Philippa Langley with a model of Richard III's head.
It was probably on its way to the printers and then Philippa Langley* ambushed it and had it destroyed.
*Or as my Y12s call her, 'The Richard III Lady'
I always thought the Henry VII one was the Holy Grail of Penguin Monarchs books, but then found out about the strangely fitting tale of Edward V: The May King; has a cover, publication date of 2019 and an ISBN, but not on the Penguin website... www.penguin.co.uk/series/PMO/p...
That’s about four pieces of trad climbing gear, to be fair.
Yes, he is.
A copy of The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrad
3- Never again will I complain about being tired, or cold. Never… #BookSky💙📚 #BooksOf2026
The Khamenei dynasty has now ruled for the same number of generations as the Pahlavi dynasty did.
Going to say this isn’t the *greatest* of attack lines.
A copy of ‘The Worst Journey in the World’ by Apsley Cherry-Garrad sat on a train table.
Hoping the book is not an omen for the Scout Manchester Monopoly Run today…
Not saying it’s been a long time coming but I believe Lambert Simnel wrote the original foreword…
Definitely looking out for it then!
*IS IT ACTUALLY FINALLY OUT*?!?!
(I mean clearly yes, but still…)
Honestly don’t know which is worse, the actual job title ‘Special Envoy to the Shield of the America’s’ or Markwayne Mullin’s being his actual name.
A classroom door decorated with book covers for World Book Day
My contribution to #WorldBookDay
Posted mostly without comment:
They could do some ludicrously complicated sale of arms through various different militias, and then use the proceeds to fund their South American policies.
But that’d be too stupid, surely…
Newspaper headline- Trump Open to Supporting Armed Militias in Iran, U.S. Officials Say
I cannot think of a single example where a similar policy has ever come back to hurt the United States.
I don’t know, a sudden and dramatic military operation with no longer-term thinking about how the hell it will actually work sounds *just* like Churchill to me.
BBC News headline: Trump offers few clues on his long-term goals for Iran With a picture of Trump underneath.
There’s a really good reason for this.
I’m going to need to cut this line I like from a piece about the Iran War you’ll read tomorrow, so I post it here to tell my darling I will see it in the gardens of heaven:
“We will not get bored," Trump said on Monday, minutes before talking about how beautiful the White House drapes are.
To be fair, he’s not wrong about Trump surpassing Reagan, just maybe not in the way he means it compared to everyone else.
This could be a second act for the man who wanted to airlift all the dogs from Kabul ahead of any people.
This could be a second act for the man who muscled into the Kabul evacuation to try and get the dogs out before any people.
I know this is not the most important thing right now about Iran, but the amount of attention the son of the Shah, who was kicked out almost fifty years ago, is getting is ridiculous.
He looks like he’s just opened the ark of the covenant
Sometimes even Trump gets it right…
It’s bigger than that Chris, it’s large.
Some books: Moscow, December 25th 1991 Britain in the Middle Ages Shackleton Unjustifiable Risk?
My (incredibly restrained) haul
A sign saying ‘UK Bookfest’ in front of a warehouse.
If you’re anywhere near Bradford and like books then go and enjoy* this place before it stops on Tuesday.
*(/spend an hour running amok like I did)
It’ll be the ninth war he has ended, but there’s a half-point deduction because he also started it.
