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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.
We're delighted to see Chris Moss's brilliant book LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World highlighted by @tripfiction.bsky.social @traveloguer.bsky.social
'A fitting tribute to the greatest county in England.'
—David Swift, author of Scouse Republic
Toby Walsh on the Six Ideas You Need to Understand AI www.events.unsw.edu.au/article/toby...
03.03.2026 12:24 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0‘After his masterpieces on Germany and England, James Hawes has done it again. Somehow he manages to condense the wildly complex histories of ancient peoples into something that can be read in an afternoon’ CIARAN MARTIN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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‘Using evidence from history, archaeology, linguistics and even DNA analysis, Hawes superbly charts the development of Irish society from earliest prehistory right up to modern times.’
—DR KIERAN O’CONOR, UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY
‘Fresh, invigorating and a challenge to many of the orthodoxies of Irish history writing. Hawes’s thoroughly well-researched narrative simultaneously enlightens and provokes. I wholeheartedly recommend it’
—PÓL Ó DOCHARTAIGH, PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY
James Hawes's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF IRELAND is out today in hardback.
After his acclaimed histories of Germany and England, James Hawes now turns his attention to Ireland, reaching beyond the clichés to tell a dramatic new story.
‘The perfect starting point for anyone interested in Scandinavian history’
—Ruth Hemstad, author of The Danish-Norwegian Divorce, 1814
‘A superbly clear, learned and wide-ranging history of the five Nordic nations… Kuldkepp identifies how all five countries remain social democratic policy beacons, while also giving due attention to their shortcomings’
—Andrew Scott, author of Northern Lights
'Bracing… An admirably condensed study… popular, accessible history by a Nordic specialist’ —The Age @theageaustralia.bsky.social
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The paperback of Mart Kuldkepp's THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF SCANDINAVIA is now out.
With Finland and Sweden now full NATO members in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, this timely history explores today’s geopolitical tensions – and asks whether life is quite as hygge as it seems.
Lancashire - first canals, first motorways, first factories, first mills, first working class authors, first professional football, first rugby professionals.
Chris Moss on LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World.
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Construction work in Manchester after the IRA bomb of 1996 (Len Grant/Millennium Manchester).
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Three UK towns that feel like home to LANCASHIRE author Chris Moss: Clitheroe, Harrow and Princetown:
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f you had to balance Britain (not the UK) on a pin, where would its centre of gravity be?
Yes, that's right. Whitendale Hanging Stones in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire.
Chris Moss's LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World is out now.
Chris Moss, author of LANCASHIRE, explores a spectacularly underrated English landscape - the Forest of Bowland @theipaper.com @visitlancashire.bsky.social inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
24.02.2026 09:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Chairman Mao and Donald Trump have more in common than you might think - Linda Jaivin, author of The Cultural Revolution in China, in @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/culture/book...
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What are the UK's top 10 counties? And which is number 1? Lancastrian Chris Moss picks...
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17.02.2026 09:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0'Lancashire was a grand old county. Then someone sawed it off at the knees by amputating Liverpool and Manchester. All power then to Chris Moss, who makes this magical place whole again. Here is a giant revived, tall with tales of witches, subversives, candy-floss and coal' PAUL du NOYER
17.02.2026 09:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0'A winning combination of history, memoir, and irreverent humour, it's a fitting tribute to the greatest county in England.' DAVID SWIFT, author of Scouse Republic
17.02.2026 09:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0'Chris Moss's journey through Lancashire is also a journey into the life he left behind. I for one am pleased he came back home.' JEFF YOUNG @wildtwin.bsky.social
17.02.2026 09:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0'A Lancastrian rediscovers Lancashire: a deeply personal, well-crafted account of the Red Rose county’s past and present’ BRIAN GROOM @groomb.bsky.social
17.02.2026 09:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Moss takes us through a near-mythical landscape, a disappearing county of witches, mills, dales, meres, pop music and the first industrial proletariat. An engrossing tour of the landscape that created modern Britain’ NICHOLAS BLINCOE
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Happy publication day to Chris Moss's wonderful LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World.
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Very good to see in this week's Big Issue the feature by Linda Jaivin on what links Donald Trump and Chairman Mao. Linda's book The Cultural Revolution in China is out now in paperback.
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Black and white photo of a shelf and wall in my office. Absolute chaos
I wrote about this corner of my office for my 18th Magnetic North in the 18th edition of Science & Magic, the Violette mag. Lots of great stuff from other writers and artists, you can read it here:
www.violetterecords.com/science-and-...
