Luminous picks for October
Stuck for your next read, or the next tv show to binge or movie to watch with your dinner…
Here are some of the team’s picks of what they have enjoyed…
'Emotional Agility by Susan David
Recommended by Greg
What's it about?
“Essential reading” – Susan Cain, author of ‘Quiet’ Every day we speak around 16,000 words – but inside our minds, we create tens of thousands more. Thoughts such as ‘I’m not spending enough time with my children or ‘I’m not good enough to present my work’ can seem to be unshakable facts ...
'Zero to One' by Peter Thiel
Recommended by Daniel
What's it about?
‘Zero to One: Notes on Start-ups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 book by the American entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel co-written with Blake Masters.
James Bond: No Time to Die
Recommended by Richard, Suzanne, Helen, Justin and Claire
What is it about?
James Bond is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. However, his peace is short-lived as his old CIA friend, Felix Leiter, shows up and asks for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond on the trail of a mysterious villain who's armed with dangerous new technology.
The Guilty
Recommended by Sarah R and Greg
What is it about?
A troubled police detective demoted to 911 operator duty scrambles to save a distressed caller during a harrowing day of revelations – and reckonings.
Squid Game
Recommended by Justin & Greg
What is it about?
Hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children's games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are deadly.
Ridley Road
Recommended by Suzanne
What is it about?
‘Ridley Road’ is the story of the 62 Group, a collection of anti-fascists who stood up against the rising neo-Nazi movement in Britain after World War Two, based on Jo Bloom's book of the same name released in 2014. In the summer of 1962, 20-year-old Vivien Epstein, a Jewish hairdresser from Manchester, arrives in London. Alone in the world, she is looking for Jack Fox, a man she had a brief but intense love affair with some months before. Her search leads her into the fight against resurgent fascism in East London, where members of the Jewish community are taking to the streets in and around Ridley Road.