Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond's books include Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
In brief: Mother: A Memoir; Catherine House; Upheaval – review
Nicholas Royle explores the parent-child bond, Elisabeth Thomas serves up a gothic horror and Jared Diamond unpicks nations in crisis
Brexit too complicated for referendum, says Jared Diamond
Why did Britain not look to other countries for examples of best practice, asks expert
Book of the day
Upheaval by Jared Diamond review – how nations cope with crisisNativism, complacency, suspicion of neighbours … this timely study warns that democracy is fragile
Jared Diamond: So how do states recover from crises? Same way as people do
The bestselling environmental historian tells why his latest book, Upheaval, about how countries come through turmoil, is his most political
A life in ...
Jared Diamond: ‘Humans, 150,000 years ago, wouldn’t figure on a list of the five most interesting species on Earth’The bestselling biogeographer talks to Oliver Burkeman about dealing with the critics who condemn him as a cultural imperialist
On my radar
Hauschka's cultural highlightsFrom Tarantino's raucous new western to a Duchamp tribute at the Barbican, the pianist and composer picks the cultural events catching his eye. By Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy
Science Weekly
Science Weekly podcast: Jared Diamond on traditional societiesJared Diamond in row over claim tribal peoples live in 'state of constant war'
Critical eye
Critical eye: book reviews roundupJared Diamond: what we can learn from tribal life
Science book club
Guns, Germs and Steel – and a ploughman's lunchCivilisation started with bread and cheese. Tim Radford reviews Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
A divided island: the forces working against Haiti
Why did the political, economic and ecological histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti unfold so differently? Part of the answer involves environmental differences.Jared Diamond explains
Diamond in the running for third Aventis win
Thirteen-strong longlist for this year's Aventis general prize for science books includes two-time winner Jared Diamond, who previously won the prize in 1998 and 1992.
Never ask a Viking for advice
Jared Diamond's compelling study, Collapse, asks why throughout history, whole societies suddenly disappear - and what it means for us today.
Man vs nature
Jonathon Porritt appreciates Jared Diamond's timely reminder of our destructive instincts, Collapse.
Reasons to be cheerful
In our second extract from his new book, Jared Diamond reveals why he is cautiously optimistic for the future of the planet and outlines the choices we have to make to protect our environment.
