‘Factfulness’ by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund.

Hans Rosling Hans Rosling was a Swedish physician, academic, statistician and public speaker. ‘Factfulness’ was the last project that he completed with the help of his daughters Ola and Anna. Sadly he passed away in 2017 to pancreatic cancer and was unable to see this book published. Thankfully, his daughters finished his work. ‘Factfulness’ teaches...

‘The Five. The Untold Lives of The Women Killed by Jack The Ripper’ by Hallie Rubenhold

“The victims of Jack The Ripper were never ‘just prostitutes’; they were daughters, wives, mothers, sisters and lovers. They were women. They were human beings’ Jack The Ripper To this day the identity of Jack The Ripper is unknown, yet we have documentaries made about him; we can book a tour in London and walk...

‘Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men’ by Caroline Criado Perez.

“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth” Simone de Beauvoir. Man as Default Currently, there are 7.8 billion people in the world, and more than half of them are women. When you look...

‘Overdressed: The shockingly high cost of cheap fashion’ by Elizabeth L. Cline

Elizabeth L. Cline starts her journey on discovering the cost of cheap fashion by realising that she has seven pairs of identical canvas flats at the bottom of her closets which she got for $7 (discounted from $15, what a bargain!). As a typical American consumer Elizabeth was buying a new piece of clothing every...

‘Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking’ by Susan Cain

For so long introverts have been undervalued for being too quiet, too shy or too serious. Why does being ‘loud’ get more attention and recognition? Is that because people have stopped to listen to what others have to say or is it because everywhere we go, corporations, big chains, and even universities impose the requirements...