Fairies
A History
“Who are the fairies? In this brilliant, ambitious book, Francis Young surveys the fairy question over 2,000 years of European history. With something of the angel about them and something of the wild, fairies were always morally ambiguous. If they seem to have departed, it is not because we know better, but because we have chosen to see differently.”
Jeremy Harte, author of Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape and Fairy Encounters in Medieval England
May 2026
The Book of Clouds
How to Read the Sky
Vincenzo Levizzani
We spend a great deal of time living under the cover of clouds, but rarely do we look up and pay attention to them, and most of us know very little about what they are and the vital role they play in the Earth’s climate and ecosystem. This is not true of Vincenzo Levizzani. As one of the world’s leading experts on the physics of clouds, he has devoted his life to studying them, analysing their characteristics, and passing this knowledge on to others.
Exquisitely illustrated, The Book of Clouds offers a deep dive into clouds, droplets, crystals, graupels, and hailstones, among other things. It will be the indispensable guide for anyone who has gazed aloft and wondered what to make of the different clouds and cloud formations that fill our skies.
June 2026
Judeophobia
A History
Shlomo Sand
Throughout the history of the Western world, Jews have suffered various forms of exclusion, stigmatisation, and discrimination that have forced them always to be aware of their very particular situation.
This concise history of anti-Jewish hatred will be of great interest to anyone concerned with one of the most insidious and persistent features of Western civilization.
April 2026
Same Player Shoots Again
A Biography of the Pinball Machine
Andreas Bernard
This is an ode to the lost golden age of the pinball machine. These vivid, flashing portals of entertainment were mainstays of nearly every bar, pub, and amusement arcade from the 1960s to the 1990s, but today they have all but disappeared. Andreas Bernard, looking back on his coming of age as an avid pinballer, reflects on what the disappearance of pinball machines tells us about the modern transformation of leisure time and public spaces.
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March 2026
The Great Realignment
Why the New Right is Here to Stay
Stephen Davies
The re-election of Donald Trump has illustrated in spectacular fashion the extent to which politics all over the world is in a state of continual flux. Old political configurations and parties are under unprecedented strain, with new forces, particularly on the hard right, challenging the status quo everywhere.
Rejecting stale analyses based on moralistic panics about ‘populism’ or social media, political commentator Steve Davies shows how we are going through a deep-seated process of realignment rooted in underlying structural trends.
April 2026
The New Dark Age
Why Liberals Must Win the Culture War
Nigel Biggar
In an increasingly polarised age, culture wars are everywhere. They are often criticised as superficial or confected disagreements designed to distract us from more important issues. Is this true, or are they rather more fundamental than that?
In this thoughtful and passionate intervention, renowned theologian and moral philosopher Nigel Biggar argues that ‘culture wars’ are in fact political and moral debates that cut to the very quick of some of the most substantial questions of our time, ranging from the welfare of children to the way we conceive and manage ethnic and cultural differences in diverse societies.
April 2026
The Banker Who Made America
Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821
Richard Vague
If you haven’t followed the money, chances are you don’t know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America’s dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing.
In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled – and in the process helped save – the Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic.
February 2026
The Closing of the Russian Mind
How Putin’s Ideology Took the Nation Hostage
Andrei Kolesnikov
Not so long ago, Russia under Putin appeared to be a corrupt state run by an elite mainly interested in their own privileges and wealth: authoritarian but not fundamentally expansionist.
The 2022 invasion of Ukraine made it clear that Putin is driven by far more than simply greed. Putin’s Russia is, Andrei Kolesnikov argues, in the grip of intense ideological radicalization, seeking to mobilize its population in support of a form of chauvinistic neo-imperialism using increasingly totalitarian methods.
April 2026
Fairies
A History
“Who are the fairies? In this brilliant, ambitious book, Francis Young surveys the fairy question over 2,000 years of European history. With something of the angel about them and something of the wild, fairies were always morally ambiguous. If they seem to have departed, it is not because we know better, but because we have chosen to see differently.”
Jeremy Harte, author of Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape and Fairy Encounters in Medieval England
May 2026
The Book of Clouds
How to Read the Sky
Vincenzo Levizzani
We spend a great deal of time living under the cover of clouds, but rarely do we look up and pay attention to them, and most of us know very little about what they are and the vital role they play in the Earth’s climate and ecosystem. This is not true of Vincenzo Levizzani. As one of the world’s leading experts on the physics of clouds, he has devoted his life to studying them, analysing their characteristics, and passing this knowledge on to others.
Exquisitely illustrated, The Book of Clouds offers a deep dive into clouds, droplets, crystals, graupels, and hailstones, among other things. It will be the indispensable guide for anyone who has gazed aloft and wondered what to make of the different clouds and cloud formations that fill our skies.
June 2026
Judeophobia
A History
Shlomo Sand
Throughout the history of the Western world, Jews have suffered various forms of exclusion, stigmatisation, and discrimination that have forced them always to be aware of their very particular situation.
This concise history of anti-Jewish hatred will be of great interest to anyone concerned with one of the most insidious and persistent features of Western civilization.
April 2026
Same Player Shoots Again
A Biography of the Pinball Machine
Andreas Bernard
This is an ode to the lost golden age of the pinball machine. These vivid, flashing portals of entertainment were mainstays of nearly every bar, pub, and amusement arcade from the 1960s to the 1990s, but today they have all but disappeared. Andreas Bernard, looking back on his coming of age as an avid pinballer, reflects on what the disappearance of pinball machines tells us about the modern transformation of leisure time and public spaces.
.
March 2026
The Great Realignment
Why the New Right is Here to Stay
Stephen Davies
The re-election of Donald Trump has illustrated in spectacular fashion the extent to which politics all over the world is in a state of continual flux. Old political configurations and parties are under unprecedented strain, with new forces, particularly on the hard right, challenging the status quo everywhere.
Rejecting stale analyses based on moralistic panics about ‘populism’ or social media, political commentator Steve Davies shows how we are going through a deep-seated process of realignment rooted in underlying structural trends.
April 2026
The New Dark Age
Why Liberals Must Win the Culture War
Nigel Biggar
In an increasingly polarised age, culture wars are everywhere. They are often criticised as superficial or confected disagreements designed to distract us from more important issues. Is this true, or are they rather more fundamental than that?
In this thoughtful and passionate intervention, renowned theologian and moral philosopher Nigel Biggar argues that ‘culture wars’ are in fact political and moral debates that cut to the very quick of some of the most substantial questions of our time, ranging from the welfare of children to the way we conceive and manage ethnic and cultural differences in diverse societies.
April 2026
The Banker Who Made America
Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821
Richard Vague
If you haven’t followed the money, chances are you don’t know the real story of America and its Revolution. Nothing gives a clearer insight into this history than the life of early America’s dominant merchant trader, first bank president, and first central banker, Thomas Willing.
In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled – and in the process helped save – the Revolution and then fundamentally shaped the financial architecture of the young Republic.
February 2026
The Closing of the Russian Mind
How Putin’s Ideology Took the Nation Hostage
Andrei Kolesnikov
Not so long ago, Russia under Putin appeared to be a corrupt state run by an elite mainly interested in their own privileges and wealth: authoritarian but not fundamentally expansionist.
The 2022 invasion of Ukraine made it clear that Putin is driven by far more than simply greed. Putin’s Russia is, Andrei Kolesnikov argues, in the grip of intense ideological radicalization, seeking to mobilize its population in support of a form of chauvinistic neo-imperialism using increasingly totalitarian methods.
April 2026
Fairies
A History
“Who are the fairies? In this brilliant, ambitious book, Francis Young surveys the fairy question over 2,000 years of European history. With something of the angel about them and something of the wild, fairies were always morally ambiguous. If they seem to have departed, it is not because we know better, but because we have chosen to see differently.”
Jeremy Harte, author of Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape and Fairy Encounters in Medieval England
May 2026
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