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You can now experience the Pre-Raphaelites in a brand new way, by inhaling the art The Barber Institute! This immersive exhibition is not just a gimmick but has real depth, thanks to the research of curator Dr. Christina Bradstreet ruthmillington.co.uk/scent-pre-raph…

Thanks Hive.co.uk for selling The Most Interesting Book in the World, amazing to see it edging ahead of - ahem - AL PACINO AND MARGARET ATWOOD

Whenever a book idea makes you laugh out loud, it's always Jason Hazeley

The 30 minute version of our brand new VOYAGING episode goes out tonight at 9:30pm on BBC Two. Alternatively, if you fancy the XL version, that's available to stream right now on iPlayer! ⛴️

Weird Al is still just the best.

In West Berkshire? Come by and get your Christmas shopping done in one fell swoop!

Need a Christmas gift suitable for ANYONE? Want to bone up on interesting facts to spice up the interminable family smalltalk? Learn how to interrogate houseplants, guess Wayne Rooney's passwords, and what happened to Tutankhamun's erection... linktr.ee/foxtosser

Our #BookOfTheDay is full of offbeat ideas and curious tales, perfect for anyone who likes to think outside the box! #ImpossibleThings by Dan Schreiber (Dan Schreiber) encourages young readers change the way they view the world: booktrust.org.uk/book/i/impossi… Wren & Rook

CUNK ON LIFE IS NOW ON NETFLIX

Thought of the day. From Brian Blessed.

Need a Valentine's Day gift? Give them Austrian women's armpits, catapulting Corsicans, parrot-riding gods, caveman snogging, zombie queens, and the love story that left the solar system... simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Love-A-C…

"Maps, it should be said, are not quite what they appear to be." - from The Golden Atlas by Edward Brooke-Hitching

Perfect fireside read in this miserable weather...

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine

Insane footage from the ISS orbiting over auroras yesterday

News corner: my latest novel is out in paperback in 30 days! It's a funny, thrilling summer read, about-housing-but-not-depressing, and the algorithm at Amazon has *already* got it discounted. Pre-orders make a huge difference to authors so HERE IT IS: amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Guid…

Anyone intrigued by this from Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook in The Rest Is History should read Edward Brooke-Hitching wonderful first book to find out more. So many bizarre, dangerous and often cruel sports down the centuries.

Many thanks to Edward Brooke-Hitching (Edward Brooke-Hitching) for his lovely quote about my #newbook CRYPTIC (out now from Yale University Press London 📖!): "A richly illustrated guide that deftly leads you through a maze of historical mysteries, from angelic language to alchemical secrets...