Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t by Phillips, Tom

TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner

This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it,

We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told, The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care), The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground, People don't trust experts any more,

But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day, Here, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?

PRAISE FOR HUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:

'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

'Very funny' Mark Watson

'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' Stuart Heritage, Don't Be a Dick, Pete

'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong,,, Both readable and entertaining' Telegraph

Tom Phillips is the editor of Full Fact, Britain's leading independent fact-checking organisation, Previously he was the editorial director of BuzzFeed UK, where he divided his time between very serious reporting on important issues,,, and making jokes,

Tom's first book, HUMANS: A Brief History of
How We F*cked It All Up, was published in 2018, and has since been translated into more than 20 languages,