Book of the Day Babi Yar: a harrowing masterpiece of Ukraine under Nazi rule Anatoly Kuznetsov’s classic account of the 1941 massacre of Ukrainians is republished as Kyiv suffers the ravages of war again. By Henry Marsh
The mysteries of the brain Despite 2,000 years of study, there is still so much we don’t know about how the brain works. By Henry Marsh
David Nott: the war doctor living on a knife edge Risk and excitement drive many surgeons, but most don’t choose to operate in the world’s most dangerous places. By Henry Marsh
Heart and soul: why the human heart is more than its mechanics Most languages are littered with references to the heart as the seat of the soul and emotion. This is… By Henry Marsh
Henry Marsh’s Diary: how will self-driving cars navigate British politeness? I had visions of autonomous cars paralysed at street ends, unable to compute whether to be English and give… By Henry Marsh
The Beautiful Cure: The lethal complexity of our immune systems How immunology – the study of the immune system – went from a marginal area of clinical medicine to… By Henry Marsh
The River of Consciousness looks back on Oliver Sacks’s life in writing Nature is always more complex than we expect, and Sacks’s gift is to convey this sense of wonder. By Henry Marsh
Robert Sapolsky’s Behave is a tour de force of science writing You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of. By Henry Marsh
Into the Grey Zone: can one really be conscious while in a coma? Neuropsychologist Adrian Owen's work raises many more questions than it answers. By Henry Marsh