What does it mean to inherit history? Can a nation’s past shape not only its culture but its private, intimate sense of self? Anne Weber joins this week’s Explaining History podcast. explaininghistory.org/2025/1…

"The idea of designing for virtual worlds is just getting started" Sarah Housley's new non-fiction Designing Hope is out now! dezeen.com/2025/09/25/metave… @dezeen

Utopia, with solar panels! Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world? Sarah Housley on Designing Hope for @TheNewWorldmag thenewworld.co.uk/sarah-hous…

In 2021 a survey asked 10,000 young people in ten countries how they felt about climate change. 75% said the future was frightening and 55% thought humanity was doomed. Book review: Designing Hope by Sarah Housley by @Jeremy_Williams earthbound.report/2025/09/24…

An article about the metaverse? Is it 2020? No futures vision has burned more brightly or been abandoned more quickly this decade than the metaverse. But like all "failed" futures, the metaverse has not gone. dezeen.com/2025/09/25/metave…

🌵 Coming March 2026! 🌵 Good Woman: A Reckoning by Savala Nolan is a raw and lyrical exploration of the confining expectations of womanhood and, if we dare, what lies beyond those limitations. Proofs are available now! 💚🩷

Read an exclusive first extract from the newly-published novel Tamarin by Priya Hein in Something Bookish! somethingbookish.com/sb_exce… @LipglossMAFFIA @PriyaHein

We're so moved by Priya Hein's piece about growing up under the shadow of ‘the curse’ that had afflicted her mother’s siblings for @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09… @PriyaHein

Renovating my father’s house helped me rebuild my life Novelist Priya Hein chose not to demolish, but to restore the home in Mauritius she inherited — the effects were profound in @FT ft.com/content/265106a4-3cc0… @PriyaHein Photo credit Christopher Laurenz

East Bristol Books are hosting Anne Weber to celebrate her acclaimed work of literary non-fiction, Sanderling, a travel diary through time, translated by Neil Blackadder in conversation with Sian Norris. Tuesday 4th November from 7pm! headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats…

When did we stop dreaming of a better future? A new book presents four hopeful scenarios Designing Hope in @wallpapermag wallpaper.com/design-interio…

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change Sarah Housley on dystopian futures and hopeful alternatives for the @BigIssue bigissue.com/life/the-way-we…

Step into the vivid, haunting beauty of coastal Mauritius with acclaimed author Priya Hein as she presents her powerful new novel, Tamarin at Stanfords, London. Wednesday 1st October 19:00 - 20:30. Hope to see you there! 🌸 stanfords.co.uk/event-tamari… @StanfordsTravel @PriyaHein