Carl Honore

We live in the age of speed. We strain to be more efficient, to cram more into each minute, each hour, each day. Since the Industrial Revolution shifted the world into high gear, the cult of speed has pushed us to a breaking point. Consider these facts: Americans on average spend seventy-two...

In The Slow Fix, bestselling author and Slow Movement pioneer Carl Honoré delivers a powerful recipe for tackling complex problems in every walk of life, from health and relationships to business and politics.

From the bestselling author of IN PRAISE OF SLOW comes a fascinating and urgent look at childhood today. In UNDER PRESSURE, Carl Honore shows how the pressure to give our children the best of everything and make them the best at everything is backfiring on kids, parents and society as a whole.

In a world where time is money, faster is better, and “if you snooze you lose,” millions of people are doing the unthinkable: they’re slowing down. What’s more amazing, they’re healthier, happier, and excelling at both work and play. You know the dilemma: when there already aren’t...

Carl Honoré captured the zeitgeist with his international bestseller, In Praise of Slow. Now he tackles another rising global movement: our revolutionary new approach to a human inevitability--ageing. A revolution in how we age is on its way. Yes, ageing is inevitable: one year from now we will...