Stalker is ever on the lookout for weighty tomes to mention in the column, maybe as an idea for a Christmas present or just a good read for any time of the year.
One such volume is Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens.
It focuses on the dust that humans cause - toxic dust, radioactive dust, the dust we all turn into eventually. About 2,000 million tons of dust enter the atmosphere every year she tells us.
It’s a riveting subject and as she writes dust is “fundamentally political”.
It could be an interesting read for anyone this holiday period. Published by Hodder and Stoughton at £25 rrp.
