Getting caught was not part of the plan. Nor was falling in love.London, 1974. Bookseller Jane Beaumont has two ambitions: to see the world, and to finally be herself. So when she strikes up a friendship with a (secretly) gay diplomat and learns that his career is hindered by his bachelor status, marrying him seems like the perfect idea. All she needs to do is convince the rigid social world of the Embassy that she's a model diplomat's wife. Easy, right?

*2025 Axiom Business Book Award winner and a Forbes Top 10 Business Book of 2024*A compelling look at the challenges facing LGBTQ+ professionals as they navigate their careers – with advice from many senior figures who have smashed their own rainbow ceilings.There are currently only four LGBTQ+ CEOs across all Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies who are out at work, and just 0.8% of Fortune 500 board positions are filled by LGBTQ+ p...

*2025 Axiom Business Book Award winner and a Forbes Top 10 Business Book of 2024*A compelling look at the challenges facing LGBTQ+ professionals as they navigate their careers – with advice from many senior figures who have smashed their own rainbow ceilings.There are currently only four LGBTQ+ CEOs across all Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies who are out at work, and just 0.8% of Fortune 500 board positions are filled by LGBTQ+ p...

Overcrowding, noise and air pollution, long commutes and lack of daylight can take a huge toll on the mental well-being of city-dwellers. With mental healthcare services under increasing pressure, could a better approach to urban design and planning provide a solution? The restrictions faced by city residents around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic has brought home just how much urban design can affect our mental health – and created an imperative to seize this opportunity.

Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation. Urban migration has led to numerous societal stressors such as pollution, overcrowding, unemployment, and resource, which in turn has contributed to psychiatric disorders within urban spaces. Rates of mental illness, addictions, and violence are higher in urban areas and changes in social network systems ...

**Getting caught was not part of the plan. Nor was falling in love.**London, 1974. Bookseller Jane Beaumont has two ambitions: to see the world, and to finally be herself. So when she strikes up a friendship with a (secretly) gay diplomat and learns that his career is hindered by his bachelor status, marrying him seems like the perfect idea. All she needs to do is convince the rigid social world of the Embassy that she's a model diplomat's wife. Easy, right?But then Jane finds a n...

Bloomsbury presents Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling written and read by Layla McCay.A compelling look at the challenges facing LGBTQ+ professionals as they navigate their careers – with advice from many senior figures who have smashed their own rainbow ceilings.There are currently only four LGBTQ+ CEOs across all Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies who are out at work, and just 0.8% of Fortune 500 board positions are filled by LGBTQ+ people. This deficit, occurring across secto...