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Ed Caesar

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Writer @newyorker. Author of "The Moth and the Mountain" and "Two Hours".

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 13

I'm not sure if people share stories here (or read the ones that are shared) but fwiw, I've got a new story out in @newyorker.com today that means a great deal to me. It's about a writer I love, and an amazing cache of long-lost photographs from WW1: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

The First World War, in Sharp Focus

An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.

www.newyorker.com

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · 13h

Thrilled that Bookbanks is expanding with the help of @thetimes.com . I love being a volunteer in Manchester, and see first hand the good it does. www.thetimes.com/article/de95...

The joy of Bookbanks, the charity bringing books to food banks

Founded in Hackney last year, Bookbanks is giving more than 1,000 books a month to those most in need. Now we want to take it nationwide

www.thetimes.com

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d

Curtice says that because of vote distribution, even with the Tories polling fractionally above the Lib Dems, if this was translated into an election, the Lib Dems would end up being the much bigger party in parliament.

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Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social · 7d

Protest group coming down Rustaveli. Now it's quite some numbers.

And they keep coming. #Tbilisi #Georgia

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 8d

News organisation explainer: What do we know about the new Archbishop of Canterbury?
Sarah Mullally [1] is the new [citation needed]

(What you actually want to read is Tim Wyatt on her handling of various chaotic things: www.the-fence.com/in-the-shado...)

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · 9d

Can confirm: sensational book.

Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 12d

First review of my new book LONDON FALLING, from Kirkus. At a moment when every day feels like a month and every month feels like a year, April 7 is still a very long way off. But the book is available for pre-order now. 🙏

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Sep 11

“Stop crying,” Rick Rescorla told his wife, on September 11, 2001. “I have to get these people out safely. If something should happen to me, I want you to know I’ve never been happier. You made my life.” #NewYorkerArchive

The Courageous Life and Death of Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 Hero

The Vietnam veteran helped save hundreds of lives on September 11th, before he was swallowed by the South Tower collapse. “For Rick Rescorla, this was a natural death,” his best friend said—a hero’s e...

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you! Isn't the world amazing...

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Sep 10

sorry for being stupid, but what's the game you're playing?

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 24

Both are too close: hence silly. But in slightly different parts of the field...

Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 24

You get extra points for making the effort!

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 24

At Old Trafford for the Test today. Reminded of the time in COVID when I came and watched the Test on my own, then attempted to explain the sport to Americans...
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The Season of Cricket Returns to the U.K.

International cricket played in England without crowds was a sterile prospect, in more than one sense, but it was still cricket. A summer was possible.

www.newyorker.com

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Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 18

You're so kind - thank you!

Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 17

Lovely response, not least the people emailing me with their family's WW1 stories. The other cool thing is that I'm now in conversations about how to provide an exhibition space for these images in the UK, on which I hope to have more soon. Would love for more people to see these powerful photos.

Ed Caesar @edcaesar.bsky.social · Jul 13

The First World War, in Sharp Focus

An English chronicler of the trenches, and his wartime romance, captured in long-lost photographs.

www.newyorker.com

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Logan Jaffe @loganjaffe.bsky.social · Jul 16

As a journalist and emerging public historian, I spent much of the past week reading through transcripts of oral histories made and collected by residents of Kerr County, Texas – where flash floods killed more than 100 people this month.

There’s one recording that stood out to me. 🧵

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