This morning, Scrooge wakes and his anguish turns to joy. It is a bright Christmas Day, London's church bells are pealing, and he can begin at once to make his world better, brighter, and full of promise for future generations. A very Merry Christmas from the #Dickens Society!

In solidarity with, and in gratitude to the city of San Francisco, the Hamas government has voted for a complete end of homelessness in that city, effective immediately.

My latest in the The Wall Street Journal: a review of "Churchill's American Network" by Cita Stelzer. #Churchill wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

“No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home in Weston-super-Mare.” Sir Kingsley Amis, born 16th April 1922

🚨 Book Title & Cover Reveal 🚨 I'm delighted to announce that my book 'Churchill's Citadel' will be published by @YalePress/Yale University Press London 📖 this autumn and is available to preorder *now*: 🇬🇧 amzn.to/4cRxE4N 🇺🇸 amzn.to/3TXU1wz #ChurchillsCitadel 📖

Coming soon: Cambridge's newest bookshop. It will be about 5 yards from St Botolph's churchyard. Cannot wait.

The new crime fiction shop in Cambridge, due to open in about a fortnight, is shaping up nicely... You can come & buy some golden age detective novels and visit St Botolph's at the same time! Then go for tea and cake at Fitzbillies (all within a 20 seconds walk of each other)

The bound proof of my new book, due to be published in eight weeks’ time.

Many thanks Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland for making this show a constant joy. Very proud to have it in the Goalhanger stable.

First interview about #ChurchillsCitadel = Done! 📖 Loved chatting to Ellie Cawthorne about my book, and #Churchill at ChartwellNT in the 1930s, for the HistoryExtra podcast (by the team behind BBC History Magazine). Can't wait for the episode to air in autumn this year. 🍂

Glad to see that the new crime fiction bookshop in Cambridge, 'Bodies in the Bookshop', is now OPEN. I just went in and it's terrific. It's huge inside. I bought a Dickson Carr and various Golden Age stuff on the owner's personal recommendation. I heartily suggest a visit

Tomorrow the WW1 memorial hits our shores!! America’s sculpture has crossed the Atlantic and heads to DC

Presumably, Gareth Southgate will be following this tried and tested plan against the Spanish? #EUROS2024

Interesting to see the Irish PM at Blenheim Palace - where, in 1912, Bonar Law pledged his support to the Ulster Unionists archive.spectator.co.uk/article/3rd-au… (note Edward Carson on the right chatting to F. E. Smith)

This is such a wonderfully rich & enjoyable book!

Morning. A real treat for The Rest Is History Club members today. In today's bonus episode, Robert Harris talks about his new book PRECIPICE. We discuss H. H. Asquith, the Great War, the craft of historical fiction - and more! Not a member? Sign up at therestishistory.com.

A Soldier Journey is now in the hands of we the people. As the creator of this monument, I am honored to make something for my country that’s speaks about our potential! I looked to the history of Western civilization to make something sacred. This is my response to the other

It’s lucky we have a famously competent state, a well-funded health service, & courts with plenty of time on their hands, or I’d be worrying that this is a terrible decision

After a very enjoyable virtual discussion with Michael F. Bishop & the International Churchill Society yesterday evening, I'm delighted that so many around the world are eager to read Churchill's Citadel, including it now being a #1 Best Seller in its category in Canada. 🇨🇦✌️📔

The relief on their faces!