Andy Orrock

Pre-order of "A Fabulous Debt" Audiobook

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com You have a cover! I loved "Trillions." I just pre-ordered the audiobook of "A Fabulous Debt."

Nothing makes one prouder to be British than someone resigning in disgrace because we still understand both those words

Anyway, congrats to Will Lewis bumping the UK tabloid scandal to the second sentence of his obit.

will lewis:

Bought his latest almost solely becuase of this magnificent cover.

I recommend the excellent "Year of the Pitcher" @sridharpappu.bsky.social. Brilliant on Gibson and Lolich, of course, and unexpectedly delightful on the great Johnny Sain. Lolich couldn't carry a book like McClain, but he could carry a team.

The Epstein rot goes deep America must now ask itself if it can restore a culture of shame

Try this:
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Henry Hyde, call your office.

China’s Anta Sports agrees to buy €1.5bn stake in Puma from Pinault family Shares in German sportswear brand surge as Chinese group takes 29% stake

Ostensibly, this is about Anta acquiring a position in Puma via its purchase of the Pinault family's stake. But tucked inside is a take on of Anta's modest start, recent growth, and aspirations. Nice work by @financialtimes.com reporters Thomas Hale and Tina Hu.
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Thank you, April. Well done on your inspiring speech.

I highly recommend "Pope Leo XIV" by former @ncronline.bsky.social reporter, Christopher White, now Associate Director of
@gucstpubliclife.bsky.social. Chris had the intuition and foresight to get to know Robert Prevost a few years ago. That paid off for this brief but excellent and inspiring work.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore sings “Center of My Joy” at Richard Smallwood’s Celebration of Life

Macron in sunglasses leading on the front pages of both the FT and Guardian tomorrow.

I watched it tonight. I loved learning about the RWIT community you have built. Well done, Desiree.

YouTube video by POV Message from the Filmmaker | DRIVER | POV Season 38

Video message from Nesa Azimi, Filmmaker of "Driver" a feature length documentary that makes its television premire on @pbs.org Monday - Labor Day September 1st 10pm (check local listings) #truckdrivers #workerjustice #labor #laborday #films #movies #documentary
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Mother Tongue by Sara Novic: 9780593241530 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books The New York Times bestselling author of True Biz retraces her path out of the hearing world and into the deaf community—and seeks to understand what it means to raise children who are different...

hit the preorder button fast on this one and you may wish to as well (by the incredible @novicsara.bsky.social) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670270...

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

There’s “allyship” and then there’s this:

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He whiffed on Quincy.

The secretive powerbroker with a tight grip on corporate Spain Isidro Fainé runs the Caixa Foundation but the 83-year-old’s age and dominance are causing disquiet

@barneyjopson.bsky.social What an extraordinary story. Great reporting.
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I re-read the Taylor Branch trilogy last year for this very reason. Huge recommend.

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Could be Alan. Apollo and all that. Eternal.

The best books to understand events in Venezuela A round-up of the most insightful reads to put the US capture of Nicolás Maduro in perspective

Excellent "Inside Venezuela" compilation from @frederick65.ft.com @judewebber.bsky.social and Constance Ayrton. William Neuman's book is fantastic.
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I like the way you make a point.

Inside Ralph Lauren’s luxe reset—and the CEO who made it stick | Fortune Patrice Louvet brought discipline, premium focus, and modern marketing to steer the American icon out of its discount spiral.

@philwahba.bsky.social Excellent piece on RL and Patrice Louvet. That "grandioisely titled" three-year plan ("The Next Great Chapter") is purely distilled Danny Meyer.
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"The Gods of New York" by Jonathan Mahler - bold yellow text with a red shadow outline over a cityscape of New York City in the late 1980s.

THE GODS OF NEW YORK is out Aug 12! It's a narrative history of NYC in the 80s, a sort of sequel to The Bronx Is Burning. It's the story of a cast of outsized figures (Koch, Sharpton, Trump, Rudy, Larry Kramer, Spike Lee and more) who turned the city into their own, grand stage.

@andrewtghill.ft.com I loved your Hanneke Faber profile piece...a real favorite of mine for 2025. So, it was really neat to see your related entry into this fun compilation.

I loved this piece. Samir El Sakka: What an elegant, distinguished gentleman. Ahmed Qabel's pictures are outstanding.

The vanishing world of Cairo’s master tailors Changing fashion, modernisation and a lack of willing apprentices mean the craft is threatened with extinction

'The vanishing world of Cairo’s master tailors' in @financialtimes.com
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Endless Column, by Constantin Brâncuși, 1938, 📸 by @stephenmally

I just finished reading "The Bronx Is Burning" and "The Gods of New York" back to back and it was such a brilliant experience! So good. Thank you, Jonathan.