Laura Beers

Historian of modern Britain. New book, Orwell's Ghosts: Wisdom and Warnings for the Twentieth Century, out now:

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Release day! First sighting of Orwell’s Ghosts in the wild (really at the Rockville Barnes & Noble) - and they had me sign it! ⁦@wwnorton⁩

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Really proud to be included on this list! I'm not on X much at all anymore, but you can follow me on bluesky @fieryparticle.bsky.social

[LA Times Festival of Books @latimesfob]

And the finalists for this year's @latimes Book Prize for Biography are...

Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle)
Cynthia Carr
Jessica Goudeau (@jessica_goudeau)
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Pamela D. Toler

Congratulations, authors!! 🎉 https://t.co/QwKGRdFy9Q

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

She was also, more pertinently, personal private sec to the Min of Health during the 1929 Labour govt and Min of Edu from ‘45-47 — two posts that taught her the art of balancing compassion and a commitment to social justice with tough fiscal constraints. @RachelReevesMP

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves has swapped out a portrait of Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor, Nigel Lawson, for one of Ellen Wilkinson, a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain

[Helen Antrobus @HelenAntrobus]

She was the first female Minister of Education, fought for justice, equality, women's rights, workers rights, international relations, and was one of the leading political voices against the rise of Fascism in 1930s Europe.

Great choice, @RachelReevesMP.

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

@MichelleEgan14 @IanDunt I’m making a rare foray onto X during the VP debate and saw this. Ian, feel free to shoot me an email [email protected]

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Interested in some life-long learning? It's still not too late to register for my three-class course on George Orwell and the modern world. The first Zoom class begins tomorrow (9/5) at 1pm eastern.

[Roundtable @Roundtable_92NY]

What does it really mean to call something Orwellian? Discuss this and more starting on 9/5 with Laura Beers author of Orwell’s Ghosts: Wisdoms and Warnings for the Twentieth-Century. https://t.co/2MqALSxs7i #Orwellian #georgeOrwell

[Roundtable @Roundtable_92NY]

75 years after Nineteen Eighty-Four, this course reexamines Orwell's writing and its relevance today. Explore censorship, free speech, inequality, and more. What does "Orwellian" really mean? Find out with @Fiery_Particle. Register: https://t.co/BNDXvAQ3Am #Orwell #Literature

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

I'm doing a book event at Elaine's bookstore in Alexandria on Sunday, Sept. 8. Come join if you're in town!
https://t.co/LWznPD8lz0 @Eventbrite

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Me on BookTV!

[BookTV on C-SPAN2 @BookTV]

What does it mean for something to be "Orwellian?" @Fiery_Particle, author of "Orwell's Ghosts" explains. Watch more: https://t.co/JPsf1RaLAZ

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

@PolProfSteve I’ve suggested it to him more than once 🤷‍♀️

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Free tonight? Come see me discuss Orwell and contemporary politics with @SmithInAmerica at Politics and Prose

[Politics and Prose @PoliticsProse]

Friday, join @Fiery_Particle to discuss ORWELL'S GHOSTS - exploring George Orwell’s still-radical ideas and why they are critical today - 7PM @ Conn Ave - https://t.co/XOmnN5TqsA

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

On the podcast | Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle) explores the life and times of the writer responsible for conjuring up 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four': https://t.co/aUAXdIhu7E

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

@UnwinPaul Oops, sorry! 🫣 couldn’t resist capturing Clare doing Ellen’s accusatory finger point

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Really enjoyed #thepromise ⁦@ChichesterFT⁩. #clareburt did an amazing job bringing Ellen to life

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

@UnwinPaul I should have done! I wrote a bit on Ellen for the programme and they arranged tickets for me and my husband while we were down south. Excited to see it!

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Excited to see @UnwinPaul’s The Promise tonight at @ChichesterFT with #ClareBurt as Ellen Wilkinson

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Confused about what Orwellian actually means and how his work is relevant in our current political moment? Read Orwell’s Ghosts

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🎯

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

I laughed so hard I nearly spit out my coffee reading when I got to this line of the article this morning 😂

[Natasha Korecki @natashakorecki]

“This sudden outpouring of sympathy for a man he recently called ‘a broken-down old pile of crap’ was somewhat surprising.”

https://t.co/73gVyBzJc8

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

@citizen_sanders The biggest pain for me is updating the assignment submission bit— so extremely fiddly and annoying!

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

Putting together my fall course pages is easily my least favorite part of the summer. My 🧠 invariable manages to forget every non-intuitive Canvas feature between May and August 🤯 🤯 🤯

[Laura Beers @Fiery_Particle]

I had a great time talking Orwell with @phil_tinline last week. If you are around Leeds this Wednesday 7/8, come hear me and @AndrewThorpe4 talk about the book at @WstonesLeeds. Tickets available at https://t.co/bjQF6rwCwH

[David Higham Books @DHAbooks]

A wonderful discussion of all things Orwell @WaterstonesTraf last night: Laura Beers (@Fiery_Particle, author of #OrwellsGhosts) in conversation with @phil_tinline (#TheDeathOfConsensus)