Just the summer read! If you like #historicalfiction, a 'her-story' with a strong, hitherto-unheard voice that lures you into the world's most astonishing, true-life Cinderella tale, then this novel is for you. Thanks so much and enjoy, dear @catherinefs .

#Podcast Check out our Books of the Year so far podcast pod.fo/e/258ebd Featuring titles by Saul David Lucy Ashe Patrick Bishop, Jonathan Dimbleby SpyMasters #historybooks #bookrecommendations #historylovers

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Brilliant ⁦Tomiwa Owolade⁩ ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ and so true

To mark the #DemocraticConvention #DNC2024 #DNC we've had fun adapting Eddy Grant's gloriously hopeful international anti-apartheid anthem from 1988. So here's 🎶 "Gimme Hope Kamala" - a parody twist about Kamala Harris 💙 vs #DonaldTrump 🍊 that pulls no punches.

Delighted to be able to recommend Jane Thynne/C.J.Carey excellent new novel, Midnight in Vienna The Spectator World “a new kind of spy novel” out in September thespectator.com/book-and-art/j…

Dear #Brexit The gift that just keeps on giving. which.co.uk/news/article/u…

People of Clacton: You were forewarned! c: Guy Verhofstadt

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Not saying this isn’t a good idea … but can’t help thinking the energy would be better spent making it easier to get to see your GP ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩

No one is above scrutiny when a child’s at risk thetimes.com/article/2f4a06… Horrifying story about Children in Need paedophile ring.

x.com/elizabethbucha… History Book Chat Would be delighted to be added to the list

Naples at the end of the 1930s. At this point nobody knew what sorrows would befall it, and the city was full of pride... but also pockets of resistance to the Fascists. To find out what happened next, pre-order my book, #Naples1944 at Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/naples-19…

How about a quick blast of Yes Minister? There are sitcoms that have stood the test of time, and then there's this. Good morning.

British author Lee Child - creator of action hero Jack Reacher - has described libraries as 'food banks for the brain' 📚 The best-selling writer, who's sold 100 million books, spoke to #R4Today after news that his childhood library in Birmingham could close under planned cuts.

Deal of the Week The Words I Never Wrote, by Jane Thynne/C.J.Carey Just 99p "An engrossing, suspenseful page-turner." amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D9QFBMHZ/ Shane - Spybrary Podcast Host #histfic #espionage #bookboost

Happy publication day to Lissa Evans! If you’ve never read any of her books you have a massive treat in store.

I spoke on ⁦BBC Radio 4 Today⁩ this morning on public libraries as infrastructure for democracy & making the case that government takes its superintendence responsibilities seriously under the 1964 Act. From 2:23 onwards bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Brilliant book, brilliant author

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