Shafik Meghji

Delighted to hear #SmallEarthquakes was @halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social’s book of the month for February 👇🏽

Thanks for the heads up Mary - and thanks Paul, delighted you enjoyed #SmallEarthquakes.

My February 2026 Review:

halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/book-musings...

There are plenty of other brilliant books on the list, including Darwin’s Savages by my fellow @hurstpublishers.bsky.social author Matthew Carr, The Wager by @davidgrann.bsky.social, False Calm by Maria Sonia Cristoff & Patagonia: A Cultural History by @traveloguer.bsky.social.

A screenshot of Swoop Patagonia’s list of the best travel books on Patagonia, featuring Small Earthquakes.

Chuffed to see #SmallEarthquakes in fine company in Swoop Patagonia’s round-up of the best travel books about #Patagonia. A big thanks to
@paulclammer.bsky.social 🙌🏽

www.swoop-patagonia.com/blog/the-36-...

It occurs to me that if the government did force UK writers to hand over their work to the big AI companies, that would now among other things mean contributing to the development of US advanced weapon systems.

The front cover of the Rough Guide to Chile

A review of Small Earthquakes in the guidebook

I had a blast co-authoring the Rough Guide to Chile during the 2010s, and much of the inspiration for #SmallEarthquakes came from the places I visited and people I met along the way.

So it’s lovely to see it recommended in the new edition, updated by the brilliant @heatherjasper.bsky.social 🎉

Urgent call to protect civilians and respect international law as Middle East conflict intensifies As regional conflict intensifies after US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Amnesty International calls for civilian protection and full compliance with international law.

Wars have rules for a reason.

Civilians should never pay the price of any conflict.

1/4🧵

The front cover of the Rough Guide to Chile

A review of Small Earthquakes in the guidebook

I had a blast co-authoring the Rough Guide to Chile during the 2010s, and much of the inspiration for #SmallEarthquakes came from the places I visited and people I met along the way.

So it’s lovely to see it recommended in the new edition, updated by the brilliant @heatherjasper.bsky.social 🎉

Spring issue on sale now, yes it really is incredibly good value

Nigel Farage lied multiple times at his press conference today - including saying no-one who voted Green in Gorton and Denton has a job and he's "certain" Reform won most British born voters in the by-election, based on zero evidence, and yet not a single journalist there pushed back on them

Thanks Carolyn, you too 🙌🏽

Thanks Emma!

A finalist graphic for the awards

A copy of Small Earthquakes

Delighted to hear #SmallEarthquakes has been shortlisted for Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards 2026 🎉

Congratulations to fellow finalists @monisharajesh.bsky.social, @ashbhardwaj.bsky.social and @carolynboyd.bsky.social 🥂

event.inspireglobal.travel/finalists-20...

Good stuff - happy reading!

A copy of Nightfaring: In Search of the Disappearing Darkness

Lovely to celebrate the launch of @meganeaves.com’s brilliant new book #Nightfaring at the Book Elephant.

It’s an engaging and illuminating exploration of our relationship with darkness and the night sky. Highly recommended.

www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Nightf...

INTRODUCING! Hannah Spencer The new Green MP for GORTON & DENTON Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Introducing Hannah Spencer MP 💚

A life shaped by empire, identity and defiance If you were asked to name the key figures in the struggle for women’s rights in the UK, Emmeline Pankhurst or Emily Davison, the protester killed by King George V’s racehorse, will probably spring to mind. It is unlikely you will turn to Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, but this daughter of a deposed Maharaja played a vital role in the fight for equality. Journalist Anil Dawar shares her story.

“Society welcomed her status but not her heritage”

Anil Dawar tells the story of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the British-Indian suffragette pioneer you might never have heard of 🔗 https://ow.ly/Y9js50Yl72X

Big Issue 100 Changemakers 2026: Meet the people making change happen Meet the Big Issue 100 Changemakers 2026 – from a 15-year-old housing campaigner to a 91-year-old fundraiser, this reader-nominated list celebrates the people building fairer, kinder communities acros...

“Begum uses evidence, plain language and calm authority to challenge misinformation and defend racial minorities.”

Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social has been celebrated in the @bigissue.com 100 Changemakers list for 2026.

Check out the full list of changemakers on the Big Issue website 🔗

Nice work, Megan 🙌🏽

Brazilian politician brothers convicted of ordering murder of Rio city councillor João Francisco Inácio Brazão and Domingos Inácio Brazão sentenced for murder of Marielle Franco, a gay Black woman and rising political star

Brazilian politician brothers convicted of ordering murder of Rio city councillor

João Francisco Inácio Brazão and Domingos Inácio Brazão sentenced for murder of Marielle Franco, a gay Black woman and rising political star

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

An excellent book 👇🏽

Exclusive Club prize draws and offers for February | High Life Magazine This month’s prizes include a trip to the Grand Prix of Qatar, an evening out in London’s hottest new restaurant, luxury hotel stays and other exceptional treats

🚨 This month members of the British Airways Club can win a copy of #SmallEarthquakes 👇🏽

www.bahighlife.com/inside-the-c...

Fascinating piece, Henry. What a remarkable place.

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

It can often feel as though we live on a stiflingly demystified little planet.

But I'd be surprised if 1% of readers have heard of the subject of my latest article: the Ennedi Reserve, in northeast Chad, among the grandest anonymous places on Earth.

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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BREAKING: government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law ruled UNLAWFUL

This matters for everyone.

For years, the right to protest has been under sustained and deliberate attack.

Thousands of people have been arrested for something that should have never been a crime.

When Anthropic stopped training on books that were literally pirated, they managed to hit on the one way of buying books that means no money goes to authors: buying used books.

🧵 1/n

The front cover of the Insight Guide to South America

The recommendation for Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America

Chuffed to see #SmallEarthquakes recommended in the new Insight Guide to South America 🌎

📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

A taste of home: Britain’s new wave of Chinese bakeries Dating back to the late 19th century, Chinese bakeries in the UK historically catered to the diaspora from Hong Kong. But over the past two decades, an influx of second-generation immigrants and Chine...

‘It certainly could remind anyone of home, no matter where that is’ 🥧

A new wave of Chinese, Hong Kong and Malaysian bakeries have cropped up in London and across the UK, following recent trends in immigration as well as increasing numbers of international students.

✍️ @chaujeanlin.bsky.social

Great piece @chaujeanlin.bsky.social 🥧