Summer is a good time to branch out, so The Gateway has rounded up six books which will give you some surprising new perspectives on your favourite topics

Finbarr Bermingham visits the Curzon Cinema in Soho and gets eye-opening takes on political situations in Cambodia and Palestine

This work from a renowned economic forecaster goes off track, says Lucy Mair

If the financial crisis is all Greek to you, Hannah Langworth has the perfect read

Hannah Langworth sees a film trying to make a drama out of the financial crisis

Finbarr Bermingham enjoys a work which provides a fresh perspective on the world’s most rapidly changing continent

Finbarr Bermingham heralds Hitch’s engrossing collection of essays

Finbarr Bermingham is fascinated, and exasperated, by the celebrated Slovenian philosopher