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“Our world runs on platforms.”

Platforms: A Critical Introduction shows how platforms structure modern life, from communication to commerce and labour.

A new book from @silvertje and @fvandervlist is out today in the UK.

See more: https://t.co/dzqX6fIaK2

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As the wooden piles under Amsterdam begin to rot, water levels rise in Venice. Compaction of peat soil in northern England is causing Hadrian's Wall to collapse.

The climate crisis is threatening historical heritage all over the world. Written by a highly regarded art historian, The Future of the Past addresses this urgent issue and asks us to include the fate of beauty in our conversations on climate change.

See more: https://t.co/jkhUMM5xmb

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“a vital work. It is a book that reminds us that while the past may be another country, the present bears its contours.”
- @HistoryToday review The German-Russian Century: History of a Tangled Relationship by Stefan Creuzberger

Read more:
https://t.co/HHgPjn8Whd

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Don't miss @DrFrancisYoung's seminar on his book 'Fairies: A History'. Hosted by the @smithsonian!

Wednesday, ​June 10, 2026 - ​12:00 p.m. ​to 1:15 p.m. ET

This will be an online event. To get a ticket and register your interest, please follow the link below!

https://t.co/W8uu4C6IaK

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Raising feminist concerns about the struggles of African women amid debates surrounding the socio-cultural, economic and political future of Africa remains an immense challenge.

Fatou Sow, the renowned Senegalese feminist activist and academic, illustrates here her own journey through a continuously developing global discourse.

Feminism in Africa: Gender, Knowledge and Resistance by Fatou Sow is out now in the UK
https://t.co/Dj5ZDafRVi

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Language is a major part of what makes us human. We effortlessly attach meaning to sounds and marks, in themselves meaningless, to convey to one another our beliefs, desires, intentions, and other states of mind. How is this amazing feat possible?

What is Philosophy of Language? by Claudine Verheggen is out now in the UK: https://t.co/eAM0ZmVcH2

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"In the course of our lifetimes, the idea that one ought to stand up for the oppressed became the idea that one had to stand up as the oppressed."

The Postcolonial Volk by Benjamin Zachariah (@bmzachariah) is out today in the UK.

https://t.co/eF3q56ACBH

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Delighted to see such a wonderful turnout for Paula Bartley's book launch on Wednesday!

Her book, Trailblazers: The First Women Elected to Government, is out now: https://t.co/zmo8xKKMJM

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May be of interest to: @declassifieduk, @mediareformuk, @mediacomgold, @impress_org, @w_stronge, @peterjukes, @OborneTweets, @medialens

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A concise conceptual summary of the key elements of #capitalism and how these operate in the #media and #tech landscapes.

Des Freedman’s ‘Capitalism and the Media’ is out now in the UK.

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[Alexandra Wilson @amwilson_opera]

I have a new trade book coming out with @politybooks in October! (Available to preorder now.) It considers the highly politicised conversations that are taking place around the arts today, and considers whether they are helping or hindering the arts at a time of crisis. /

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"Trading objectivity for activism left the media open to ideological capture. It stifled critical thinking. It paved the way for mistakes, which lost both audiences and trust. It also, in Canada, put media in the position of taking government money when it risks further jeopardizing public trust. And now, with Trump’s radical new presidency threatening to kick off a fresh new trust spiral, journalists on both sides of the border face a choice: Do they do what they have done for the past eight years – hemorrhaging trust, audience numbers, and revenue – or do they correct course and get back to the basics, most especially the aim of objectivity?"

@TaraRHenley'sThe Trust Spiral is out today in the UK!

https://t.co/SSNumn5CT5

[Des Freedman @lazebnic]

Tony Blair's recent article on the glories of the "AI revolution" was actually a @politybooks marketing stunt to promote the launch of my book 'Capitalism & the Media' which critiques this kind of nonsense. It's out today and here are some thoughts: https://t.co/3WrgUeFNXO

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What is time? Does it exist?
Can it be stopped?
Can time's arrow be reversed?
Can we ever free ourselves from the seemingly inexorable flow of time?.

In this book, Guido Tonelli guides us along the path to understanding a reality that is very different from what we believe it to be.

Time: The Dream of Killing Chronos by Guido Tonelli is out today in the UK:
https://t.co/WblU0ul9JT

[Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @ChountisFabbri]

I reviewed @rossecarroll book on Edmund Burke for the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. A valuable addition to the ever-expanding Burkean scholarship and a concise introduction to Burke’s career and thought. @politybooks @BSECS @JECSjournal

https://t.co/S8rCR6C4mb

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Read an interview with Ulrich Brand, author of Capitalism at the Limit, in @LSEReviewBooks

https://t.co/W6gimU7XFJ

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Jorge Heine is co-author of The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition. Learn more about the book here: https://t.co/jENV7LNr2S

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Face the facts: China isn't leaving Latin America anytime soon

Read @jorgeheinel's column in @RStatecraft

https://t.co/uaIGhxIe8S

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Major environmental problems threaten our planet and evoke within us a need to do something, no matter how small, to slow the damage.

But what should we do?

Businesses, governments, and some environmental groups tell us that buying environmentally friendly products while living more lightly on the planet is a winning strategy.

Michael Maniates isn't buying it. He believes the mantra of 'buy green, live lean, save the planet' is a con of recent and unseemly origin.

Living green is a start, but on its own, it can do more harm than good. We must embrace more rewarding and effective practices for saving the planet.
His book shows us how: https://t.co/d9HF8eky8V

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Learn more about the book here: https://t.co/5cY7h4Tma5

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Why drug pricing is really about power.

Read an interview with @realtahiramin, one of the authors of Pharma Monopoly, in @Forbes.

https://t.co/5ne4GSbIdc