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An Oxford based literary agency & editorial consultancy headed up by Jemima Hunt. We represent bestselling authors. We launch debut authors.

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'A great year for investigative journalism and women'

Fantastic review of #Don'tLetitBreakYouHoney @hachetteuk.bsky.social @onejen.bsky.social by #HannahLucindaSmith

'Evans’s book is a great read. She is an exceptional journalist.'

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İstanbul 34.4's books of 2025
A great year for investigative journalism - and women
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December 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Amazing letter in The Times (also an unbelievable play fwiw)
Saved by Stoppard Sir, In 1993 my wife and I went to see the first production of Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (obituary, Dec 1), and in the interval I experienced a Damascene conversion. As a clinical scientist I was trying to understand the enigma of the behaviour of breast cancer, the assumption being that it grew in a linear trajectory spitting off metastases on its way. In the first act of Arcadia, Thomasina asks her tutor, Septimus: “If there is an equation for a curve like a bell, there must be an equation for one like a bluebell, and if a bluebell, why not a rose?” With that Stoppard explains chaos theory, which better explains the behaviour of breast cancer. At the point of diagnosis, the cancer must have already scattered cancer cells into the circulation that nest latent in distant organs. The consequence of that hypothesis was the birth of “adjuvant systemic chemotherapy”, and rapidly we saw a striking fall of the curve that illustrated patients’ survival. Stoppard never learnt how many lives he saved by writing Arcadia. Michael Baum Professor emeritus of surgery; visiting professor of medical humanities, UCL
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Catch @onejen.bsky.social on #BBCWorldService on how her private trauma led her to expose the #phonehacking scandal alongside @bynickdavies.bsky.social & @arusbridger.bsky.social
#DontLetitBreakYouHoney @hachetteuk.bsky.social
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BBC World Service - Outlook, My private trauma was leaked to the press - so I fought back
Jenny helped expose a national scandal after her police testimony appeared in a newspaper
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November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Amazing interview with #RobertRedford on the story of how he came to make #AllthePresidentsMen (thanks @hblyle.bsky.social)

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Andrew Zuckerman on Instagram: "In April of 2008 - while making his portrait - I asked Robert Redford about All The Presidents Men - this was what he said"
Robert Redford shares his remarkable story of how he convinced Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to let him make a film about their investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal. This captivating con...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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“I helped take down the News of the World, after details of my rape were leaked by police for profit”
One night, a brutal assault at the hands of a celebrity changed the course of Jenny Evans' life – her pursuit of justice that followed is nothing short of phenomenal
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November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Impressive #HughGrant @hackedoff.bsky.social at @teamlabouruk.bsky.social conference talking about need for #Leveson2 and press regulation #phonehackingscandal
Hugh Grant Leveson2 HackedOff
October 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Nice. Now negotiate a return to the programme known as the EU.
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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So good! #TheHack @arusbridger.bsky.social @bynickdavies.bsky.social @theguardian.com
#TheHack
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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This looks good! #TheHack @itvx.com @bynickdavies.bsky.social @arusbridger.bsky.social @theguardian.com
The Hack ITV
September 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Powerful review of #DontLetitBreakYouHoney @onejen.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social by former MP @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social

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Jenny Evans and the cost of institutional cowardice
The inside story of how corruption thrives when power is unchecked
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August 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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“Why didn’t we do something when we were in power?”
August 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Spy Hunter has been short listed for the Aspects of History Spy fiction prize - honoured, happy, excited etc. Thanks so much to the judges. aspectsofhistory.com/spymasters-b... @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hodderfiction.bsky.social @writerspractice.bsky.social
Spymasters Book Prize 2025: Shortlist Announced - Aspects of History
Spymasters Book Prize 2025: Shortlist Announced. Six titles are shortlisted for the inaugural award, announced September.
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August 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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An opportunity to hear @onejen.bsky.social discuss her incredible new memoir #DontLetItBreakYouHoney @hachetteuk.bsky.social #Bristol #BristolFeministBookClub
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July 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Congratulations @hblyle.bsky.social

Great to see #SpyHunter @hodderfiction.bsky.social on the #SpyMastersBookPrize long list!

'As a boy, he spied for #SherlockHolmes. As a man, he must save the Empire.'

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The SpyMasters Book Prize - Aspects of History
SpyMasters book prize is the opportunity to enter into a competition to win £250.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I was sexually assaulted by a celebrity after starring in a cult film at 19. My quest for justice changed the course of my life
Not long after Jenny Evans was brutally attacked by a high-profile figure, all the details appeared in the press. Her mission to find out what happened would reveal tabloid spying, phone hacking, poli...
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July 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Catch @onejen.bsky.social on #WomansHour @bbciplayer.bsky.social talking about her extraordinary memoir #Don'tLetItBreakYouHoney out tomorrow @hachetteuk.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Rachel Brosnahan, Jenny Evans, Annie MacManus on football
Rachel Brosnahan on playing Lois Lane in the new Superman movie.
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July 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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“Non-Stop Casualties On An Unimaginable Scale”: A British Surgeon Recounts Her Stint On The Ground In Gaza
“Will I go back? I feel like I’m still there.”
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June 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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What a powerful documentary & tribute to pioneering filmmaker #BrianMoser by his filmmaker son #TitusMoser raifilm.org.uk - 'Mucker'
#Mucker #RAIFilmFestival
June 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Less than a month to go until the publication of #Don'tLetItBreakYouHoney @onejen.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #July3

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Don't Let It Break You Honey #JennyEvans
June 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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50 years ago today, when Britain voted to remain in Europe (and not by a small majority but a large one), the Sun, Daily Mail, Telegraph, etc were not owned by three far-right Europhobes.
June 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Brilliant discussion on limitations (self-censorship) of legacy media and vital role of #independentjournalism hosted by @bylinetimes.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social at #Change: How? @compassoffice.bsky.social

'Time to be brave'
Change: How?
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory - May 2025 - UK lawyers’ open letter concerning Gaza
Download the full letter and Legal Memorandum | View signatories London26 May 2025 We are lawyers, legal academics and former judges who are UK-based or qualified.  We write owing to our deep concern ...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM