Michael Calvin
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social
Award winning sportswriter. Internationally best selling author of 19 books, including a football trilogy that led to three TV documentaries. The scope of my collaborations has widened recently to include a Holocaust survivor & special forces soldier.
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Ah, Anthropic, the company that pirated four of my books and which should have been sued into bankruptcy.
Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad which criticizes AI chatbots that run ads (aka ChatGPT) just dropped. They aren’t pulling any punches and I love the song choice.
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Ah, Anthropic, the company that pirated four of my books and which should have been sued into bankruptcy.
Positively the last piece of showing off : confirmation that Miracle has entered the Sunday Times bestseller chart today, at number three. Thanks to everyone who made it possible .
February 1, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Positively the last piece of showing off : confirmation that Miracle has entered the Sunday Times bestseller chart today, at number three. Thanks to everyone who made it possible .
Hershel Herskovic is living history. He is blind, 98, the last living survivor of 51 boys reprieved from the Auschwitz gas chambers. Naftali Schiff and I tell his story in our best selling book, Miracle. He joined us last night on an unforgettable occasion in London. What a man.
February 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Hershel Herskovic is living history. He is blind, 98, the last living survivor of 51 boys reprieved from the Auschwitz gas chambers. Naftali Schiff and I tell his story in our best selling book, Miracle. He joined us last night on an unforgettable occasion in London. What a man.
Fifteen years since I wrote that book. Time flies but some things remain the same.
As my team play @millwallfc.bsky.social at the Den many fans have a distaste of Millwall & their fans use this well. but after reading @CalvinBook book on his year with Millwall I think they are an amazing club rooted in their community. I don't hate Millwall - I think they are great
February 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Fifteen years since I wrote that book. Time flies but some things remain the same.
Been holding on to this news for a couple of days but now it’s out there. Miracle is an instant Sunday Times bestseller. It enters the biggest book chart @ #3 on Sunday. Beyond chuffed.
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Been holding on to this news for a couple of days but now it’s out there. Miracle is an instant Sunday Times bestseller. It enters the biggest book chart @ #3 on Sunday. Beyond chuffed.
Amazing news : Miracle has debuted at number one in the Independent Bookshop Top 20.
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Independently verified: A miracle at the top of the charts
It is all change at the summit of the Independent Bookshop Top 20, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ BookScan as the previous top three all depart the chart to make room for a total of seven...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Amazing news : Miracle has debuted at number one in the Independent Bookshop Top 20.
www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...
www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...
Miracle reveals the extraordinary story of 51 survivors. At a time of denial and disinformation it is more important than ever to share their truth. #HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Miracle reveals the extraordinary story of 51 survivors. At a time of denial and disinformation it is more important than ever to share their truth. #HolocaustMemorialDay
I’m on Times Radio at around 6.20 pm , talking to @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social about Miracle’s extraordinary story and its modern significance.
January 25, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I’m on Times Radio at around 6.20 pm , talking to @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social about Miracle’s extraordinary story and its modern significance.
I’m on Times Radio at around 6.20pm
January 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I’m on Times Radio at around 6.20pm
Nice news to wake up to : Miracle, my new book, is up to number three in Amazon’s movers and shakers chart for fastest selling books. Thanks for the interest.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Nice news to wake up to : Miracle, my new book, is up to number three in Amazon’s movers and shakers chart for fastest selling books. Thanks for the interest.
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Miracle is out tomorrow from @TransworldBooks . A remarkable story of survival that enabled me to touch history : instagram.com/stories/mcalvi…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Miracle is out tomorrow from @TransworldBooks . A remarkable story of survival that enabled me to touch history : instagram.com/stories/mcalvi…
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Piece on my new book, Miracle, which is published on Thursday. It is behind the Telegraph paywall, but hopefully you can access : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
The miracle of the 51 boys who survived the Auschwitz gas chamber
In his new book, Michael Calvin reveals how a small group of Jewish boys narrowly escaped the Holocaust’s machinery of death in October 1944
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Piece on my new book, Miracle, which is published on Thursday. It is behind the Telegraph paywall, but hopefully you can access : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Piece on my new book, Miracle, which is published on Thursday. It is behind the Telegraph paywall, but hopefully you can access : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
The miracle of the 51 boys who survived the Auschwitz gas chamber
In his new book, Michael Calvin reveals how a small group of Jewish boys narrowly escaped the Holocaust’s machinery of death in October 1944
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Piece on my new book, Miracle, which is published on Thursday. It is behind the Telegraph paywall, but hopefully you can access : www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
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What happens when you let AI write match reports? You end up with reports for games that never happened. Levante v Villarreal was postponed due to bad weather but according to this site it was played, finished 0-0 and was very dull. They even awarded a man of the match! www.bwin.com/en/news/post...
Levante 0-0 Villarreal: Post-match review, Stats, Key moments
Bwin’s post-match review of Levante 0-0 Villarreal in the La Liga on Sunday, 14 December 2025, with stats, key moments and our take on the match.
www.bwin.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
What happens when you let AI write match reports? You end up with reports for games that never happened. Levante v Villarreal was postponed due to bad weather but according to this site it was played, finished 0-0 and was very dull. They even awarded a man of the match! www.bwin.com/en/news/post...
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From the Footlights to the Baltic, the Declaration of Independence to Suleiman the Magnificent, here’s our new year picks for 2026. With books from @murrayp.bsky.social,
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social, @alwynturner.bsky.social and many more👇
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social, @alwynturner.bsky.social and many more👇
New History Books for January 2026 - Unseen Histories
Our picks of a range of vibrant new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
www.unseenhistories.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
From the Footlights to the Baltic, the Declaration of Independence to Suleiman the Magnificent, here’s our new year picks for 2026. With books from @murrayp.bsky.social,
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social, @alwynturner.bsky.social and many more👇
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social, @alwynturner.bsky.social and many more👇
An early Christmas present, direct from the printers. Miracle, my next book, a collaboration with Naftali Schiff for @TransworldBooks, is an amazing story of survival. Out Jan 22….
December 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
An early Christmas present, direct from the printers. Miracle, my next book, a collaboration with Naftali Schiff for @TransworldBooks, is an amazing story of survival. Out Jan 22….
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A playlist for curry lovers…
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
December 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A playlist for curry lovers…
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
🎵 It’s My Chapati (and I’ll Cry If I Want To)
🎵 Jalfrezi Little Thing Called Love
🎵 Paneer There and Everywhere
🎵 Knockin on Heaven’s Tandoor
🎵 Don’t Peschwari, Be Happy
🎵 Naan, I Feel Like a Woman
🎵 Poppadom Preach
🎵 Tears On My Pilau
🎵 Paperback Raita
🎵 Nessun Korma
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
If The Proclaimers are not already in the studio recording “We’re on the march with Clarkey’s army” someone is losing their job.
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If The Proclaimers are not already in the studio recording “We’re on the march with Clarkey’s army” someone is losing their job.
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Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Of course she has. The small matter of owing £122 million to UK taxpayers for her disgusting profiteering in a global pandemic means nothing to Michelle Mone.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
NHS staff died in my hospital from the Covid they caught there - her dodgy PPE racket was vile.
Miracle, my next book, is now available on special offer
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this week. I hope we've done justice to a stunning story. Pre-order here, to get 25% off when it comes out in January. waterstones.com/book/miracle... Promotional Code: OCTOBER25. #WPreorder Thanks!
@Waterstones
this week. I hope we've done justice to a stunning story. Pre-order here, to get 25% off when it comes out in January. waterstones.com/book/miracle... Promotional Code: OCTOBER25. #WPreorder Thanks!
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October 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Miracle, my next book, is now available on special offer
@Waterstones
this week. I hope we've done justice to a stunning story. Pre-order here, to get 25% off when it comes out in January. waterstones.com/book/miracle... Promotional Code: OCTOBER25. #WPreorder Thanks!
@Waterstones
this week. I hope we've done justice to a stunning story. Pre-order here, to get 25% off when it comes out in January. waterstones.com/book/miracle... Promotional Code: OCTOBER25. #WPreorder Thanks!
Bravo, Barney.
I liked Gary Neville’s speech even though he fucked up part of it
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay
An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Bravo, Barney.
That was stressful. #GoCubsGo
The Cubs beat the Padres, 3-1, to advance to the NLDS against the Brewers.
This is the 1st time in franchise history Cubs won a winner-takes-all playoff game at Wrigley and their 1st postseason series win since 2017.
This is the 1st time in franchise history Cubs won a winner-takes-all playoff game at Wrigley and their 1st postseason series win since 2017.
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
That was stressful. #GoCubsGo
Seeing (or more accurately hearing) the brain dead home fans at the Ryder Cup reminds me of a conversation with a senior member of the US team earlier in the year. “With two Michelobs inside them they’re going to be wild” he predicted. He wasn’t wrong.
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Seeing (or more accurately hearing) the brain dead home fans at the Ryder Cup reminds me of a conversation with a senior member of the US team earlier in the year. “With two Michelobs inside them they’re going to be wild” he predicted. He wasn’t wrong.
Beautiful, Grimsby. If only Ruben Amorim had the guts to watch that 18 minute shoot out he would have discovered the meaning and value of character.
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Beautiful, Grimsby. If only Ruben Amorim had the guts to watch that 18 minute shoot out he would have discovered the meaning and value of character.