Conspiracy
A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them
$22.50
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2023
Summary
‘Uproarious … [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories’ The Times
From the Satanic Panic to the anti-vaxx movement, the moon landing to Pizzagate, it’s always been human nature to believe we’re being lied to by the powers that be (and sometimes, to be fair, we absolutely are).
But while it can be fun to indulge in a bit of Deep State banter on the group chat, recent times have sho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472283405 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472283406 |
| Author: | Tom Phillips, Jonn Elledge |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Wildfire |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2023 |
| Weight: | 269g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
In dark times, it’s reassuring to learn that we’ve always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits
For Tom Phillips and HUMANS:
In dark times, it’s reassuring to learn that we’ve always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits – Stuart Heritage * Don’t Be a Dick, Pete *
A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong… Both readable and entertaining * Telegraph *
If you find yourself looking at the news and wondering how humanity has got so many things wrong, over and over again, this book is a very funny answer to just that question’ – Mark Watson, comedian
About The Author
Tom Phillips
Tom Phillips (Author)
Tom Phillips is an author and journalist. He has worked as the editor of Full Fact and editorial director of BuzzFeed UK. The four books in Tom’s internationally bestselling Brief History series have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Tom lives in Cornwall with an exponentially growing number of spider plants.
Jonn Elledge (Author)
Jonn Elledge is a New Statesman and New World columnist, a regular on the podcasts Oh God, What Now? and the late, lamented Paper Cuts, and a frequent contributor to The i Paper, the Guardian and assorted other publications. He was previously an assistant editor at the New Statesman, where he created and ran its urbanism-focused CityMetric site, spending six happy years writing about cities, maps and borders and hosting the Skylines podcast. He has written three books, including the number-one bestseller A History of the World in 47 Borders, as well as over 200 editions of the Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything. He lives in London, with the best dog in the world.
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