The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for EveryoneIt is common knowledge that, in rich societies, the poor have worse health and suffer more from almost every social problem. This book explains why inequality is the most serious problem societies face today.

For Friedel

but Cora has it worse than most

to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash

the daughter of a wealthy farmer

From make-ups to break-ups

'The Ministry For The Future' is a masterpiece of the imagination

This is a book about wizardry

One became a respected climate scientist

when she needed help - and when to take a lover

and the rumours rife at court could be her downfall

grand Hunter family

fiercely independent woman he called 'my whole World'