It was an absolute pleasure to read & review Jad Adams latest book - #DecadentWomen #YellowBook Lives - tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Take that, bigots!

Nine months to the Benn Legacy conference University of Westminster, commemorating 100 years since the birth of #TonyBenn. See website for the call for papers thebennlegacy.co.uk

Saw Mrs Warren's Profession Jack Studio Theatre for PlaysToSee 'Vivie may be sanctimonious but those same skills of determination, business acumen and willingness to put themselves into the work that made Kitty an immoral woman make Vivie a moral one.' tinyurl.com/7nfbj9v6

Ahem.

Three of my books have been used to train AI models. Let's put that differently: three of my works have been plagiarised by people who use machines to copy them so they can fake something similar. Please take part in the ALCS survey and join the revolt against the machines.

This is pure gold. I’m starting to think JD Vance is a worse VP pick than Sarah Palin

26 July 1945. The results of the General Election, held on 5 July 1945, were finally declared. They revealed that the Labour Party led by Clement Attlee had won a landslide victory over Winston Churchill’s Conservative Party.

The first politician in whom I took any interest (I was under 10).

A chat between me and equally scandalous mate Kate Lister @k8_lister on #history of flagellation and #C18th #erotica: enjoy! shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-sh…

Translated by Ella D'Arcy who received £30 for the job and no royalties. 'I was informed that my translation would not be accepted in America...' but hers was used, with no extra payment. #DecadentWomen reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/decadent-… Reaktion Books

Honestly one of the best things I've ever seen on this island

After the autobiographies, which Charlotte Bingham book should I be reading?

Why do I keep going back to #Folkestone? Well there's this...

Congratulations!

I used to see Play for Today but also The Wednesday Play and at this distance I can't remember which was which. Blue Remembered Hills? The Year of the Sex Olympics? Panda's Fen? Were they ITV or BBC?

After all, it worked so well in Northern Ireland...

We’re back! We’re delighted to be relaunching today as The London Archives. You can still expect free access to 1000 years of history, available to all, with a greater online presence, a new website, social content , and a jam-packed events programme + more! #TheLondonArchives

Once I wrote the entire first chapter of a novel with a soft pencil. I would resharpen it every day and work till it was blunt. By the time the chapter was finished I could hardly hold the tiny stub. Never done it before or since, or know why I did it then.

A Chorus Line gets 4 stars from Julie Peakman in PlaysToSee Sadler's Wells playstosee.com/a-chorus-line/