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
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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"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?
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"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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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.
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"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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#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
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
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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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.
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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!
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"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
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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.
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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
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