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  • Published: 17 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241988435
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download

And Now For The Good News...

The much-needed tonic for our frazzled world




Bestselling author and comedian Ruby Wax demonstrates how social and technological change is turning the world into a better place

When was the last time that reading the news made you feel good?

In recent years, the endless news cycle has kick-started our fear engine and put us in a state of constant pessimism. But what if the facts were different? Literacy is at an all-time high, age expectancy has doubled since the 1950s, technology has reduced repetitive work. And better yet: the world has never been as peaceful as the past decade, and world-hunger is likely to be eradicated this century. All in all, things are looking up!

In And Now for the Good News, Ruby Wax investigates how recent and new developments across technology, education, business, health, food and social change are turning our world into a better place than it's ever been. Drawing on brand new research, compelling case studies and exercises to reframe your thinking, this is your guide to embracing change.

Filled with hope, actionable tips and memorable facts, And Now for the Good News will inspire you to look at the world around you with a renewed sense of optimism. It will also empower you to take action to make the world a kinder, better place.

  • Published: 17 September 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241988435
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download

About the author

Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax's acting and presenting career has spanned stage and screen, and her writing talent has created some of our favourite television comedies, from Girls on Top to Absolutely Fabulous. With a Masters from Oxford in mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, Ruby is now also a mental health campaigner and author.

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Praise for And Now For The Good News...

I think at this point in time we're all in need of as much good news as we can get! Ruby can always be guaranteed to lift your spirits!

Annie Lennox

In a world of relentlessly worrying news, finally a moment of good. I adored reading And Now for the Good News - truly there is hope

Emma Freud

I adored interviewing Ruby: she has such a fizzing, uniquely vibrant and clever way of thinking about things. And I've wanted her on the podcast for ages because she does such important work

Elizabeth Day

Easy-to-read and interesting take on (...) what's good in the world

People Magazine

In her imitable style, Ruby describes her global journey to hunt out people inventing a better world (...) self-compassion is at the heart of Ruby's philosophy

Waitrose Magazine

It's the antidote to all Covid angst life anxieties & proves that optimism is not an eye disease

Kathy Lette

I am reading and finding on every page a delicious morsel

Celia Imrie on Twitter

It is nice even to think about Good News. Thank you for the book @Rubywax!

Neil Gaiman on Twitter

@Rubywax's New book is out on 17th September and it's GOOD NEWS. She explores the goodness out there and how to cultivate it

Miranda Hart

This is a good read by my friend Ruby Wax and it's actually positive about the future, which I must say isn't something that often occurs to me about the future. Also, it's funny which I think is very important. And finally, Ruby has neither paid me, blackmailed me or threatened me to make me say this

Jo Brand on Instagram

A new book by Ruby is in itself Good News! It sounds like a tonic for the universal malaise

Ian McKellen on Twitter

This book couldn't be more needed right now!

Nigella Lawson on Twitter

I loved it!

Claudia Winkleman on Twitter

A book celebrating what's good in the world (...) despite Covid-19, climate change and general political nastiness, there's so much good stuff going on. And we can improve our lives by leaps and bounds if we embrace it

Woman's Weekly

Inspirational

Jewish Chronicle

The book the world NEEDS right now by one of my heroes

Scarlett Curtis