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A writer’s relationship with his editor

A book-length tribute by an author to his editor is rare: John Steinbeck’s Journal of a Novel, a collection of letters to his editor-friend Pascal Covici,

FFS Rover, I said *hostages*

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation 'I assess children in A&E and now I notice more than ever that their clothes are dirty not with the stains of play but the grime of unwashed wear. It cannot go on, and yet it does.' www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review – essential reading

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children

#OTD#WarInItaly

I assess children in A&E and now I notice more than ever that their clothes are dirty not with the stains of play but the grime of unwashed wear. It cannot go on, and yet it does.' www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...@hurstpublishers.bsky.social

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review – essential reading

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children

Pray for a life without a plot, a day without narrative

Frankfurter Allgeimene Zeitung on Henning Melber's new book for @hurstpublishers.bsky.social#German#colonialism, revealing how amnesia, denial and revisionism continue to determine the way the colonial past is dealt with.'

"we inherit the tragedy of losing a just fight. we want to reverse that loss, to give our parents back what is theirs and reclaim what is ours. this is how we learn to love." an outstanding essay about the intimate legacies of the #Nakba@hurstpublishers.bsky.socialwww.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Living the Nakba | Tareq Baconi

In his memoir Going Home (2020), the Palestinian human rights lawyer Raja Shehadeh recalls taking a walk around Ramallah and standing outside the house

Danny Dorling’s new book is a stark analysis of #poverty@hurstpublishers.bsky.socialwww.the-tls.co.uk/politics-by-...

'The core contention of this vol. is that Tolstoy and Russell revolutionized war reporting, eye­witnesses who created the myths of the Siege of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade respectively. Both rejected sentiment.' @HurstPublishers #Crimeawww.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...

Crimean Quagmire by Gregory Carleton | Book review | The TLS

In Crimean Quagmire: Tolstoy, Russell and the birth of modern warfare, Gregory Carleton argues that the Crimean War (1854–6) “changed forever the face of