Author: Neil Oliver Publisher Transworld, Penguin Random House Price £25 (Hardback) Released 16 September
To try to distil the whole of humanity’s story into 100 segments is an ambitious, highly subjective endeavour. It is this conundrum that broadcaster and author Neil Oliver readily admits in his introduction to The Story of the World in 100 Moments: “Let us confront the obvious trouble and hope to head it off at the pass: these are my 100 moments. Any and every reader will likely question some choices, and that is how it should be.”