once explained, ceases to impress
OFF THE MAP: Lost Places, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Lands, Feral Places by Alastair Bonnett
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
Alastair Bonnett was one of psycho-geography’s pioneers, intent on transforming the ‘generic blandscapes’ that surround us. Even the ordinary can become magical once it’s re-oriented
CITY OF LIES: Love, Sex, Death and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Bijan Omrani
It’s perhaps an open secret that nothing in Iran is as it seems. The regime’s strictures, pressures caused by decades of international isolation, and recent sanctions in response to Iran’s nuclear programme combined have placed extraordinary stress on Iranian society
GOING SOLO: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Herron
During the past half-century, Eric Klinenberg tells us, ‘a remarkable social experiment’ has taken place; the long-standing model of behaviour in which humans always grouped together has been overtaken by one in which more and more of us are living alone
CAN SCIENCE FIX CLIMATE CHANGE? by Mike Hulme
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Matt Law
The Plan A of climate change mitigation – namely an international agreement to cut emissions – isn’t working, as demonstrated by the unsatisfactory outcome of the 2009 Copenhagen summit. Can science provide us with a Plan B?
BEYOND THE EDGE (3D) directed by Leanne Pooley
Jun 01, 2014
Written by
Mick Conefrey
Mixing dramatised reconstructions and original footage from the 1953 film The Conquest of Everest, as well as a large number of original photographs, this tells the story of the 1953 expedition principally from Ed Hillary’s point of view
JUNKYARD PLANET: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter
May 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
There’s a great deal of money to be made from scrap. Adam Minter reports that the global recycling industry can turn over US$500billion every year and that only the agricultural sector employs more people
MAPS OF MALAYA AND BORNEO: Discovery, Statehood and Progress by Frédéric Durand and Dato’ Richard Curtis
May 01, 2014
Written by
Jonathan Wright
This beautifully produced volume contains 160 maps from the collections of Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Dato’ Richard Curtis, ranging from the early-16th to the late-20th centuries, and tell an extraordinary tale of political change, cultural encounter and the advancement of…
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