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Interesante convocatoria para los madrileños en general y los admiradores de #Galdós en particular. ¡Nos vemos el 22 de noviembre en el parque de El Retiro!

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As a rule I don’t post here on politics but there’s an important by-election in North Shropshire today. Vote Tory to express you’re fine with remaining in an abusive relationship. Vote anything else if you’ve had enough of corruption, croneyism, incompetence.

Il y a 50 ans tout juste, l'homme qui a traqué et torturé Jean Moulin était confondu grâce à la ruse d'un journaliste français, Ladislas de Hoyos. Voici l'histoire incroyable de la chute de Klaus Barbie.

I’ve only heard of 1 country in the world where people blithely say their Govt loaned £4.3b to non existent borrowers (with non existent bank accounts?) and ooops that ok.

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Saraband unveils treasure hunt for Macrae Burnet paperback launch thebookseller.com/news/saraband-… Fiendishly clever and better than chocolate.

Two more sleeps until Communi-T In The Park! Make sure you you stop by Elder Park on Sunday 24 July from 1-4 PM for music, food and fun. We'll be hosting the Acoustic Stage and hope to see you there!

Unfeasibly thrilled to find Case Study on The Booker Prizes longlist! Equally delighted for everyone at the brilliant Saraband Books & my agents at Blake Friedmann Literary Agency Huge congrats to all the longlistees! Gin fizz and blancmange all round! 🍸🍧🍸

Is it true that someone broke into the Kremlin and stole the results for next week’s Anschluss bis? First Crimea, then Donbas, Luhansk@etc. The world has been here before. There are good citizens in Russia they need to rise now to stop Putler. Ukraine and the world need them.

European Council president says Russia should be suspended from UN Security Council edition.cnn.com/europe/live-ne… …

It’s a sunny Sunday and I was wondering if Jesus walked amongst us would he want to join an opaquely funded right wing lobby group that laughingly masqueraded as a « think tank ? » Nah… didn’t think so.

The English language is such fun. Paddler: A paddle-steamer. Circa 1890. Peddler: (of lies) Newspaper Barons, Conspiracy Theorists, Tory HQ. Piddler: Middle aged homo sapien with weak bladder. Puddler: Iron Worker (archaic from when UK had an industry)

In Madrid : Start of the walk-through of the literary tour for POoMR. At Museo Sorolla (wonderful art). Here in the company of Luis Simarro. “The investigation.” Next up? Cayetano’s place.

youtu.be/62ECkYYbPlA Absolutely a joy to watch Greta Thunberg being interviewed by Russell Howard. She is the conscience we need but probably don’t deserve. And Russell Howard‘s brilliant interviewing approach is so engaging. Two wonderful human beings!

thi wurd puts on such great literary events. See us this Sat (Nov 26) 7pm in Glasgow for a night of readings from our new anthology, plus music & visual art. With special guest bernard maclaverty. Final tickets here thi-wurd.com/civic-house/ Don’t miss it!

If you happen to be in Borgotaro this Saturday… m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

A reminder what can happen when people take democracy for granted. In 1999 the UK electorate was by some distance the most disinterested in turning out to vote in EU elections (24% electorate turn-out). As a result 3 members of UKIP were elected. europarl.europa.eu/election-resul…

Graeme Macrae Burnet’s historical novel tells the story behind a fictional 19th-century triple murder in a remote crofting community. Read an extract from our September #BookerBOTM here: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Great to be returning to Edinburgh for this penultimate date of 2024 tour. (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr, Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Barga, Edinburgh, Swansea) AUTHOR EVENT @ EDINBURGH's Mcdonald Rd, Library at 6pm on 17 Sep 2024. Tickets available on Eventbrite from 1st Sep.