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Today's Stats. Cheese eaten. NO cheese. Oh, apart from that St Agur. Books sold. 34. You lot are the best! THANKS! Did we get Wordle? Eventually. In 5. tsk. Steps. 11095 Horses bought. No horses (again) Did I speak to my Mum. Texted Extra info. Struggling, but fighting

‘Prehistory is more abstract than history: untethered by written documents, it will always be open to guesswork.’ Julian Bell on the known unknowns of Stonehenge: https://t.co/wXLBcMKB4s https://t.co/A3fgxlT7dt

Did you know that some bumble bees actually lay eggs in abandoned rodent holes, like those created by rabbits? https://t.co/eNnwPjIL71

Break up the tedium of inbox junk with literary newsletters you’ll love. https://t.co/vX1dGDOHzr

I haven't done stats for two weeks! What a fucking shambles. Hang on.

"Nursing a myth can keep us alive." https://t.co/4bakna03Bw

This week, Erica and Tirzah discuss some great resources for free YA books for teens this summer: https://t.co/Y9fvXLa6o9

‘Nothing remotely comparable has ever happened before’: Forrest Hylton reports on the presidential elections in Colombia, where left-winger Gustavo Petro has broken former president Álvaro Uribe’s hold over the political system. https://t.co/JJpkdTQu63

Book reviews you hate to love. https://t.co/XBdmCXd2S0

Read your way into the best Ethiopian books: https://t.co/UK8Xmbd2jc

Unprecedented scenes, too, in France’s legislative elections: ‘Never before in the 64-year history of the Fifth Republic,’ writes @ArunInParis, ‘has a newly (re)elected president been deprived of a legislative majority to this degree.’ More on the blog: https://t.co/kY7LxaHhlq

Taylor Brorby on anti-queer legislation and anti-environmentalism come from the same source of destruction. https://t.co/CirkcDl48O

The best novels set in the world of the comics industry: https://t.co/sH8jEwkdrQ

Noor Naga on writing a book around questions rather than answers. https://t.co/twHTEs6pky

How many of these books have you read? https://t.co/ER2GEoRpTP