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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Aug 3

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The Trump administration takes a very Orwellian turn | CNN Politics

Back in March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeted at the Smithsonian Institution that began as follows: “Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted and widesprea...

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · Jul 31

Excited to see draft programme for @thenacbs.bsky.social #nacbs2025 conference is available 📢. So many fascinating papers & grateful to #LSBU for funding my panel participation alongside stellar line-up 🤩 incl: @ruthdav.bsky.social @teadevotee.bsky.social @fieryparticle.bsky.social. #womensactivism.

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Jul 14

Well deserved praise 😉

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Jul 14

Excited to add A Bright Cold Day to my summer reading list! @nathanwaddell.bsky.social
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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Jun 25

Want a copy of OG for only $5.99? Use the promo link below to get a discounted ebook - perfect for reading on your Kindle on the beach 📚 🏖️ 🤓

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Orwell’s Ghosts by Laura Beers is only $5.99 - BookBub

1984 hit shelves 75 years ago and went on to become one of history s most influential, widely read and misunderstood classics. Now, in the context of today s rapidly changing world, this New Yorker Be...

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Society for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · Apr 23

Historians of Labour and class on the Starmer Labour Government in Historical Perspective.
Open access roundtable discussion in Labour History Review with Peter Gurney, Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social), Laurence Black (@lawrenceblack.bsky.social) Martin Wright
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Picture of Keir Starmer in the Cabinet Room. Title of article and list of contributors as in the main post.

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Apr 12

My favorite part of the drive to Charleston! ☠️

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Apr 9

Made me proud to be a Princetonian 🐅✊

The University President Willing to Fight Trump

Podcast Episode · The Daily · 04/09/2025 · 39m

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Apr 9

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W. W. Norton & Company @wwnorton.com · Apr 8

Congrats to Laura Beers! ORWELL'S GHOSTS is the 2025 winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize awarded to books that "improve democratic governance through an examination of the intersection between the media, politics and public policy." wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yes, come join us DC people! I’m really looking forward to talking about Mary’s excellent new book

Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join me and @fieryparticle.bsky.social at East City Bookshop next Tuesday at 7 pm to chat about Pushback! register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-eve...

sign for bookstore event for Pushback with Mary Fissell and Laura Beers

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Feb 21

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · Feb 21

🎉 Congratulations to @fieryparticle.bsky.social for #OrwellsGhosts being chosen as a finalist by @latimes.com
Book Prize for #Biography latimes.com/bookprizes25

LA Times Book Award announcement showing the header of the newspaper with the cover image of the book ORWELL'S GHOSTS depicting a colourised overlay of several of the same portrait of George Orwell.

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Jan 9

Few writers are as clear and as misunderstood as Orwell, writes Lyndsey Jenkins in her review of 'Orwell's Ghosts. Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century', by @fieryparticle.bsky.social's

#Books #BookReview #Orwell

Review: Orwell's Ghosts. Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century, by Laura Beers

Few writers are as clear and as misunderstood as Orwell.

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Gil Roth & his Virtual Memories Show @vmspod.bsky.social · Dec 23

My annual Guest List podcast is live! Go check out #book recs from 2024 pod-guest like @zibaldoni.bsky.social, @fieryparticle.bsky.social, @birkerts.bsky.social, @leelacorman.bsky.social, @bcdreyer.social, @drooker.bsky.social, & more (incl. me!), so CHECK IT OUT: chimeraobscura.com/vm/the-guest...

The Guest List 2024

We asked the past year’s podcast-guests for the favorite books they read in 2024 and the books they hope to read in 2025 for our special year-end Guest List episode! Twenty-two guests partici…

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Dec 17

I’m really proud to have Orwell’s Ghosts included in the BBC History Magazine’s annual Best Books List. Thank you @leahredmondchang.bsky.social for the lovely review.
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Best history books 2024: BBC History Magazine’s Books of the Year

It’s been another excellent year for history publishing, with new books that offer fresh insights into the past and help us make sense of the present. Here, a panel of historians recommend the titles ...

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Dec 12

The New Books countdown is almost as exciting as opening our Lego advent calendar. Proud to be included

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · Nov 18

(TW) #OTD 1910, 'Black Friday'. 300 women's suffrage campaigners marched outside Parliament before being attacked, and in some instances sexually assaulted, by male bystanders and police.

One of the most infamous images from the day later appeared on the front page of the Daily Mirror.

Front page of the Daily Mirror. Black and white image shows a man in a top hat and a police officer standing over a woman, who is laying on the floor with her hands close to her face. The headline reads 'Violent scenes at Westminster, where many Suffragettes were arrested while trying to force their way into the House of Commons'.

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Nov 17

@polprofsteve2024.bsky.social and I have a new podcast episode on Social Democracy featuring @eunicegoes.bsky.social . Check it out below or on Spotify and Apple Podcasts:

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Social Democracy with Eunice Goes - Progressive Britain

Host of the Progressive Britain History Project, Steven Fielding and Laura Beers, speak to author of 2024's Social Democracy, Eunice Goes.

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Nov 17

I’m not good with change, but the time has come!

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Nov 29

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Sep 28

I just got a message from my son’s middle school that they are going to start their health unit. I wonder how much it will resemble my 6th grade health class, which consisted of watching Degrassi High and 21 Jump Street episodes to learn not to get pregnant or do drugs 🤔

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Sep 26

Our book club just read it. It’s like Lincoln in the Bardo in Sri Lanka!

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Laura Beers @fieryparticle.bsky.social · Sep 20

I am on here, and excited to announce that Orwell’s Ghosts has not one but two covers (UK left; US right). Coming next summer to a bookstore near you

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