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Make Me Well by Xand van Tulleken – an eye-opening takedown of wellness myths
By Simon Usborne
The engaging TV doctor dismantles the spurious science behind modern day snake oils, from collagen to turmeric
#Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #Culture #Healthwellbeing #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #SimonUsborne
Peasants by Maryam Aslany review – why an ancient way of life may hold the key to our future
By Joe Moran
Modernity means cities – or so we’re told. This bold new study of those who make their living from the land argues otherwise
#Historybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #JoeMoran
‘We have been dispossessed’: Nick Hayes on land rights and a peaceful revolution at the real Toad Hall
By Patrick Barkham
The co-founder of the Right to Roam campaign and author of The Book of Trespass discusses the Oxfordshire riverside community he calls home and how Hardwick Hall has been taken back by the people
#Books #Environment #Scienceandnaturebooks #Culture #TheGuardian #PatrickBarkham
On the Equality of All Things by Carlo Rovelli review – a physicist’s guide to life, the universe and everything
By Farrah Jarral
Near-mystical musings from a scientist who believes we are on the brink of a revolution in understanding ourselves
#Scienceandnaturebooks #Philosophybooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #FarrahJarral
Thank you, Phil Gates, for nearly 40 years of country diaries | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Jim McManners says Phil’s columns have inspired his teaching, while Ann MacAskill says she intends to follow his marvelling method
#TheGuardian #Newspapers #UKnews #Books #Ruralaffairs #Scienceandnaturebooks #Culture #Teaching #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’ guide to 49 threatened British birds wins Wainwright book of the year
By Ella Creamer
The Book of Birds is a twist on classic field guides from the creators of bestseller The Lost Words
#Books #Awardsandprizes #Culture #RobertMacfarlane #JackieMorris #Scienceandnaturebooks #Birds #TheGuardian #EllaCreamer
What Should My Children Do? by Daniel Susskind review – the case for embracing tech in the classroom
By Simon Usborne
A refreshingly optimistic book that asks us to grasp the educational opportunities of AI, rather than shrink from them
#Technologybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #AIartificialintelligence #Culture #TheGuardian #SimonUsborne
Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
By Steven Poole
The author of Guns, Germs and Steels falters in this flawed study of whether individuals really make a difference
#JaredDiamond #Historybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #Culture #WilliamShakespeare #ChristopherMarlowe #TheGuardian #StevenPoole
From Booker-listed Marlon James to a memoir by Michael Douglas – the biggest books this autumn
By Guardian Staff
Midlife meditations from Barbara Kingsolver; musical portraits by Jonathan Coe and Yiyun Li; plus memoirs from Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench – all among the coming season’s highlights
#Books #Culture #Fiction #Autobiographyandmemoir #Scienceandnaturebooks #Historybooks #Biographybooks #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
‘We are in the inferno’: diaspora writers lead new movement of nature poetry
By Sandra Laville
UK anthology inspired by question: ‘Where are our black and Asian nature writers?’ has boosted interest in genre
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/22/nature-matters-eco-poetry
#Poetry #Scienceandnaturebooks #Conservation #Books #Culture #Environment #TheGuardian #SandraLaville
‘We are in the inferno’: diaspora writers lead new movement of nature poetry https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/22/nature-matters-eco-poetry #Poetry #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Conservation #Books #Culture #Environment
Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/21/alice-roberts-by-the-time-id-finished-richard-dawkins-id-left-faith-behind #Books #Culture #Biology #ScienceAndNatureBooks #HistoryBooks #AliceRoberts
Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
By Alice Roberts
The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and Toad
#Books #Culture #Biology #Scienceandnaturebooks #Historybooks #AliceRoberts #TheGuardian #AliceRoberts
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/19/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-artificial-state-by-jill-lepore-review-an-ominous-warning-of-tech-takeover #Books #AiArtificialIntelligence #Culture #ScienceAndNatureBooks
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover
By Farrah Jarral
A historian charts the emergence of a democracy-crushing dystopia that is – in some ways – already with us
#Books #AIartificialintelligence #Culture #Scienceandnaturebooks #TheGuardian #FarrahJarral
We know sleep, exercise and diet are vital for health. But why?
By Hannah Critchlow
The benefits of all three come down to a crucial piece of cellular kit
#Scienceandnaturebooks #Neuroscience #Books #Culture #Health #Sleep #TheGuardian #HannahCritchlow
The Ghost of the Mountains by Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi review – the secrets of the snow leopard
By Edward Posnett
An Indian mountaineer follows in the footsteps of explorers and conservationists in search of an enigmatic animal
#Scienceandnaturebooks #Wildlife #Conservation #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #EdwardPosnett
Upland by Ed Douglas review – a glorious survey of Britain’s high places
By Kathryn Hughes
The writer and climber brings colour and carnival to his account of a country and people shaped by its mountains
#Historybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #KathrynHughes
What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/27/what-if-we-got-ai-right-by-eleanor-drage-review-avoiding-apocalypse #ScienceAndNatureBooks #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Books #Culture
‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet
By Edward Helmore
Matthew Wolfe’s Fires in the Night examines Earth Liberation Front, a US eco-anarchist movement, and its legacy of radical environmentalism
#ProtestUS #Environment #Climatecrisis #Activism #Oregon #WestCoast #Animalwelfare #Books #USnews #Culture #Scienceandnaturebooks #Environmentalactivism #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore
‘It came out of real frustration’: the 90s activist network that set fires to save a burning planet https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/27/fires-in-the-night-earth-liberation-front-environment #ProtestUs #Environment #ClimateCrisis #Activism #Oregon #WestCoast #AnimalWelfare #Books #UsNews #Culture #ScienceAndNatureBooks #EnvironmentalActivism #WorldNews
What If We Got AI Right? by Eleanor Drage review – avoiding apocalypse
By Sophie McBain
The academic’s ambitious guide to the ethics of tech falls short of its promise to provide meaningful answers
#Scienceandnaturebooks #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #SophieMcBain
Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites
By Luca Turin
From maggots to viruses, this gross-out compendium also manages to celebrate the awe and inventiveness of nature
#Scienceandnaturebooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #LucaTurin
Pressed for time? 20 brilliant books you can read in a day
By Chris Power
From novels by James Baldwin and Han Kang to a guide to quantum physics – a former Booker prize judge recommends immersive one-sitting wonders
#Fiction #Fictionintranslation #Books #Culture #Scienceandnaturebooks #TheGuardian #ChrisPower
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI by Cory Doctorow review – the real price of artificial intelligence https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #Culture #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Computing
Could nature itself hold the solution to climate change? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/24/could-nature-itself-hold-the-solution-to-climate-change #ClimateCrisis #Books #Environment #Culture #Biology #ScienceAndNatureBooks
To give young people wings: The Lost Words duo reunite for book of birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/02/the-lost-words-authors-jackie-morris-robert-macfarlane-reunite-book-of-birds #Birds #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Wildlife #Conservation #Environment #Books #Culture
‘How much have we missed?’: book tunes in to overlooked world of female birdsong https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/19/hidden-world-of-female-birdsong-book #Birds #Wildlife #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Animals #Environment #Books #Culture
Space: the ultimate wardrobe challenge – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2026/apr/09/space-artemis-astronauts-moon-ultimate-wardrobe-challenge-in-pictures #Books #Space #Photography #ScienceAndNatureBooks #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Nasa #Science #ArtAndDesignBooks
Rebecca Hall obituary
My partner, Rebecca Hall, who has died aged 78, was a woman with many gifts and interests – perhaps too many, to the detriment of her talent as a writer. Rebecca was a prize-winning screenwriter, adapting Klaus Mann’s The Volcano for a film by the German director Ottokar Runze in 1999; a clever poet in her book Fruits of Paradise (1999), a collection of daily thoughts, poems and philosophies; a fearless campaigner, who documented cases of medical malpractice in Indefensible Treatment (1985); and a determined advocate for animals in Animals Are Equal (1980) and Voiceless Victims (1984). Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/08/rebecca-hall-obituary
#Fiction #Scienceandnaturebooks #Publishing #Animalwelfare #Books
Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden review – are criminals born or made? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/03/original-sin-by-kathryn-paige-harden-review-are-criminals-born-or-made #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Psychology #SocietyBooks #Books #Biology #Society
We Know You Can Pay a Million by Anja Shortland review – the terrifying new world of ransomware https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/23/we-know-you-can-pay-a-million-by-anja-shortland-review-the-terrifying-new-world-of-ransomware #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #Technology #Cybercrime
The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby review – the story of the man who changed the world https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/16/the-infinity-machine-by-sebastian-mallaby-review-the-story-of-the-man-who-changed-the-world #BiographyBooks #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/14/my-ideas-are-a-little-revolutionary-ecologist-suzanne-simard-on-intelligent-forests-the-climate-and-her-critics #TreesAndForests #ClimateCrisis #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Environment #Books #Culture #Science #Biology #Plants #Fungi
On the Future of Species by Adrian Woolfson review – are we on the verge of creating synthetic life? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/04/on-the-future-of-species-by-adrian-woolfson-review-are-we-on-the-verge-of-creating-synthetic-life #ScienceAndNatureBooks #Books #Culture #Science #Genetics #HistoryBooks
Love Machines by James Muldoon review – the risks and rewards of getting intimate with AI https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/13/love-machines-by-james-muldoon-review-the-risks-and-rewards-of-getting-intimate-with-ai #Books #Culture #PhilosophyBooks #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Chatbots #ScienceAndNatureBooks
The Divided Mind by Edward Bullmore review – do we now know what causes schizophrenia? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/17/the-divided-mind-by-edward-bullmore-review-do-we-now-know-what-causes-schizophrenia #Health,mindandbodybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Schizophrenia #Psychiatry #Culture #Books
‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/13/this-extraordinary-story-never-goes-out-of-fashion-30-authors-on-the-books-they-give-to-everyone #Scienceandnaturebooks #Childrenandteenagers #JeanetteWinterson #RobertMacfarlane #KatherineRundell #KamilaShamsie #MichaelRosen #NikeshShukla #TessaHadley #WilliamBoyd #JonathanCoe #ElifShafak #ColmTóibín #DianaEvans #NinaStibbe #Christmas #MaxPorter
Does ‘laziness’ start in the brain? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/30/does-laziness-start-in-the-brain-apathy-motivation #Health,mindandbodybooks #Scienceandnaturebooks #Health&wellbeing #Neuroscience #Lifeandstyle #Psychology #Science #Culture #Books
How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/10/how-to-save-the-internet-by-nick-clegg-review-spinning-silicon-valley #Scienceandnaturebooks #Socialmedia #Technology #NickClegg #Internet #Culture #Books #Media #Meta
Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/16/blue-sky-thinking-why-we-need-positive-climate-novels #Scienceandnaturebooks #Climatecrisis #Environment #Culture #Fiction #Books
Look up: five hopeful novels about the climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/16/look-up-five-hopeful-novels-about-the-climate-crisis #Scienceandnaturebooks #BarbaraKingsolver #Climatecrisis #RichardPowers #Environment #AmitavGhosh #Culture #Books