The meaning of lifeWhen James Bailey was feeling lost in life, he was inspired by philosopher Will Durant's 1930s project to write 100 luminaries from all walks of life, challenging them to respond to the fundamental question of life's meaning. The response was more remarkable than he could have ever imagined. A decade on, James had garnered an incredible collection of replies, collated here for the first time. By turns, thought provoking, amusing and enlightening,

A powerful and urgent memoir by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja - a remarkable woman who went from being a beloved star on Chinese children's TV to a journalist whose reporting on the oppression of her people led to her entire extended family being imprisoned

the northernmost town in Alaska

the discerning drinker's tipple of choice

He lost faith in his teenage years

The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear

Emery is born with a heart condition that means her heart could quite literally stop at any moment

yet at the Tour de France a victim of crashes

Absolved of the crime

In 'Twelve Words for Moss'

An engaging

But the next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman

the masons whose genius brought them into being