Fallen IdolsIn 2020, statues across the world were pulled down in an extraordinary wave of global iconoclasm. From the United States and the United Kingdom to Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, India, Bangladesh, and New Zealand, Black Lives Matter protests defaced and hauled down statues of slaveholders, Confederates, and imperialists. Edward Colston was hurled into the harbour in Bristol, England. Robert E. Lee was covered in graffiti in Richmond, Virginia.

Nuala Gardner describes her despair after being repeatedly let down by the authorities

unglamorous work - at moments joyous

all too often they threaten to become an exercise in self-absorption

Reluctant adventurer Bryson recounts his gruelling hike along the longest continuous footpath in the world

Rocketing to world fame at age twenty-one

sultry summer

not resolving

Schooldays at St Clare's are never dull for twins Pat and Isabel O'Sullivan in Enid Blyton's much-loved boarding school series

the accident that would make her a widow at 41

will have lasted at most 150 years

Big Lou is developing her coffee bar

But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined