
David Matthews shares his pick of the best books upcoming and hot off the press – perfect for holiday and sunny day reads

Gareth Thompson reviews a nail-biting history of environmentalist direct action

Stella Dadzie’s collection of essays, poems, diary entries and speeches highlights the importance of Black feminist archival practices, writes Grace Blenkinsop

Rebecca Jane Morgan’s account of the fight for legal recognition for trans people in the UK is a valuable resource to contemporary activists, writes Kit Heyam

Joe Redmayne reflects on the role of trades councils during the 1926 general strike

Chris Goldie unpacks the concept of conjuncture, and how theorists from Louis Althusser to Stuart Hall use it to analyse social formations

Nadia Davids’ gothic tale evokes the suffocation of domestic service as a psychological duel unfolds between madam and maid, writes Fifi Bat-hef





