Books Contents Archive

I'm on the phone to my Mum. She says hi!

On the whiteness of maternity wear, and Rihanna’s boundary-breaking approach to pregnancy fashion. https://t.co/x0fiS1Agj2

The first police procedural was published almost a full century after detective stories like Sherlock Holmes, but they've caught up in the meantime! https://t.co/c34s9EzCVx #ad @JP_Books

‘When I was a kid, sports announcers like Bill Walton used to dramatise the end of games by saying corny things like, “It’s just a question of who wants it more.” Now they talk about crunch-time efficiency and cite the data.’ Benjamin Markovits on sport: https://t.co/meEZuKNzVF

In this month's "Alter States," columnist @CathyAlter explains why, when it comes to "closer," it's all in how you say it: https://t.co/JD0oT6xlYZ https://t.co/Kw8ysRD2Un

We're now talking about the Tory leadership. Boof! Everyone of them is an absolute wanker. Not my mum's words. (she used a far worse word).

On the unwelcome Fleabag-ification of Persuasion (via @lithub). https://t.co/krki36YKjM

"There’s something a bit unsettling about the idea of being on vacation, relaxing with your guard down, when very bad things start happening." https://t.co/UKTWNS6UIQ #ad @JP_Books

‘There is a coalition of actors – centrist Democrats, Republicans, corporate CEOs– who would not be unhappy if liberals and leftists spent the next decades campaigning for the reinstatement of what was there before.’ @DrSophieSmith on the Dobbs decision: https://t.co/XJ5XtDRSvy

she's been putting lots of water out for the foxes, who turn up in her garden. Also dog food.

"Music is played. Ears can’t help but hear. But writers have to work to be seen." https://t.co/wnOtNuoANT

When banning a book makes it a bestseller, that's a catch 451. https://t.co/bUBMwEgVLC

‘Discussions about abortion are mired in sludgy, finicky dialogues on the moral status of the foetus. It’s a dubious angle, given that moral status has so little traction elsewhere.’ @ArianneShahvisi in our round table on the overturning of Roe v. Wade: https://t.co/ojD8psucIE

She went to see Les Mis in the Bristol Hippodrome this weekend. Air con great. Performance ace!

"For the first time in years, in decades, she seemed reasonable to him. He wondered whether death had made her wiser, given her some kind of insight and perspective." https://t.co/RtRmJ5zFxM