Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari review – rage against the machine
The author of the bestselling Sapiens offers a penetrating critique of the insidious dangers of machine learning and its capacity to manipulate the truth
Hope I Get Old Before I Die by David Hepworth review – living legends
From McCartney to Dylan and the Stones, this portrait of rock longevity mixes fascinating detail with rash claims – but is never less than entertaining
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain review – if the Gallaghers were Scottish
This funny and moving oral history of the influential noise-rock band charts the rise – and the rows – of Jim and William Reid, whose versions of events may vary
Truss at 10 by Anthony Seldon review – the leader who made history for all the wrong reasons
This brisk and readable study of our shortest-serving prime minister’s 49 days in office examines her catastrophic mini-budget and the role played by the Institute of Economic Affairs
Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson review – portrait of a wayward would-be pop star
His bands Felt and Denim never quite made it. So will this sympathetic biography help give indie’s most enigmatic figure the statushis stoicism deserves?
The Last Dream by Pedro Almodóvar review – fantastical fictions and candid personal curios
The Spanish director’s 12 tales, written between the late 60s and today, are a heady mix of factual and fictitious, befitting of one of cinema’s most imaginative storytellers