THREADS is on BBC4 tonight. The final chapter of my book is about nuclear war and the BBC, and the director, Mick Jackson, tells me how he had to try and smuggle the topic onto the screen. Here's a thread on how he did it. https://t.co/WOzivI3SIR

Trying to read the new @vermontgmg book about Hiroshima, but Cavaliers can't bear to be ignored. (Book is The Devil Reached Toward The Sky)

If you are wondering which novel on the Booker Prize shortlist is worth reading ( and should win), buy Andrew Miller’s The Land in Winter, about two marriages in the terrible winter on 1962 in Devon. Grown-up, gripping, beautiful - and the only British author. He deserves to win.

Beat the bomb with some vigorous swatting.

Fond memories. Facebook tells me it's three years since my husband I re-enacted Threads up on the moors above Sheffield.

BREAKING: Poland issues warning due to threat of Russian drones, sirens activated

The Tribute in Light is illuminated above lower Manhattan ahead of the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. https://t.co/VtXvXA5BwE

And you can read the French civil defence booklet here. https://t.co/SuIhFFdCxa

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Cue outrage. But what this almost certainly means is that this isn’t deemed an “armed attack”, a term which has specific meaning and which would relate to Article Five. An incident can be bad & troubling without constituting an armed attack under int’l law & NATO’s charter.

You can read the French civil defence booklet here. Free to view. https://t.co/SuIhFFdCxa

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Sure, I get it wrong sometimes and end up looking like your man from The Bee Gees. It's a learning curve!

So what if Kate is wearing a wig? Nothing to be ashamed of. I went through a period of terrible stress few yrs ago and my hair was never as *magnificent* thereafter. So I played around with wigs. Embarrassed at first, but love 'em now. Different hair every day! Why not?

Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year Read more ➡️ https://t.co/vEKXGAbLR5

See the full booklet here in PDF. Free to view. https://t.co/SuIhFFd4HC

See the full booklet here in PDF. Free to view. https://t.co/SuIhFFd4HC

They put far more effort into their illustrations than we ever did.

A kind follower has sent me the French civil defence manual. Something about souffles and T-Rex? Thankfully, some of my Canadian pod patrons have offered to help me translate.

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