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Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent & @pastpreservers | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, The Critic, The Washing Post | Views my own

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Very excited to be publishing this book in August. Paul Mason is one of the UK's best political journalists and media commentators. REDS is a huge undertaking as a historian and writer. It's a brilliant narrative. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

05.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Down to Rotherhithe last night for beers in #TheMayflower - close to where the Pilgrims originally set off for Southampton to then sail to the New World in the summer of 1620.

01.03.2026 09:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Norman, Stanley, Fletcher ...

07.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A very wet trip down to the Essex coast to give my first talk of the year at #ReadOnSea bookshop in Leigh-on-Sea. Lovely place, intimate crowd who asked loads of good questions (and bought books!πŸ˜‰)

07.02.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's hilarious that they're pretending Tom Homan is some kind of voice of calm and reason. He looks and sounds like someone who would be hitting Dick Tracy's knees with a hammer

27.01.2026 05:10 πŸ‘ 3340 πŸ” 482 πŸ’¬ 118 πŸ“Œ 22
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Llega a librerΓ­as la ediciΓ³n bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social, libro ganador del MHM Book of the Year πŸ“š

Una perspectiva novedosa de la batalla de Stalingrado que marcΓ³ el principio del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial πŸ’₯

#ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo

12.01.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Β‘Novedad!

La ediciΓ³n bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social llegarΓ‘ a librerΓ­as el 12 de enero πŸ“š

Descubre la batalla de Stalingrado, la mΓ‘s sangrienta de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, con testimonios inΓ©ditos πŸ’₯

πŸ‘‰ Preventa en aticodeloslibros.com

#ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo

05.01.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost a silver sheen to the #Thames this morning. Ice underfoot and a very peaceful calm to everyone walking to work. HNY #London.

05.01.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Love the paperback cover of #TheHiroshimaMen out from @littlebrown.bsky.social this summer. @waterstones.bsky.social @JohnsonAlcock This August is the 80th anniversary of the iconic expose from #WWII war correspondent & Pulitzer novelist #JohnHersey on the survivors published in @newyorker.com

04.01.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Restocking vinyl for Christmas (original taken by an old ex girlfriend) and this beauty getting a run out as we pack up decorations this morning. #Police #Sting

04.01.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“Œ La ediciΓ³n bolsillo de "El ΓΊltimo duelo" de Eric Jager

πŸ“Œ La ediciΓ³n bolsillo de "El faro de Stalingrado" de
@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social

#ÁticodelosLibros #ÁticoHistoriaBolsillo

02.01.2026 11:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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HNY! Have the best 2026 possible.

01.01.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I think I was excited to be promised we'd watch ELF after Christmas dinner.

26.12.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want to feel you're in #CharlesDickens London, then watching the latest version of #AChristmasCarole in the atmosphere of Alexandra Palace is the place. Very well staged & Neil Morrissey excellent as Jacob Marley.

23.12.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' @dailymail.co.uk #BerlinWall Great pressie for the #ColdWar enthusiast in your life at Christmas time! Listen to my appearance about it on @therestishistory.bsky.social @coldwarpod.bsky.social

22.12.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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He did need a bigger boat!

20.12.2025 17:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The drive from Strontian to Lochaline in Morven is stunning. Now at the Ionian Cross at Kreil Church, overlooking the Sound of Mull.

19.12.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No highlands coo was injured (or decapitated) in the making of this hotel Christmas decoration.

18.12.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Since Bonnie Prince Charlie raised his royal standard here at #Glenfinnan, on the shores of Loch Shiel in 1745, only two other pretenders have been more embarrassing: Ally McLeod 'We'll win it!' at the '78 World Cup; & David Steel's 'Go home and prepare for government!'. #Hubris

18.12.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Walked from Kinlochleven in Lochaber to the top of the Devil's Staircase overlooking Glen Coe, and then back. Poured with rain but good fun.

17.12.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas ...

16.12.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Still one of my regular re-reads over Christmas. Characters are fascinating and the storyline surreal.

13.12.2025 11:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dark skies but what a view for a morning coffee.

12.12.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Beware of impeachment ...

08.12.2025 09:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two years since he sadly passed away. RIP Benjamin Zephaniah. A good man. Hugely enjoyed working with him on his memoir. What a life. Loved his cakes when signing copies, too. British culture is poorer without him.

07.12.2025 21:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah, this photo. My dad always wanted to take me winter fishing on nearby Loch Sunart on #Ardnamurchan. We never caught anything, EVER, but the penny dropped many years later that he simply wanted to share time.

07.12.2025 10:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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London in winter is so mesmeric. #Thames #StPaulsCathedral

03.12.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Loved writing this. So many characters and legal history to capture.

19.11.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials In the courtrooms of Nuremberg and Tokyo, the victorious Allies declared that civilisation must not merely win wars but also judge them, leaving a legal and moral legacy that persists to this day.

The long shadow of the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social

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19.11.2025 10:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Tartan Army meeting ICE at #WorldCupUSA should make interesting viewing.

19.11.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0