Nice mention of Playfair by Jon Hotten in Wisden this month.

JLF JLF International London returns to the British Library with an exciting line-up including Elif Shafak, Mary Beard mary beard , Josephine Quinn Josephine Quinn and Sathnam Sanghera Sanghera. This year marks the 11th anniversary of the festival.

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Michael Smith on the Special Relationship
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Read The Real Special Relationship
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Great to see Johann Hari audiobook of Magic Pill in the Top 100 in its first week on release. Out now from Bloomsbury Books UK

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors, in particular Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult for the brilliant Bazball.

A hat tip to the book ‘BazBall’ which this incredible extract came from.

Join me at my special launch event at Southwark Cathedral on 11 July, where I’ll be in conversation about my new book ‘A Mudlarking Year’ with broadcaster and journalist Hannah MacInnes.

Book now for a special early bird price.

See you there!

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So exciting to see our first hedgehog in our garden this morning. The advantage of my failure to keep the garden pristinely tidy!

TEAM: Our XI to face Sussex.

Sussex win the toss and will bowl first.

Match Centre ⤵️

Breetzke is locked in. 🔒

We're delighted to announce that South African batter Matt Breetzke will join the Steelbacks for the Vitality Blast. 🔥

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Taken from page 101 of Bazball. When I first read this story, I thought how impressive it was by Stokes; now it’s just horribly poignant.

'𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆...' 🌹

This morning, Tom Hartley was presented with his Lancashire cap by red rose great Mike atherton. 🧢👏

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'A wonderfully accessible exploration of one of the most complex problems of our age' Telegraph

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari

Available now in audiobook
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If you're anywhere in the area, the chance to see Miriam and Bob Cryer in action at Hay Festival to talk about the comedy legend that was Barry Cryer seems like one not to be missed.

Great to go to The London Library for an event for the Jhalak Prize shortlisted authors where the brilliant Yepoka Yeebo read from her superb book Anansi’s Gold.