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I'm delighted to announce that my book 'Churchill's Citadel' will be published by @YalePress/Yale University Press London📚 this autumn and is available to preorder *now*:

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“No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home in Weston-super-Mare.”

Sir Kingsley Amis, born 16th April 1922

My latest in the The Wall Street Journal: a review of 'Churchill's American Network' by Cita Stelzer. #Churchill

wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

In solidarity with, and in gratitude to the city of San Francisco, the Hamas government has voted for a complete end of homelessness in that city, effective immediately.

This morning, Scrooge wakes and his anguish turns to joy. It is a bright Christmas Day, London's church bells are pealing, and he can begin at once to make his world better, brighter, and full of promise for future generations.

A very Merry Christmas from the #Dickens Society!

Watching the greatest version of A Christmas Carol ever made, and can I just say that Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook were brilliant in it.

And so I bid a fond farewell to Cambridge - and particularly to my beloved alma mater, Queens' College.

Hugely grateful to the college for honouring me with a fellowship.

(And also, not least, for making me an honorary life patron of the college cricket club…)

Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion.

Can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen dancing in the aisles at a funeral…

Very delighted indeed to bring you another Ghost Story for Christmas in the form of ‘Lot No.249’. Doyle, decadence and desiccated Egyptians! Christmas Eve, 10pm BBC2.

bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/me…

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

'The British Academy – the national body for humanities and social sciences – has awarded its 2023 President’s Medal to a podcast: The Rest is History, for the first time ever.'

This is an amazing honour, and something we could never have imagined.

thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-rest-…

In hindsight, the screenwriters and producers of Gladiator deserve a some kind of special achievement award for helping Ridley Scott make a historical epic that's actually worthy of his talents and ambitions.

We are sad to share that Jim Toole, owner of Capitol Hill Books from 1995 - 2018, has passed away.

Jim, AKA The Admiral, was still an active employee of Capitol Hill Books & will be dearly missed. He was one of a kind.

Napoléon de Ridley Scott s’empare de l’Arc de Triomphe ! 🇫🇷 Le film événement de cette fin d’année !

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John le Carré’s son to write new George Smiley novel theguardian.com/books/2023/nov…

'London and Wartime: Nocturne' (1918) by Sir Claude Francis Barry

(Private collection)

Traffic along Westminster Bridge and toward the Houses of Parliament, London. Filmed in 1943.

Powerscourt Waterfall, Wicklow, after the heavy rain. The Irish oaks, at the base of the falls, are over 500y old.

Joaquin Phoenix takes the crown. Watch the new trailer for #Napoleon , from acclaimed director Ridley Scott. See it in Premium Large Formats, Screen X, 70mm and IMAX this Thanksgiving.

The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has illuminated Downing Street with the Israeli flag in a show of solidarity with Israel.