Reviews of the books I have been reading

I am a terrible reader of books. I tend to find I get excited by a book and its ideas but run out of steam at about the half way mark and never quite finish. I usually find I have generated enough thought and self inspection by this point. So below I will highlight the books I have STARTED reading but generally can’t help you with the conclusion. Hopefully I will generate enough interest in the subject matter for you to want to read more!

A Classic of the science of wellbeing and happiness.

Today most of us are richer, healthier and have better homes, cars, food and holidays than ever before. But we are no happier than we were 50 years ago. Why and what do we do about this?

It asks the main questions

What causes happiness

What should we do differently.

How Westminster Works

A great book if you wan to understand how politics actually works - how the system fails, what MPs we get…