Throwing the Book at Them
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Throwing the Book at Them - A brand new interview series featuring authors discussing fame, power, intrigue and scandal. Hosted by James Fairclough.
Joined September 2012
How Andrew could save the royal family https://t.co/o7unoSEUik My Spectator Diary
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The tsunami of Jeffrey Epstein material released this month has been both horrifying and gratifying. It makes clear the extent of Epstein’s penetration of world elites – potentially even at the...
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Andrew's PR Fightback is in Full Swing and Princess Beatrice has Chosen to be Part of It. My latest piece on Substack… https://t.co/oPVGslxQ6s
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My favourite books of the year and some to look forward to in 2026. Happy new year happy reading A thread of six 1/6
I always to recommend a few books of the year and some to look forward to in 26. My book of the year is this superb compelling delicate scandalous and beautiful life of Buckingham and two kings @lucyhugheshh
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For example, if China or Russia or US billionaire started UK TV channel called Good News, invested 100s of millions of £, took on a brilliant, charismatic broadcaster as main presenter, & pumped out biased views all day, who would stop them? Not Ofcom. Not Electoral Commission.
On the inquiry into foreign interference in Beitish politics, I've long thought our parties are so weak organisationally nowadays, that malign foreign powers could easily infiltrate and cause havoc.
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Penguin have created the first printed copies of "Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe". There's still proofreading and a ton of other work to do before publication in May, but I couldn't be more excited to see all that research transformed into a book. This book 👇
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Do sign up to my substack which is free. https://t.co/8m4PTIBeI9
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This is a bombshell, but it's also an infuriating example of burying the point. It's not until 4,400 words into a 9,000-word piece that we are told that the key stories in one of the most famous science nonfiction books of the 20th century are made up!
Bombshell: Oliver Sacks (a humane man & a fine essayist) made up many of the details in his famous case studies, deluding neuroscientists, psychologists, & general readers for decades. The man who mistook his wife for a hat? The autistic twins who generated multi-digit prime
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Why I’m Suing Simon & Schuster https://t.co/d11Stb7QBC . It is important authors take a stand against this casual behaviour by corporate executives.
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Mt new series on 'Throwing the Book at Them' https://t.co/9lQwznmWJL
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two people ignoring each other without a phone in sight. beautiful and inspiring
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The British Library management's response to the hack was woeful from day one. They were more interested in 'nothing to see here' spin than actually fixing things.
Following a major #CyberHack of its systems two years ago the #BritishLibrary remains in crisis. Simon Bowie argues that for the institution to recover it needs refocus on the people, skills and systems that enable it to function. @LSEImpactBlog
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Good column in The Times about Nigel Farage and why what he said at Dulwich College forty-plus years ago does matter today: https://t.co/2fpGxgY4lm
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Did you know MI9 enlisted Waddingtons to create special Monopoly games with hidden escape tools for WWII POWs? For instance, a full stop on the ‘Free Parking’ square signalled a concealed map of Northern France and Germany inside the game.
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This week the cover of the @NewStatesman is about getting rid of the Windsors, who have demonstrated over several decades that they are not fit to rule Britain https://t.co/hhs9TKNavb
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It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
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🚨NEW VIDEO!🚨 In the final episode of our EPIC 4-part series covering the entire 200 year history of British women in the air, we finish by covering 1945 up to the present day - the era of fast jets, supersonic speeds, round-the-world flights and SPACE! https://t.co/Yg1Xc2FfPe
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“A story we were never supposed to read.” — Patrick Jephson “An important and forensic examination.” — Charles Spencer From award-winning filmmaker Andy Webb, DIANARAMA exposes one of the biggest scandals in broadcasting history.
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My Brutalist Christmas cards are back by popular demand! Get yours here https://t.co/S3S5GV18YF
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