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Thrilled that next wk the National Portrait Gallery will be displaying this newly donated photo of Britain’s 1st #WW2 female special agent for the 1st time! #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved. Thanks to Matt Nixson for this press: express.co.uk/news/history/1…

So grateful to Matt Nixson for this interview with Kate Atkinson in today's paper. She enjoyed it entirely. Rare for Kate to do interviews, but Matt nailed it. Thank you! ❤️📚

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ICYMI, here's the great John Nichol ✈ writing about the 50th anniversary of #Tornado ✈️ for #ExpressFeatures yesterday. Fascinating piece. John's got a new book incoming this autumn, and it sounds like a must-read #TheUnknownWarrior via Simon & Schuster UK

ICYMI, here's Ava Glass speaking to my colleague Jane Warren for #ExpressFeatures last week about all things spy fiction! Nice nod to #TheakstonCrime Harrogate Festivals too! Big thanks Ava, whose latest book, The Trap, is out now!

ICYMI, the great Hunter Davies writing for #ExpressFeatures on the joys of growing old... his new book, Letters to Margaret, is published this week... (and I'm, briefly, in it....!)

Fantastic to hear from SpaceX that Transporter-11 should launch this evening at approx 7:20pm UK time! She is carrying precious cargo.. and most precious to us is UK Space Command's Tyche satellite.. which can be seen on the far left near the bottom of this very cool pic.

On This Day… 26th August 1996. The Charlatans - One To Another “Love, I adore you… Always lookin' for you… And I'll be there whenever you need me… Be my Spiderwoman, I'll be your Spiderman…” 🙌

Bouchercon starts this week! Very excited! Grab some free coffee & snacks & come see me & other Atria Books authors on Sat, 8/31, 8am - 12pm, in Delta Ballroom B, Level 2 of Gaylord Opryland Resort. #nashville Atria Mystery Bus ITW Debut Authors Program 🔗bouchercon2024.com/saturday

Aerial view of Loughrigg Fell, Lake District, by Joan Martin Photo North. photonorth.co.uk/-/galleries/la…

If Slow Horses aired on the BBC it'd be the biggest show in the UK hands DOWN

Here is another band from the nineties who have announced a UK tour: Oasis #lasttimeweplayedtogetherwasoxfordpolyin1994

The jaw-dropping affair between the PM and socialite half his age as Europe slid towards WWI. ICYMI, I spoke to Robert Harris about his stunning new novel #Precipice, out now via Penguin Books UK, based on true story of HH Asquith & his monumental correspondence. Thanks Robert!

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.

⭐️The finalists have been selected for the 2024 McIlvanney Prize! Congrats! CARNIVAL OF LIES Cesare Aldo returns 26.6.25 A Divine Fury Pan Macmillan Chris Brookmyre The Cracked Mirror (Sphere) Val McDermid Past Lying (Sphere) Abir Mukherjee Hunted (Vintage) Kim Sherwood A Spy Like Me HarperCollins Creative Scotland

Excellent interactive piece on #Grenfell tragedy and scandal via Darren Boyle and #MailOnline. Well worth a read

Happy #NationalReadaBookDay! To celebrate, we wanted to share the eclectic mix of books the team at Give a Book are currently reading! 📕📗📘📙 Claire Douglas White Teeth #readingforpleasure #books #reading

I did Trevor’s Faber Academy course last year and it was just brill - learnt loads and met great people 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Royal Navy’s Rhodri Leyshon - who lost his life when his Merlin helicopter ditched n English Channel Wednesday night . His comrades described him as a consummate professional . His family say their lives will never be the same. RIP