Will Storr's The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better is a scalpel-sharp, thought-provoking book that demonstrates how master storytellers manipulate and compel us.

Leading us on a journey from the Hebrew scriptures to Mr Men, from Booker Prize-winning literature to box set TV, The Science of Storytelling applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to the foundations of our myths and archetypes; showing how we can use these tools to tell better stories – and make sense of our chaotic modern world.

Read by Will Storr.

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Award-winning author, Will Storr, in conversation with Tom Killingbeck, the editor of his bestselling book: The Science of Storytelling.

They discuss how essential stories have been in human evolution, how we can use stories to make sense of our chaotic world, and give some tops on how to write your own masterful narrative.

"In our evolutionary history, when our brains were evolving, we would have been roaming around our territory in loose bands of around 150 people. So how do you get 150 people to cooperate with no police force, with no judiciary, with no prisons - how do you do it? You do it with gossip."

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Cathy Newman's Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention is a freewheeling history of modern Britain that focuses on the pioneering women who defied the odds to make careers for themselves and alter the course of modern history.

Blending meticulous research with information gleaned from memoirs, diaries, letters, novels and other secondary sources, Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. It is a history for women and men. A history for our times.

Read by Cathy Newman.

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