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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 7h

Books on Auden, Mao, Qaddafi, Edwin Morgan's concrete poetry, Stooges' Raw Power, fascism & the global far right, 'The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments', Katherine Harvey's superb 'Medieval Guide to Healthy Living' & more coming @reaktionbooks.bsky.social reaktionbooks.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Andreas Beyer’s Benvenuto Cellini and the Embodiment of the Modern Artist: This biography situates Cellini more appropriately in the transition that lies between the Renaissance and the modern era.

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Listen now: Murder in the Cathedral

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Listen now: Gerri Kimber talks about Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 5d

Listen now: Carol Atack is on the New Books Network talking about Plato

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 6d

and if you're interested in finding more about @katrinanavickas.bsky.social's work, check out her brilliant upcoming book 'Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England' (with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social)!

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Contested Commons | Reaktion Books

A radical history of England, Contested Commons is a gripping overview of increasingly restrictive policing and legislation against protest in public spaces. It tells the long history of contests over...

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Christian Century @christiancentury.bsky.social · 6d

Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English church.

Sam Gee reviews The English Soul: www.christiancentury.org/books/what-e...
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What is English Christianity?

Peter Ackroyd sees a special historical relationship between the development of a distinctively English sensibility and that of the English...

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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 6d

Check out Sharon Kingsland's review of Elizabeth Lawson's "Moss and Lichen," published in 2024 by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #histsci #planthist
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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Memoirs from the dance floor — the nocturnal universes of New York, London and Berlin

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 6d

I just received the first copies of my book and I have to say it’s looking gorgeous! 😍 Thank you @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for making such a beautiful book #earlymodern

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Unraveling Ravel

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 7d

NEXT FRIDAY! Get your tickets to see Liz Williams as she discusses all things British folk customs

Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Slaughter for Hire: From Africa to Ukraine, the rise and fall of the Wagner Group and its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was marked by theatrical violence, the seizure of resources, and an utter lack of accountability.

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 7d

At the Chinese Table: To understand the Chinese through their culinary history is to see them in their best lights—as inventive, adaptable, egalitarian, and open-minded.

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JR Moores @spinal-bap.bsky.social · 7d

Last year I delivered a lecture for the IndieRE 2.0 conference in Ljubljana. From around the 2hr45m mark here, if you're interested, I reflect on writing Electric Wizards & touch on other issues e.g. the lack of criticism in music criticism. @reaktionbooks.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi9q...

IndieRE 2.0 Conference: Contemporary Discourses On Music 1/2

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Caught in the vortex

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 8d

Good to catch up with lots of medievalists at Lindy Grant's book launch for Eleanor of Aquitaine in @reaktionbooks.bsky.social medieval lives series.

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 8d

Marvin Trachtenberg, Brunelleschi and the Moment of the Renaissance (@reaktionbooks.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians): reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/brunell... / press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 9d

The Broken Compass: 22 Books to Look Out for in September

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 11d

Our Week in Reviews: 9/27/25. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @grandcentralpub.bsky.social @orbooks.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social #booksky

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Washington Independent Review of Books @wirobooks.bsky.social · 13d

An extensive account of an otherworldly ocean. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social #booksky

The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 14d

Listen now: Your best shot — A coffee sceptic's quest for perfection

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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 14d

Entering perhaps the best season in which to read Karl Bell's superbly entertaining 'The Perilous Deep: A Supernatural History of the Atlantic' (which I had the pleasure of editing for
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Karl previously won the Katharine Briggs Award.

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 14d

'Cooke answers questions you didn’t know you had, like “When were hotdogs served to royalty?” (You’ll need to buy the book for that one.)'

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 15d

What We Eat: According to a delicious art form

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