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We just dropped in on Liz Truss’s pro-Trump speaking tour with a remote-controlled lettuce banner. She didn’t find it funny. 🥬

The Ask for Angela campaign is astonishing but there are literally NO posters in men’s loos saying ‘don’t be a pervy twat, you knobhead’.

Raising a toast to Susannah this evening - one of the kindest, cleverest & most inspirational of people. Her work with Susanna Forbes & the wonderful @LittPomona changed lives. Love to James & everyone else who was lucky enough to know her.

I was a council scheme boy but I became upper class when I started shoplifting at Harrods. It just takes enterprise

A message about welcoming refugees, brought to you from beneath the M4... I'm running from Wales to London and it's not too late to donate, link in bio!

Just unsubscribed from the Waterstones mailing list for their choice of Boris Johnson’s memoir as non-fiction book of the week. At the very least nominate it in the right category.

It's been an absolute delight to help judge the Historia – the HWA fiction prize. Here's the longlist - all outstanding - shortlist announced Oct 16.

We’re all still reeling from the sudden death of our lovely friend and all-round wonderful human being Nick Perry. A great tribute by Stoke Newington History here: stokenewingtonhistory.com/a-tribute-to-n…

For anyone with a passing interest in history, these shortlists are the cream of the crop for 2024. But as @LouRHare says about the fiction list, as judges we regrettably had to lose absolute crackers at every stage.

That's the passenger seat.

I've spent the summer months reading lots of historical nonfiction books for the Historical Writers' Association Crown Awards. Thought folks in this community group might be interested in the shortlist, announced last week:

One of the best things about festival programming is meeting fascinating new people. Today’s absolute treat was talking to Sarah Stein Lubrano - a huge talent - about her fascinating forthcoming book Don’t Talk About Politics: How to Change 21st Century Minds. Bloomsbury Books UK

In a previous life I did a photo shoot with Geoff Capes and a giant cigarette (weirdly, as part of a no-smoking campaign). We had a long chat about his budgerigars, of which he was inordinately fond. Lovely man. Love to his family & friends.

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Hats off to PhilipGlanville for putting the hard yards in. Everything crossed! Hat tip Debora Robertson 🦀 xx

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We’ve decided to give bluesky a whirl. Friendlier, fewer knobheads, at least for now. Come and find us and let us know what you’d like to see at next year’s festival (6-8 June).

Grab your tickets for this festive delight The Tower Theatre- a new musical adaptation of the second of Charles Dickens’ Christmas tales. It’s A Wonderful Life for the Victorian age and guaranteed to get the whole family in the mood. towertheatre.org.uk/chimes/

A year after Stoke Newington Library closed its doors for a proposed refurb, does anyone know where we are with that? Seems eerily quiet. Hackney Gazette Hackney Council Hackney Libraries Hackney Citizen