jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky

author, columnist, bestselling author (seriously). @newstatesman @theneweuropean @ohgodwhatnowpod. barely here these days, fewer nazis on bluesky.

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

bloody hell I'm on a list with Sally Rooney

[Foyles Bookshop @Foyles]

Presenting our Foyles Book of the Year 2024 shortlist: whittled down from the past year of bookish excellence—a bookshelf full of essential reading, from established writers and new voices alike, defining this year in books. Behold the shortlistees… https://t.co/gRSBffJBTi

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

His desecration of the White House and plans to build a huge arch in Washington DC are abominations. But for something truly hideous, check out the statue he’s put up at his golf course in Florida – if you dare

✏️ @JonnElledge

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[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

"I was talking to someone at a party the other day – given what I’m about to write, it may surprise you that either one of us were at a party, but it is nonetheless true – when he offered to show me his app..."

So: how Absurdly Located Is YOUR City Hall?

https://t.co/MYaHoITgE7

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

"Yes, there were columns and domes, statues and temples. But they weren’t white; they weren’t even pale. Rome was bedecked, bedazzled, and generally decorated in a way we would now consider gaudy."

Fantastic guest post by Rhiannon Garth Jones

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[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

(Also it's not signed - the unsigned copies are actually more valuable!)

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[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

Amazon has knocked more than 20% off the price of A History of World in 47 Borders in some kind of summer sale, so if you have somehow STILL not read it then THIS IS YOUR CHANCE.

https://t.co/zylGSME1A8

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

@MohsinSiddiqi6 @SarahDuggers That sounds very familiar. So sorry for your loss. The talking's nice though - keep doing it. Look after yourself. x

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

"Far more embarrassing, surely, that Reform UK has not replaced its candidate. Multiple newspapers and the campaign group Hope Not Hate have all been able to claim scoops simply be trawling Robert Kenyon’s social media history. This is not a good sign."

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[Birmingham Archives & Collections @TheIronRoom]

#SundayShowcase is A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge. Those inconsequential lines can mask years of conflict, political identity, hubris & foolishness. This book explains why our world looks the way it does. Ref: 526.09 HRA Map Area @LibraryofBham @jonnelledge

[Peter Mitchell @_bezpilotnik]

I'm back in Nairobi in late July in the hope of making progress towards a conclusion to my sister's inquest, and finding out whatever I can about her murder there four and a half years ago. It's taken too long. Coverage here from ITV: https://t.co/58ovDoogRj

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

Unlike most of the time when people on the internet are just asking questions, though, “Is Greenland secretly British?” is not an entirely stupid thing to ask. It comes from two quite important people – one living, one dead.

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[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Quiz time: Can you pick the real from fake reasons new Reform councillors have already quit?

✏️ @JonnElledge

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[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

I was talking to someone at a party the other day – given what I’m about to write, it may surprise you that either one of us were at a party, but it is nonetheless true – when he offered to show me his “City Hall Eccentricity” app.

https://t.co/MYaHoITgE7

[The New World: New ideas. New magazine @TheNewWorldmag]

Globalist Quakers, a swastika tattoo, dead for 30 years – are these true or false?

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It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity: what is wet-bulb temperature, and why should you worry about it?

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For this week's New World column I made up some reasons Reform councillors have quit the party. Can YOU find the real ones? Fun for all the family!

https://t.co/MCqDOMEW05

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

"This may come as news to younger readers, but – once upon a time in British politics, we had this thing we called “hope”. You’re shaking your head, I know. It sounds so foolish now."

my sort of review of the week in politics for the NS

https://t.co/VMxxuyafiV

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Anyway in parts of the country this afternoon it's gonna be 8C beyond the definition of "heatwave" that held until 1990, it is not even June, this is fine.

https://t.co/bZ953tWD0F

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

The UK has an official definitions of a "heatwave", that vary by

a) geography (a heatwave in the south east is hotter than a heatwave elsewhere); and

b) time (we've been raising the threshold. Worrying

https://t.co/bZ953tWD0F