From the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, this history of ten cities explores how urban centres have led civilisation forward.
From the author of Addlands, an immersive and evocative non-fictional journey through Wales and a revelatory meditation on the nation's past, present and future.
A warm and affectionate portrait of a city and a people under lockdown during the Covid-19 crisis, from the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rome: A History in Seven Sackings.
A guide to eco-travel that considers the subject in various aspects, from daily commuting to global holiday, offering a key to designing vacations and other travels.
Includes 366 digitally modified maps known as cartograms that depict the areas and countries of the world by their demographic importance on a range of topics, ranging from basic data on population, health, wealth and occupation to how many toys we import and who's eating their vegetables.