The Bedside Guardian 2010 brings together the best of the Guardian from a tumultuous year in Britain and abroad.
The centrepiece of the political year was an enthralling general election: the first televised leader debates, the Liberal Democrat surge, the scramble to assemble a government from a hung parliament, and the cuts agenda pursued by the new coalition. The highs and lows are all vividly documented and debated here by writers including Marina Hyde, Polly Toynbee, Jonathan Freedland, Andrew Sparrow, Larry Elliott, John Crace, Simon Hoggart and many more.
Further afield, the events in Copenhagen and a thorny year for environment policy are described by John Vidal, Mark Lynas and George Monbiot. There's also coverage of China sixty years on from the communist revolution, the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the leaked Afghanistan war logs, and England's early exit from the World Cup in South Africa.
Other highlights include a moving return to Derry by Simon Winchester, Hilary Mantel on the joys of stationery, Simon Hattenstone's jaw-droppingly candid interview with George Michael, Diana Athill on moving into an old people's home, Lionel Shriver on friendship, Simon Jenkins on volcano ash as the new swine flu hysteria, Steve Bell on the cartoonist's lot and Charlie Brooker on hateful columnists.
All in all, this compelling and moving chronicle of 2010 is essential reading for anyone interested in current affairs and the world in which we live.

Brings together some of the very best writing and photography from a tumultuous year in Britain and abroad. This title provides the narrative for Martin Argles' powerful and poignant last photographs of Gordon Brown. It describes the events in Copenhagen and a thorny year for environment policy.

All the best from the Guardian in 2010, from eyewitness reports and perceptive political commentary to dramatic sports coverage and photography. A firm favourite with "Guardian" readers since 1951.