The Promise | Damon GalgutThe Promise charts the crash and burn of a white South African family, living on a farm outside Pretoria. The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral. The younger generation, Anton and Amor, detest everything the family stand for not least the failed promise to the Black woman who has worked for them her whole life. After years of service, Salome was promised her own house, her own land yet somehow, as each decade passes, that promise remains

The Bass Rock has for centuries watched over the lives that pass under its shadow on the Scottish mainland

and the hollowness of pride

In this vital re-examination of a shared history

this inspirational collection of letters written by successful trans women shares the lessons they learnt on their journeys to womanhood

lived on country estates

At once a love story

Linus Baker leads a quiet life

the power of family ties

and know that you are always connected to the ones you love

Germania is a brilliant

Where do we find the courage

Bird conjures up a series of sillier and sillier schemes to get the two aardvarks into the same place