The sheer scope of the research takes the breath away, and the humour is perfectly judged.

... packed with killer facts.

Bitesize chunks of truth in a year of fake news. If you love fact-based trivia, you'll get a kick out of this.

A sensitive and incisive analysis of the British class system...insanely readable

One of the finest polemics I have ever come across... Sad Little Men has been an eye-opener

A sensitive and incisive analysis of the British class system has no right to be as insanely readable and enjoyable as this book manages to be

Engaging and readable, powerful and cogent. A vivid portrait of the political elite exposed for the vulnerable men/ children they are

If you want to understand the aura of entitlement and untouchability shrouding our governing class, look no further than Beard's witty, unsparingly sharp and deeply moving anatomy of the emotional culture of England's boarding schools

Read this book

Utterly compelling, top proper stuff. I loved it to bits. The energy of it! I really felt for them (all) by the end

Really good, clever, dazzling in its anger and the force of its argument

[A] brilliant book... Beard's breathtaking personal account of the British habit of the British habit of institutionalising elite children captures all the nuances and subtleties of the boarder's undoing and its lasting legacy into adulthood

Definitive and brilliantly expressed

[A] brilliantly excoriating book

A pleasant and heartfelt account of one man's brief journey into and out of education... unquestionably funny... poignant and very personal

Very funny, often inspiring, occasionally tragic - and a timely reminder of the unforgettable influence of great teachers

Engaging . . . Kessler approaches her topic with even-handedness and rigour.

Brilliantly in-depth not only in the explanations of the gig economy, but in the narratives of people who work gigs as well.

As well-reported, and at times as emotionally wrenching, as Amy Goldstein’s Janesville . . . In facing . . . the fraying of the social contract between employer and employee, Sarah Kessler's work in Gigged makes one thing increasingly clear: we must get busy building a new one that benefits all sides of that relationship, and the society around it.

Goes under the bonnet of the gig economy.

Kessler’s recent book Gigged is all about [the] desire for independence . . . Kessler investigates the liberating ethos and terrible trade-offs of this new economy by following several people working in such positions. She discovers why the revolution in “independent contractor” work – which comes without guarantees for minimum wages, paid vacation, or health benefits – is paradise for one slice of the population, but has been disappointing, and in some cases devastating, for others.

For those interested in inquiries into modern (and future) work, there’s Gigged by Sarah Kessler, an analysis of the gig economy.

Looks at the potential of the gig economy and ultimately the problems it bears.