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
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
🚨 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
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.
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.
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
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
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
@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!
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 🤯 🤯 🤯
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