Diane Banks
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CEO @NorthbankTalent; NED @WeAreBrightBlue; trustee @BuxtonFestival; advisory @Tempus_novo @TenThinkTank; dev board @Finborough. Media, policy, prisons, jazz.
London
Joined August 2014
For my Sunday morning reading, I finished @nickclegg 's How to Save the Internet - which I don't feel has been given the credit it deserves. Thoughts here 👇 https://t.co/2V0Nu1f3Pj
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Bodley Head, September 2025Why?Whatever might be said about Nick Clegg, his combination of experience at the top of politics and at the top of a global tech firm is unique, so he must have something...
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Finally got around to this. Clever conceit, and definitely disturbing. Fascinated to see what she does next 👇 https://t.co/WGTflu0Pzw
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Penguin Books, 2025 (Viking, 2024)Why?Lots of noise around this: winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2025, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, critically acclaimed when it came out in hardback...
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What accounts for an artist's durability - brand power and reputation, or the product itself? This excellent study by @eve_ers examines Taylor Swift's unprecedented ability to engage her audience 👇 https://t.co/dKm0WoLTWd
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Harvard Business Review Press, 2025Why?Both professionally and personally, I have a deep interest in what makes personalities and brands break through, how that relates to innovations in technology,...
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🤔 Musings on the changing content landscape with an obscure second-hand-bookshop find. This book would never had got through a major publisher's editorial meeting today - but would make for an excellent Substack ✒️ https://t.co/MG1Epl6vmg
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Methuen, 1933Why?A second hand bookshop find which ticked two boxes for me. I'm fascinated by interwar nostalgia in the face of an increasingly unrecognisable world, and I myself have walked a large...
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Who remembers book clubs? This is a classic piece of mid-twentieth-century publishing history 👇 https://t.co/c6jppLntV0
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The Reprint Society London, 1953 (first published by Cassell & Co, 1951)Why?I've read so many books involving the political and social set surrounding Edward VIII / The Duke of Windsor that when I...
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Huge congratulations to exciting new voice in fiction @vmdapunt. Expect this to be the first of very many. Look forward to celebrating later! 📖🌟
🪦 Her job is to die for. Literally. Congratulations to @vmdapunt whose debut novel DEATH AND OTHER OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS is published today by @TransworldBooks ! ‘very clever and hugely funny' — @Independent_ie
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😒 Feeling perturbed by Liberation Day? Counter that by grabbing a copy of former EU Ambassador João Vale de Almeida's book The Divorce of Nations, published yesterday by the brilliant team @flint_books . 🙂 Thanks to the Portuguese Embassy for generously hosting our launch.
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Anyone perturbed by Liberation Day can find some inspiration here 👇 👇
Congratulations to @ValedeAlmeidaEU as THE DIVORCE OF NATIONS is published today by @flint_books Drawing from decades of experience in Brussels, Washington, New York & London, one of the world’s foremost diplomats lifts the veil on modern foreign affairs - out now.
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We've been working on this with @ManuMidolo & Peter Gillman for a couple of years now so it's exciting to see it out in the world as the leader in the Sunday Times today 📖
David Holden, Sunday Times chief foreign correspondent, was assassinated hours after landing in Cairo in 1977. Who killed him and why? MURDER IN CAIRO by Peter Gillman & @ManuMidolo published 20 March @BitebackPub. Extract in @thetimes today 🔽 https://t.co/i53nxs9oGi
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Calling all political drama fans! Delighted to have worked on this deal with Baby Cow Productions and the ever-brilliant James Graham. As the relationship between politics and the media continues to evolve, this couldn't be more relevant. Coming to Channel 4 later this month 📺
Excited to share the official trailer for Brian and Maggie, coming soon to @Channel4. Adapted from @RobBurl's book, Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me? published by @mudlarkbooks
https://t.co/vplb73Czzg
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One to enjoy over your second cup ☕️☕️
☕ Want to know why your morning coffee is so expensive? 🎙️ Find out in Episode 1 of the new season of #Elfonomics, and stay tuned for more on the economics of your day-to-day life with comedian Elf Lyons and her dad, economist @DrGerardLyons 👇 https://t.co/sMCYbPdIcN
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Huge congratulations @cazjwheeler . This couldn’t be better deserved 👏
Congratulations to Caroline Wheeler (@cazjwheeler) on being named Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards for her work on the infected blood scandal. Her book on the the most shocking scandal in NHS history, DEATH IN THE BLOOD, is published by @headlinenf
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🎙️Brilliant to celebrate the launch of @16Sunsets at Fleet Studios @fleetstquarter last night. 👏 Congratulations to @Kevin_Fong & the brilliant team at @telltale_studio 🚀 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and here's to many more!
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A great loss, though what a life! A Woman of Substance is one of my favourite novels of all time. BTB completely redefined the role of the heroine. Her novels were both genre-busting and unputdownable. RIP.
The British-born author Barbara Taylor died at her home in New York on 24th November following a short illness, HarperCollins has said.
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Congratulations again to @dumav and the brilliant team at Pan Macmillan. This book is the result of painstaking research, interviews & investigation and has been quite the ride! Thanks to @Dauntbooks for hosting a fitting celebration yesterday evening.
A lovely evening at @Dauntbooks celebrating the publication of MELTDOWN by Duncan Mavin (@dumav) A riveting autopsy of Credit Suisse's dramatic downfall, expertly dissecting decades of scandal and hubris. Out now from Macmillan Business (@panmacmillan)
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More great coverage for this extraordinary book by @dumav
"Mavin achieves that rare trick of making a company emerge, from the actions of its executives, as a character in its own right" - @willydunn in today's The Times on #Meltdown by @dumav 👇 https://t.co/zgA8wt1OKb
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And congratulations to @SaturnSheila , who has also been shortlisted for the @royalsociety prize for her book CAN YOU GET RAINBOWS IN SPACE this week 🚀
Congratulations to Dr Sheila Kanani (@SaturnSheila) on the publication today in the UK of MISSION TO MARS by @dkbooks and @esa ! https://t.co/WUle8Ws1Ib
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It's a big publication day for us here @NorthbankTalent ! Congratulations to @Mrawlins1974 on the next installment of the brilliant #SteelGirls series, and to the team @HQstories for their brilliant work 📚
Congratulations to Michelle Rawlins (@Mrawlins1974) whose new novel STEEL GIRLS IN THE BLITZ is published today by @HQstories ! https://t.co/pqouiBQ7z1
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Congratulations again @dumav and big shout-out to the team at @panmacmillan . This one's definitely going to rock some boats - get your copy now and let us know what you think 📚
Congratulations to Duncan Mavin (@dumav ) whose new book MELTDOWN: Scandal, Sleaze and the Collapse of Credit Suisse is published today by Macmillan Business (@panmacmillan) https://t.co/kgPFc8GBYR
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Congratulations to @Kevin_Fong , @telltale_studio & @AnticaLTD . Looking forward to working with you on many more 🎙️
We're thrilled to share @16Sunsets, the new podcast series by @Kevin_Fong from @telltale_studio and @AnticaLTD, chronicling the dramatic history of NASA's Space Shuttle era. Pre-launch episode 0 available now, episode 1 out 7th November. https://t.co/rTtDyRFLm0
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