Jacqueline Graham

Publishing professional, publicist - independent, both in work and views

[Joshua Silver @eyejosh]

Please repost if you agree that it would be extremely unwise for Labour to remove Keir Starmer right now

[David Yelland @davidyelland]

Personal View: BBC journalism is disgracefully maligned by my old newspaper world, by Trump and commercially-focussed idealogues, yet here at home I just watched @BowenBBC on Iran, followed by @FrankRGardner, followed by the wonderful @VitalyBBC from Kyiv…. I was in US last week… let me tell you NO news organisation is as good as this, no journalists as clear and free, the new DG needs to fill the newsroom with confidence and….defiance…. it is time to wave the BBC flag.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

@BBCBreakfast Please mention that the rash can be anywhere on the body. It can sometimes start in the armpits or groin or even soles of the feet. People don't know this. (My son's rash was in his armpits.)

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@Mishi_2210 116

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

This novel is fantastic.

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@andrewlownie Wow!

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

According to the Watson School of International and Public Affairs in Rhode Island, more journalists have been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the war in Afghanistan combined.

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@RussInCheshire There was a piece in today's online Bookseller which might help if your previous publisher/s are who I think they are

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@Gmackematix Thanks 👍

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

Great review for a terrific book

[Philippa_Perry @Philippa_Perry]

I need all the retweets you can manage, thank you.

[Christina Patterson @queenchristina_]

This is just horrific. I feel sick.

[Nasturtiums @shimtunley]

@pressgazette @MichaelRosenYes @carolecadwalla @tortoise Uneasy about the takeover of the Observer…a subscriber for over 50 years I will watch carefully as to whether to continue.

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@suladoyle And to you too, dear Urs xx

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

When the subject of old languages comes up, why does it always gravitate towards Latin and only Latin? Of course Latin is an important foundation language for English but so is Old English (used to be called 'Anglo-Saxon'), and so is Norman French.

[Soup Dragon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @soupie66]

Tesco, good, occasionally busy later. Sainsbury’s, moderate to good, rough in toilet roll aisle.
Asda, light to moderate, heavy crowds by evening.
M&S and Co-Op, fair.
Waitrose, fair to moderate.
Lidl, rough at first, easing later.
And that’s the end of the Shopping Forecast.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[Stig Abell @StigAbell]

The great Clive James once wrote a poem about Asma Assad, part of the regime of appalling luxury and cruelty in Syria. Worth a read as ever.

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

This is infuriating and deeply sad. This is how the character of a city erodes away, building by building. It’s made all the worse by the replacement being a pile of trash and the glee of the company’s CEO to see it go.

[Jacqueline Graham @JacquiGram]

@Hepworthclare And Andrew Marr