Truth

''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