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Iran vs America; Allen Ginsberg at 100; revealing Shakespeare’s politics; poets and suicide; sonnet-mania – and much more https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A

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Summer books 2026; ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ reconsidered; the Declaration of Independence at 250; how football sold itself; woes of the reviewers – and much more. Out now: https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A

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We are delighted to share the shortlist for this year’s TLS Ackerley Prize, judged by @PParkerwriting @michaelscaines @claire_harman

The winner will be announced at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, on July 23. Tickets available here: https://t.co/jmsFsiPI6E

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Great to be asked to review four fascinating books on nuclear history for the current issue of @TheTLS.
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A review by David Attenborough of Tom Phillips’s African Goldweights, published in the TLS of July 23, 2010 https://t.co/g8Ava4qzSb

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Inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize winner Peter Filkins joins @TheTLS's Toby Lichtig and prize judges to discuss the art of translation and his interpretation of Elias Canetti's The Book Against Death.

🎬 Coming this week to the JLF Video Player: https://t.co/FKfxVHr1eh

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Knowing like mad: Jeremy Noel-Tod on the poetry and criticism of J. H. Prynne, who died yesterday, at the age of eighty-nine https://t.co/i1ok1AbO7b

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The many faces of Shakespeare; being Jan Morris; how elephants communicate; Deborah Levy and Gertrude Stein; Japan’s demographic crisis; AI reviewing – and much more: https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A

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'It has a major Roman collection from Hadrian’s Wall (it’s easy to forget that Carlisle was directly on the Wall and there is a great visible tract of it nearby at Birdoswald).'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): For the eternally curious https://t.co/eXcVR88Kl4

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'In my first years at King’s, Averil (along with Carlotta Dionisotti) taught me how to be a professional academic and how, especially, to thrive, or manage, as a woman in the academy.'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Averil Cameron

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'The prize has been awarded every two years since 1998 to someone who has linked an intellectual engagement with Classics to a commitment to “the public good”.'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard ): Classics for All? https://t.co/PNxSRiAGmK

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The British imagination; Trump’s whisperers; the orphan behind Oliver Twist; birds in art; Ben Lerner returns; nocturnal beauty – and much more. Out now: https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A

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'There are plenty of houses that have been “classicized” by the addition of a few columns whose elongated proportions would make Vitruvius turn in his grave.'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard ): The ‘Column Crowd’ https://t.co/AvjV87Tcl1

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'There were many revealing information plaques set in the sidewalk commemorating them and marking where they had lived. (It wasn’t all generals; I spotted a plaque for the country singer, Patsy Cline).'
Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Putting America Right Again https://t.co/iQ1lik88K1

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'I will forever be grateful to her for allowing me some careful and considerate airtime after one of the first nasty attacks I received on social media.'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): Jenni Murray and Pompeii https://t.co/I9fiiIXg2q

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The struggle between good and evil in William Golding’s fiction https://t.co/G28VqyX2cy

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William Golding’s beast within; the many lives of W. H. Auden; Palantir spreads; the spirit of the Risorgimento; Ishiguro on film; experiencing consciousness – and much more.

Out now: https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A

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The failure to combat laundering https://t.co/RWMtCWWZw8

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How the Bible came into existence https://t.co/QYCQgdPVIS

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'At the time, it brought back memories of the Falklands War and the different “styles” of reportage.'

Mary Beard (@wmarybeard): GOTCHA https://t.co/PdlI4P8WU0