#RT London Review of Books: ‘On a school holiday visit to the Winnicotts’ house, Ede rearranged the furniture in their drawing room, turning the “cosy nooks and corners” inside out. This was, in essence, what he did for the rest of his life.’ Rosemary Hill Rosemary Hill on… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Although Jorge describes herself as a writer “bound up with the social”, her project isn’t straightforwardly realist: one of the advantages of the novel, as she sees it, is the temporal disruption it offers.’ Alexandra Reza on the novelist Lí… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘I saw one man barred for wearing a jacket embroidered with the word “Russia”. Another waited at the cordon for ten minutes while officers debated if it was lawful to carry a peace flag demanding Nato’s dissolution.’ Sadakat Kadri on V-Day in … lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/may/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Fish are resilient and fertile. It took nearly 100 years of industrialised fishing to dent their numbers. Catches have been dropping since the 1980s, a fact the industry has gone to some lengths to conceal.’ Chris Armstrong on the state of th… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Shouting in unison, opponents and supporters of Russia’s assault on Ukraine sounded in accord about one thing, at least: Nazis out!’ Sadakat Kadri at the V-Day celebrations in Treptower Park, Berlin: lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/may/…

#RT London Review of Books: RT Isobel Finkel: 🗳️🇹🇷 I wrote something for the LRB about the outcome of the recent Turkish vote — and the next one 🇹🇷🗳️ lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/may/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘These are not natural hours but hours of a kind, my little book of, a little digital scannable book. A telepathy toward.’ from ‘From a Book of Hours’, a poem by Maureen McLane in the new issue: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

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#RT London Review of Books: RT Some Melodious Plot: Serendipity in my reading. Two wonderful essays read back to back, without a thought that they were connected (and they both mentioned Galileo crafting his own telescope). First Tobias Gregory on our universal desire to loo… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘They are the objects of every sentence written about them, but we’d do better to imagine them as subjects: Indigenous peoples were victims of heartless rapacity, but they were also agents of change.’ Malcolm Gaskill on indigenous Americans in… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: The last time the circus came to town, backbencher Daniel Kawczynski was the only Conservative MP on the bill. This time there were cabinet ministers, TV cameras and three days of media. Where does this leave the Conservative Party, Peter Geog… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Most Americans transported against their will never returned to their native lands and lived typically short lives of alienation and desolation. Pocahontas died in Gravesend as she prepared to depart.’ Malcolm Gaskill on indigenous Americans … lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: RT @Jake_Watson27: "There was something perverse about Israel’s choice of Asunción as a destination for dispossessed Palestinians." Fascinating account of a failed Israeli plan to transfer Palestinians to Paraguay by Hadeel Assali London Review of Books Diary lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: Turkey’s electoral participation rate is one of the highest in the world, with turnout at 89%. ‘But another way to look at this’, writes Isobel Finkel, ‘is that in a nation where power has become so centralised, the stakes around elections are far t… lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/may/…

#RT London Review of Books: RT @greg_jenner: Excellent and generous summary by ⁦Malcolm Gaskill⁩ of ⁦Caroline Dodds Pennock⁩’s new book On Savage Shores, which resets our perspective of how Indigenous peoples experienced European colonisation - free to read in ⁦London Review of Books⁩ lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Pleasure isn’t simple but that doesn’t mean seeking pleasure is traumatic; only that one must be willing to be inconvenienced.’ @ErinMaglaque on Lauren Berlant’s hard feelings: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘The hunt goes on, reaping fewer and fewer rewards. A typical wooden fishing boat in 1900 could catch sixteen times more fish in an hour than its contemporary equivalent.’ Chris Armstrong on the depredations of the fishing industry: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: RT Leonard Benardo: Alex de Waal provides a brilliant dissection of the Sudanese catastrophe. Blame lies everywhere: warlords, paramilitaries, World Bank unaccountability, Arab investment funds, and so on. Deepest of tragedies after an all-to… lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

#RT London Review of Books: ‘Since the balance of power between science and organised religion has shifted, many suppose there is no real conflict between them. The early modern period teaches us that this comforting belief is historically untrue.’ Tobias Gregory on the … lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…