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"A rope swing is, and will always be, inevitable. If nature and climate have conspired together to create a tree whose bow offers the perfect height for a swing, at some point in time a rope swing will appear." jonn.substack.com/p/book-club-on…

Journalist jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky and cartographer Tom Fish explored the stories behind the lines on our maps. youtube.com/watch?v=CvaRUK…

Be sure to catch jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky and Dorian Lynskey in conversation Foyles Bookshop Charing Cross next Tuesday! Wildfire Books foyles.co.uk/events/jonn-el…

Join jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky in conversation with Dorian Lynskey, chatting all about the brilliant and bestselling #AHistoryOfTheWorldIn47Borders - get your tickets now! foyles.co.uk/events/jonn-el…

Quick, you can currently read A History of the World in 47 Borders on Kindle for just 99p! I have no idea why! But this is a really good time to buy a copy if you've been meaning to and forgetting! amazon.co.uk/History-World-…

So… how much trouble are we in? A previously paywalled bit which, given the week's British political news, feels oddly apt right now jonn.substack.com/p/how-to-measu…

There's still time to grab your tickets to join jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky in conversation with Dorian Lynskey, chatting all about #AHistoryOfTheWorldIn47Borders. Don't miss it! foyles.co.uk/events/jonn-el…

"Even if it does work as a strategy for winning the next election, there’s a question: why bother?" On the sheer, infuriating pointlessness of a Labour leadership that sees governing in a progressive way as a distracting from fighting the next election. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

"I feel like, on the grounds that squinting is not going to do you much good at the point you’ve been blinded, it’s probably the latter explanation." On Vasily the Squint, and other Rus' or Russian monarchs with noteworthy nicknames jonn.substack.com/p/some-notewor…

Journalist jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky joined cartographer Tom Fish for a salon on the stories behind the lines on our maps. youtube.com/watch?v=CvaRUK…

"But of course, the sudden bout of whatever-the-f*ck is not the only reason I’m not in a good place. Another is that the governing party seems to have convinced itself that, “the far right is correct. Vote Labour” is in any way a winning strategy." jonn.substack.com/p/things-cant-…

I had so much fun talking to jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky about his politics this week! amyhoggart.substack.com/p/the-left-win…

"It takes a big government to admit that it was wrong – or, at the very least, an extremely frightened one." Latest NS column is on why do the benefits for the elderly get special treatment newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

"Tacitus would have agreed that Macaulay and Trevelyan were imitating the Roman empire. He definitely wouldn’t have meant that as a compliment." A guest post from the author of "All Roads Lead to Rome", on why it's bad to learn too many lessons from Rome jonn.substack.com/p/rhiannon-gar…