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Independent British publisher of non-fiction and fiction. Highlights include James Hawes's The Shortest History of Germany and Hannelore Cayre's The Godmother, winner of the 2020 'Crime Fiction in Translation' Dagger.
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Longtail News @longtail.news · Jul 6
Feed: "Big Issue"
By: Kieron Connolly on Sunday, July 6, 2025
What we can learn from the eerie and mysterious worlds we leave behind
Abandoned Places explores the worlds that we’ve left behind – eerie ghost towns, trains half-buried in the sand, forlorn movie palaces.
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James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social · 2d
In 1989, on this day, I was in my office in Maynooth 🇮🇪 - in my first job as a Germanist.

This calendar was on my wall.

None of my colleagues anywhere in the world had any idea that within a week, the #DDR would be finished.
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 13d
An excellent review of Linda Jaivin's Bombard the Headquarters! by Wanning Sun in Asia Times. '

Jaivin’s narrative flair and sense of drama give new life to what is almost certainly the sorriest period in recent Chinese history...she is a consummate storyteller.'

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This Day In WWI @thisdayinwwi.bsky.social · 14d
High in Alps on Italian Front was Marmolada glacier battleground. Sep 24 1917 #OTD photos show positions, including barracks and artillery positions, of the Austro-Hungarians Empire carved into mountain peaks
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Titel: Marmolata: "U"Süd und "S" Stellung. Datierung: 24.09.1917 https://onb.digital/result/BAG_15428040 ÖNB Digital ID: 15428040 Titel: Marmolata: Mittagessen auf "U"Süd. Datierung: 24.09.1917 https://onb.digital/result/BAG_15428033 ÖNB Digital ID: 15428033 Titel: Marmolata: "U"Süd Stellung. Datierung: 24.09.1917 https://onb.digital/result/BAG_15428012 ÖNB Digital ID: 15428012
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 14d
We are thrilled that Lesley Downer's The Shortest History of Japan has been selected as one of Waterstone's non-fiction paperbacks of the year. @waterstones.bsky.social @lesleydowner.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/campaign/pap...
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 19d
Tickets are still available for in person (and online) for Ian Mortimer's event at the Gloucester History Festival this evening. @ianmortimer.bsky.social
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 22d
Timetravelling historian Ian Mortimer will be talking about his forthcoming book MORTIMER'S A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY at the Gloucester History Festival this Friday 19 Sept. Pre-publication copies of the book will be on sale. Online tickets are available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 19d
'[Livy would] be a good BBC historian, popping up and doing documentaries, tramping around fields to tell us where things happened...' The Shortest History of Ancient Rome's Ross King on the best Roman history books. @fivebooks.com fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Roman History Books
The best Roman history books, recommended by Ross King, the bestselling author of "The Shortest History of Ancient Rome"
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 20d
Tickets are now available for Ross King's talk at Waterstones Gower St on Monday 20 October about his excellent new book THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME. Out now in hardback @waterstones.bsky.social www.waterstones.com/events/the-s...
The Shortest History of Ancient Rome - an evening with Ross King | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about The Shortest History of Ancient Rome - an evening with Ross King today.
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 21d
'Condensed, lively brevity... an excellent guide to how and why China “went mad”.' MICHAEL EASSON, The Sydney Institute, on Linda Jaivin's BOMBARD THE HEADQUARTERS! THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA. Out now in hardback. thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/worlds-...
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 22d
Timetravelling historian Ian Mortimer will be talking about his forthcoming book MORTIMER'S A-Zs of ENGLISH HISTORY at the Gloucester History Festival this Friday 19 Sept. Pre-publication copies of the book will be on sale. Online tickets are available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 22d
From The Gulag Archipelago to Khrushchev Remembers, Sheila Fitzpatrick, author of The Death of Stalin, chooses the five best books on the Soviet Union for FiveBooks @fivebooks.com fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was the world's first communist country and lasted around seven decades. It played a key role in defeating Nazism in Europe and became a global superpower before collapsing unexpected...
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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 29d
RIP Chris Steele-Perkins, the man who shot the ultimate "What, me worry?" photo.
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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 29d
© Chris Steele-Perkins (28 juil. 1947 - 8 sept. 2025) RIP
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Photobook Junkies @photobookjunkies.bsky.social · 29d
RIP Chris Steele-Perkins

1947-2025 🩶
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James Hawes @jameshawes.bsky.social · 28d
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Including the first ever visit by a film crew to Dr Kafka’s asylum for mentally damaged folk-comrades, in Frankenstein.

Really.
Kafka Uncovered
Documentary in which novelist James Hawes attempts to demolish a number of myths and misconceptions about the life and work of cult writer Franz Kafka.
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · 29d
Happy publication day to Ross King's excellent book THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME.

'King’s supreme ability is to imagine himself into the past… The scope of his knowledge is staggering'
—John Carey, Sunday Times
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 4
'Rich, readable... Jones is a compelling tour guide through time' Russell Williams in the TLS on Colin Jones's The Shortest History of France. Out now in hardback. @thetls.bsky.social @rwilliamsparis.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
History of the Hexagon
At a moment when many are speculating about the future of North American hegemony, Emmanuel Macron continues to strive at positioning France as an
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Joe Posnanski @joeposnanski.com · Sep 3
It's Day 3 of the countdown and we already have a bonus book! No. 8 is all about basketball.
No. 8: Greatest Sports Books Ever
They’re playing bas-ket-ball. We love that basketball.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · Sep 2
Enjoy this little snippet of This Perfect Friend, the first single from my upcoming album LIAR (Love Isn't A Right) ☀️🌈
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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Aug 27
Russell Williams on governing a country with 246 types of cheese
History of the Hexagon
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 3
'Rich, readable...Jones is a compelling tour guide through history' - Russell Williams on Colin Jones's The Shortest History of France. Out now in hardback.
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 24
The Shortest History of Music's Andrew Ford on Boulez and this year's Proms #Boulez #Proms

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Boulez at 100, the Proms at 130 • Andrew Ford
This year’s BBC Proms celebrate composer, conductor and audience favourite Pierre Boulez
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 2
Also reissued today is Joe Posnanski's New York Times bestselling Why We Love Baseball - A History in 50 Moments.

'Passion and expertise leap through every page' New York Times
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 2
Happy UK publication day to Joe Posnanski's Why We Love American Football - A History in 100 Moments.

‘Contemporary sports writing’s biggest star’ Wall St Journal

'This is the best kind of sports writing. Entertaining, enlightening, heartbreaking, hilarious...' Ron Kaplan
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Old Street Publishing @oldstpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 1
From Joseph Roth to the Siege of Vienna, Nicholas T. Parsons recommends @fivebooks.com the best books to read on Austria: fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
Austria
Today, the Republic of Austria is a small country in Central Europe, but for centuries, it was the fulcrum of events going on in Europe, as the Habsburgs led the Holy Roman Empire—and later the multi-...
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