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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wonderful to see this news story, based on an interview with @tgreiving.bsky.social about “John Williams: A Composer’s Life”, on page three of today’s edition of @theguardian.com

@oxfordacademic.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Aug 25

@tgreiving.bsky.social’s “John Williams: A Composer’s Life” snagged the lead review slot in @dailymail.co.uk this Sunday. 🥳

@oxfordacademic.bsky.social

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/a...

The heartbreaking truth behind the music of film's greatest composer

He is one of the most influential composers of all time, scoring countless blockbuster movies and is the most Oscar nominated living person in history. But who IS John Williams?

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s been a busy weekend for Tim Greiving’s upcoming @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “John Williams: A Composer’s Life.

First up, this extract in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

How the Star Wars composer John Williams overcame accusations of plagiarism

His score for the 1977 film became the highest selling non-pop album when it was released. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing, as a new biography reveals

www.thetimes.com

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History Today @historytoday.com · Aug 4

Though his relics are reviled, his impact is more keenly felt than ever. Can The Colonialist: The Vision of #CecilRhodes by William Kelleher Storey find the man for our time?

✍️ Erik Linstrum reviews the recent #historybook

www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review

www.historytoday.com

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks for the heads up, @profgsheffield.bsky.social!

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Jul 24

My review of William Keheller Storey’s fine new biography of ‘imperialist engineer’ Cecil Rhodes on.ft.com/40C0di6

The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes — an imperialist engineer’s riches built on violence

William Kelleher Storey’s biography skirts the statues debate, but is clear-eyed about the magnate’s bitter legacy in southern Africa

on.ft.com

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Jul 17

“A brave and learned book … We need to know the history – which is so punctiliously told [here].”

A.N. Wilson for @thespectator1828.bsky.social on William Kelleher Storey's @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book THE COLONIALIST.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

The crimes of Cecil Rhodes were every bit as sinister as those of the Nazis

This is a brave and learned book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of Africa; who has taken sides in the recent quarrel about ‘Rhodes Must Fall’, in Oxford or other parts of th...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Jun 6

Yikes.

Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Jun 2

…And some guy called @jonathanfennell.bsky.social will be there too, incidentally…

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · Jun 2

The speaker line-up is out! Come see @kitkowol.bsky.social speak about his @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “Blue Jerusalem” at We Have Ways Fest this September. wehavewaysfest.co.uk/line-up/

SPEAKERS

We Have Ways Fest is the UK’s number one, Second World War festival. Tanks, talks and tankards … experts, enthusiasts, authors, historians. Blackpit Farm, 8th – 10th September. WN…

wehavewaysfest.co.uk

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 29

😂 That’s the next hurdle to jump!

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 29

Here he is! @jonathanfennell.bsky.social

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 29

Today’s episode of “We Have Ways of Making You Talk” features @kitkowol.bsky.social chatting to @almurray.bsky.social about his @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “Blue Jerusalem”.

Tune in here 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

The Tory Party At War

Podcast Episode · WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk · 28/05/2025 · 49m

podcasts.apple.com

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 19

“Absorbing and original”

Geoffrey Wheatcroft reviews @kitkowol.bsky.social’s “Blue Jerusalem” for @lrb.co.uk @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Geoffrey Wheatcroft · New Deal at Dunkirk: Wartime Tories

Even if they had been appeasers, most Conservatives accepted the patriotic necessity of the war, but had many different...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 10

I’m on the case! 😆

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 10

He’s not yet, but I shall rectify that shortly. Like Twitter in the early days sounds good to me - back when it was fun and interesting.

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Anna Silva @silvareader.bsky.social · May 10

Hi @profgsheffield.bsky.social! Tentatively dipping my toe into the Bluesky world here… Seems friendly enough so far? Fingers crossed…

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · May 6

Experience the magic of Edda Field-Black's @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social-winning history, COMBEE!

Dive into an excerpt that tells the story of how Harriet Tubman led 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers to rescue more than 700 former slaves: https://oxford.ly/4d42Eip

3D book shot of COMBEE by Edda Field-Black

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · May 8

You probably have questions about AI. Like: Will AI be my friend? Does AI want my job? Was this post written by AI or a human being?*

Richard Susskind's new book "How to Think About AI" is truly a guide for us all: https://oxford.ly/44wu9z2

*(human being! 🙋‍♀️)

#philtech

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hi Bluesky! 👋

We're the Academic division of Oxford University Press and we're excited to join this vibrant community, full of academics, thinkers, and those that are curious about the world around them.

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