The latest book releases for curious minds

Picture the scene: you’re about to get up on stage to give a presentation or performance. Something feels off – you look down, and realise your shirt is missing; in fact, you have no clothes on at all

As we learn more about how we each experience the world in our own way, it raises interesting questions about how our dogs do, too. I always remember one of my Cocker Spaniels being intensely interest

David Farrier Nature’s Genius Evolution’s lessons for a changing planet 288pp. Canongate. £20. In David Farrier’s latest book, he warns us that humanity is endangering every facet of life on Earth thr

We need to encourage our kids to celebrate, not mock, their intelligence, says Susie Dent

ALAN CARR and SUSIE DENT on searching for ordinary people with extraordinary minds