Shadow on the Tiger.
Fourth Quarter 2019
India’s growth and development has been diverted by the rise of nationalism, according to a powerful new book. Erica Wagner meets the young historian raising the alarm.
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Literary Festival Sponsorship
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Through our literary festival sponsorship, we engage with some of the world’s most respected authors, tapping into their knowledge and expertise to help guide our research. A number of these insights are available for you to read below, in our selection of exclusive author interviews.
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Inhuman Instinct.Third Quarter 2019What happens when computers get hunches? With a new era of intuitive artificial intelligence upon us, we are about to find out, according to one of the UK’s leading mathematicians. -
Navigating the Future.Third Quarter 2019In his book On the Future: Prospects for Humanity, Martin Rees describes ‘Space-Ship Earth’ as hurtling blindly through the void. At his home in Cambridge, he talks to Trust editor Malcolm Borthwick about why we need to think long term and globally to stay the course. -
Who wants to live forever?Third Quarter 2019Ageing and death are unavoidable, but science is teaching us more about why and how we age. Author Sue Armstrong discusses the implications with Heather Farmbrough. -
Debunking Migrant Myths.Third Quarter 2019Populism is fuelling ill-feeling against immigrants according to prize-winning author, Suketu Mehta. With migrant numbers set to rise over the coming decades, he proposes actions to quell the hostility. -
His Master's Voice.Third Quarter 2019Robert Skidelsky argues that today’s intractable economic and social problems and the failures of austerity require us to turn back to Keynes. -
Bloody Minded.Third Quarter 2019Rose George’s Nine Pints traces the global history of our understanding of blood, and looks at the part it could play in extending our lives. -
Food Forecast.Third Quarter 2019Technology is transforming the way our food travels from field to fork. Tiffany Jenkins reports how author Robyn Metcalfe confronts us with the trade-off between efficiency and tradition in sourcing our daily bread. -
Plus Ça Change.Third Quarter 2019James Buchan’s new book tells the lurid, at times violent, story of John Law, the roguish 18th Century Scots financial genius who advised the most powerful king in Europe and foresaw the future of financial markets. -
Regaining Faith.Third Quarter 2019Putting profits above all else has had disastrous consequences for the modern corporation, argues Colin Mayer. Tiffany Jenkins hears why the Oxford academic believes that big business must become a generator of wider social benefits. -
Eye on the Prize.Third Quarter 2019Scientists have a reputation for being methodical and logical. Not so, says Nobel Prize-winning biologist Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, whose book, Gene Machine, offers an insight into the chaotic and competitive nature of life in the lab. -
Saving the System.Third Quarter 2019How can we rescue capitalism from its own excesses? Economist Branko Milanovic’s new book suggests that radical steps may be needed. Tiffany Jenkins reports. -
Man-Made Problem.Third Quarter 2019Waking up to the fact that the ‘default’ human was male, Caroline Criado-Perez got angry, then wrote an eye-opening book about the shocking invisibility of women. Tiffany Jenkins describes how the world of business and marketing provided some of the worst examples. -
Sunseeker.Third Quarter 2019Science writer Steve Jones has gone back to the source of all life, exploring the intimate links between solar power and the human body. Author and journalist Erica Wagner met him. -
Population Matters.Second Quarter 2019Sarah Harper, author of How Population Change Will Transform our World, talks to Tiffany Jenkins about the challenges presented by our changing population. -
Sharp and to the point.Second Quarter 2019Clare Hunter has taken a fascination with textiles and embroidery and used it as the basis for an absorbing chronicle spanning centuries. She tells Colin Renton about the social, political and therapeutic values of needlework, and why she believes its benefits are underrated. -
NOT SO SILENT WITNESS.Second Quarter 2019Angela Gallop’s skill and tenacity have helped solve many high-profile crimes in her 40-year career as a forensic scientist. In an engrossing memoir that tells of blood stains, blunders and budget cuts, she explains that the TV portrayal of the job is not the whole story. -
Thinking Bigger.Second Quarter 2019The accepted view is that western philosophy equates to global philosophy. However, such a view is parochial and limiting says Julian Baggini, whose latest book investigates the thinking and traditions of other cultures, and how we can all learn from each other. -
Retail is changing not dying.Second Quarter 2019The world of retail is undergoing a level of change not seen since the industrial revolution. However, if retailers, governments and shoppers work together to embrace the change, we can all benefit, says brand expert and author Mark Pilkington. -
Nuclear Reaction.First Quarter 2019.The explosion at Chernobyl in 1986 changed everything for the nuclear industry and led to the demise of the Soviet Union, as Serhii Plokhy chronicles in Chernobyl, History of a Tragedy, which won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction in 2018. He went back there with Malcolm Borthwick. -
A Literary Labour of Love.First Quarter 2019Robert McCrum spent two years compiling a list of the greatest non-fiction writing. That list forms the basis of his latest book. As he explains, the process was far from straightforward and his final selection did not meet with universal approval. -
Brexit and the Imperial Hangover.First Quarter 2019Danny Dorling, a social geographer and professor at the University of Oxford, believes that Brexit will damage the United Kingdom. He believes there will also be positives, though it will not be the rose-tinted future that many Leavers are anticipating. -
Reporting from Hay Festival 2018.Hay-on-Wye is home to one of the world’s leading literary festivals. As sponsors, we've been on the ground taking in some of the author sessions and we are delighted to share some of our insights. -
The Tales and Times of an AIDS Activist.Spring 2018David France discusses How to Survive a Plague. -
The Cognitive Software of Ideas.Spring 2018The renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman talks to Jemima Kiss about innovation and why the creative genius is a myth. -
Sponsoring Curiosity Insight and Imagination.May 2015As long-term supporters of literary festivals and events, we love authors and their work because it reminds us of how we work. -
Writing Worth Reading.May 2015Although widely admired for intelligent, insightful writing that engages readers, this page-turner has never featured on literary bestseller lists. Nor has there been a scramble for the film rights. But Baillie Gifford’s Trust magazine is a classic in its genre, having earned many plaudits and industry awards. -
ARCHIVEDARCHIVEDIs Digital Changing Who We Are?Autumn 2018Andrew O’Hagan explores the porous border between cyberspace and the ‘real world’ in The Secret Life: Three True Stories. The author, who is editor-at-large of the London Review of Books, also owns Sam’s Cafe in Primrose Hill, where he met Malcolm Borthwick to discuss the book.
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