How to Make the World Add UpWhen was the last time you read a grand statement, accompanied by a large number, and wondered whether it could really be true? Statistics are vital in helping us tell stories we see them in the papers, on social media, and we hear them used in everyday conversation and yet we doubt them more than ever. But numbers in the right hands have the power to change the world for the better. Contrary to popular belief, good statistics are not a trick,

and we have some good guesses about where it all came from

raised millions for charity and been awarded a polar medal and an OBE

and civilians documented staggering increases in cases of birth defects

the father who walked out on them long ago has just walked right back in

Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes

but also dark humour and love

they are forced to escape

and Wish must achieve her Destiny

take a breath and approach the season as you should: merrily

Yet in other ways it was the precise opposite: a revolving door of TV camera crews and documentary makers

Farm and Pets

Barbara Amiel's long-awaited memoir is shockingly honest