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Linda Jaivin interviewed by Richard Fidler on ABC News talking about Bombard the Headquarters! The Cultural Revolution in China. abc.net.au/listen/program…

Big Issue I was delighted to be asked to write this piece on the updated edition of my book ABANDONED PLACES for Big Issue bigissue.com/culture/books/…

Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN and Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA reviewed in Inside Story by Andrew Bonnell insidestory.org.au/ghosts-of-dict…

Happy publication day to the paperback of David Safier's MURDER AT THE CASTLE Just what does Angela Merkel do to keep herself occupied in retirement? Why, she becomes a brilliant amateur sleuth, of course. 'Perfectly judged' Financial Times 'Immensely enjoyable' The New World: New ideas. New magazine

We can't wait for finished copies of Robert Winder's #ThreeRivers to arrive - that foil detail! 😍 This is a beautifully written travelogue exploring the rich and varied cultural worlds shaped by the Rhine, the Rhone and the Po. Pre-order Blackwell's bit.ly/4kELoT1

'China’s ‘nightmare’ youth revolution was lit by its neurotic authoritarian leader, Mao Zedong. What can we learn from it?' Wanning Sun reviews 'Bombard the Headquarters!' (Black Inc, 2025) by Linda Jaivin in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand bit.ly/3GwybOi

'With an innate sense of the dramatic, Jaivin conjures up these historical moments like a scriptwriter for an epic...' - Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA reviewed by Wanning Sun in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand theconversation.com/chinas-nightma…

Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN and Nicholas T. Parsons' The Shortest History of Austria selected as new history highlights by Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations fivebooks.com/category/histo…

Summer holiday reading, anyone, as you wing your way to Japan? Or at least dream that you're going there? Small, portable - and fun to read on the beach. For the cost of a couple of ice creams! Kieron Connolly Old Street Publishing Japan Society amazon.co.uk/Shortest-Histo…

Summer holiday reading, anyne, as you wing your way to Japan? Or at least dream that you're going there? Small, portable - and fun to read on the beach. For the cost of a couple of ice creams! The Japan Society Daiwa Foundation amazon.co.uk/Shortest-Histo…

“I consider myself a remarkable fella.” Back in 1963 David Attenborough travelled to the outback of the Northern Territory of Australia to meet Jack Mulholland, an Irishman who preferred the peace of a ghost town in Borroloola to the pressures of conventional life.

Dublin, O'Connell Street, 1959. I post photographs taken by me since 1954. 180 unique historic street scenes of the UK and Ireland are included in my book "Forgotten Times" to be published soon. A limited number available to pre-order from Amberley Publishing. #Dublin #Ireland

Thrilled to feature on Chris Harding (now at Bsky)'s brilliant substack on all things #Japan, history and more. If you're interested in #women, power or #Japanesehistory - or all 3 - do listen in! The Japan Society Daiwa Foundation Women and Power in Japanese History open.substack.com/pub/illuminasi…

The Shortest History of Music's Andrew Ford on Boulez and this year's Proms. #Proms #Boulez insidestory.org.au/boulez-at-100-…

Very good to see Linda Jaivin's book on the Chinese Cultural Revolution BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! and Sheila Fitzpatrick's THE DEATH OF STALIN selected as non-fiction highlights by Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations fivebooks.com/best-books/not…

Nicholas T. Parsons' The Shortest History of Austria has been chosen as one of Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations' recommendations for July. fivebooks.com/best-books/new…