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A landscape graphic with a green, woodland background. In the foreground is the hardback book Ancient by Luke Barley.

This week is the publication of #Ancient, Luke Barley's beautiful contemplation on Britain's ancient woodland.

To celebrate, we're giving Waterstones Plus members a chance to win a National Trust membership, a signed copy of the book, and more! 🌳

Enter now: tinyurl.com/AncientWaterstonesPrizeDraw

We are delighted that #Abundance by @ezraklein.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social is Blackwell's non-fiction book of the month for March!

An urgent polemic, calling for a move away from scarcity politics and towards an abundant future. Out now in paperback 🌍️

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Ancient by Luke Barley review – the secret history of Britain’s woodlands A former ranger tells the story of how the UK’s forests intimately shaped – and were shaped by – its people

'Luke Barley sets out to tell a more complex and fascinating tale of our forests and the people that have lived with and made use of them'

#Ancient by forester Luke Barley is the @theguardian.com's Book of the Day!

Step into the woods and discover the trees that made Britain 🌳

#Abundance by @ezraklein.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social is out today in paperback 🌍️

International bestseller, Obama book of the year and shortlisted for FT Business Book of the Year, Abundance is an urgent polemic for our future.

'A must-read' Barack Obama

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Why the World Cup Can Feel Like War Soccer stadiums can be dominated by violence, tribalism, chauvinism, and near-religious fervor‚ animated by the memory of old hostilities and the power of ritual.

'Highly engaging ... [Kuper] is one of the best sportswriters in the English language today'

A brilliant @newyorker.com review for #WorldCupFever by @simonkuper.bsky.social ⚽🏆

Looking forward to meeting Southwark folk @ the 1st #HardStreets public event, w/ local lass @lucyworsley.bsky.social - featuring Walworth-born Chaplin, the all-female pickpocket gang led by Polly Carr & more. Given the area was home to the Marshalsea & Mint Workhouse, refs to C. Dickens are likely…

Waterstones promotional graphic with a festive red-and-green patterned border. Text reads: “WATERSTONES 25% OFF RRP Books Coming Soon.” In the centre is the book cover for Enough Said by Alan Bennett, featuring a photo of the author reclining on a sofa in front of bookshelves. At the bottom: “17–20 February Online Only.”

Get 25% off Alan Bennett's upcoming fourth collection of diaries, #EnoughSaid, when you pre-order from @waterstones until February 20th and use code: FEB26

Pre-order your copy here:
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AND if you are in the UK, you can get 25% UNTIL THIS FRIDAY via Waterstones with the code FEB26!!!

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A promotional image for the upcoming book The Wordspotter's Guide, which has a cream coloured cover with a pair of binoculars on it

I'VE HAD TO KEEP THIS QUIET FOR SO LONG BUT NOW THE CAT CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THE BAG

I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!

you can even pre-order it now!!

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My new book #TalkingClassics is 25% off RRP between now & 20 Feb. If you have already ordered, you can cancel & use this offer. Details: www.waterstones.com/book/talking...

25% off my new book from Waterstones. See below 👇 for details. If you have already preordered the easiest thing is to cancel that order and reorder using this code.

Promotional graphic for Waterstones: “25% OFF RRP – Books Coming Soon” (Online Only, 17–20 February). The image shows a selection of upcoming book covers including Enough Said by Alan Bennett, Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard, To Exist As I Am by Grace Spence Green, What Happened to Liberal Democracy? by Daron Acemoglu, Boglands by Merritt R. Turetsky, Out of Colditz by David Lascelles, Worlds of Fear and Wonder by Malcolm Gaskill, The Law of the Sublime by Robert Greene (cover to be revealed), The Wordspotter’s Guide by Olivia Swarthout, and Amicable Divorce by Kate Daly.

A deal you do not want to miss! ✨

Get 25% off the books below, when you pre-order from
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The Battle for the Arctic Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 13/02/2026 · 19m

#PolarWar author Kenneth R. Rosen discusses the battle for the Arctic in Friday's episode of the @therestpolitics.bsky.social with @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory Stewart.

A proof copy of The Age of Alchemy by Kit Chapman, on a white table

Today's new arrival - thrilled to get stuck into this one! Science history? Hell yeah. Thank you @profilebooks.bsky.social! Out in April ☺️

Hard Streets | A Talk by Jacqueline Riding - Southwark Cathedral Join acclaimed historian Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley.

🎟️ EVENT 🎟️

Join @JacRiding.bsky.social in conversation with @LucyWorsley.bsky.social at Southwark Cathedral, discussing her new book #HardStreets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin's London.

📍Southwark Cathedral
⏰ Thursday 19th Feb, 7:15pm

Africa needs to follow Asia’s path to grow So argues an important new book, “How Africa Works”

‘Studwell has written one of the most interesting analyses of the past few years'

#HowAfricaWorks by Joe Studwell has been reviewed by the Economist, described as an 'important new book'. Out now! 🌍

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#TheRulesBook by Mikael Krogerus and Roman Tschäppeler is out now!

Master the tried and tested, unwritten laws of life - from the bestselling team behind The Decision Book 💡

Order your copy here:
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The Unfragile Mind - Profile Books Making Sense of Mental Health

Dr Gavin Francis' top 5 tips for boosting your mental wellbeing 🧡

#TheUnfragileMind: Making Sense of Mental Health by GP and bestselling author @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social publishes today with @wellcomecollection.bsky.social.

Find out more: tinyurl.com/TheUnfragileMind

A rectangular landscape graphic with a green background. The hardback book Reaching for the Extreme by Ian Stewart is in the middle of the graphic. The Profile Books logo is in the bottom right-hand corner.

Join bestselling author Ian Stewart on a journey through some of mathematics' prickliest conundrums – and why they matter 💫

#ReachingForTheExtreme publishes today!

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The 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist is here💜

Which book will you be picking up first?

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We are so thrilled to share that #ToExistAsIAm by Grace Spence Green has been longlisted for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction! Huge congratulations to Grace for this incredible, well deserved achievement ✨

Welcome to the hard streets of Charlie Chaplin's London. A place of cheap entertainments and the threat of the workhouse, radical politics and desperate poverty.

#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is an illuminating portrait of a vanished city, out now.

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Book Talk: Ausländer by Michael Moritz, in conversation with Daniel Finkelstein - The Wiener Holocaust Library Join us for an in-person talk with Michael Moritz about his latest book, Ausländer. Michael will be in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein

Join The Wiener Holocaust Library for an in-person talk with Sir Michael Moritz about his latest book, #Ausländer, in conversation with Lord Daniel Finkelstein.

📅February 19th
🕕6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
📍The Wiener Holocaust Library

Learn more here:
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‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness? Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good

'The labels we use to make sense of the mind and of mental health are always changing – which means there’s always scope to change them for the better'

A fascinating @theguardian.com Long Read from @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social. His new book #TheUnfragileMind is out Thursday.

Excellent timely book from @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social on how we meet, or fail to meet, the deep mental health crisis. The current approach fails to take sufficient account of social and cultural factors & discriminates in favour of those who can access primary care & supportive community relations.

London Uncovered - Charlie Chaplin's London - BBC Sounds Charlie Chaplin grew up in working class Victorian London. What was the London he knew?

I was on the Robert Elms BBC Radio London show talking about #HardStreets @profilebooks.bsky.social and encouraging him (a North Londoner…) to get on the 59 bus going south to Charlie Chaplin’s Lambeth and Southwark.

You can listen via BBC Sounds

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This was great fun: The Moomins, Thomas Hardy, Midsomer Murders… what’s not to love?! Many thanks to the fab @mathewlyons.bsky.social

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Landscapes of the Mind Join Dr Gavin Francis, Micha Frazer-Carroll and Natasha Devon to discuss the social, medical and political nature of mental health.

A week today, @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social, will be at the Wellcome Collection exploring the chequered history of psychiatry and the nature of mental health. Get your tickets below!

📍 Henry Wellcome Auditorium, @wellcomecollection.bsky.social
📅 Fri 13th Feb
🕡 6:30–8pm
🎟️ Via link

The hard London life of the young Charlie Chaplin Hard Streets by Jacqueline Riding reveals the grinding poverty and workhouse misery of south London in the 19th century

Out tomorrow #booksky #HARDSTREETS @profilebooks.bsky.social In the #Cotswolds ? Get your copy @borzoibookshop.bsky.social
Author @jacriding.bsky.social with us 7.30pm 6 May Tickets online: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
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Welcome to the hard streets of Charlie Chaplin's London.

#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out today, breathing life into the forgotten stories of suffering, survival and success in late 19th and early 20th century working-class London.

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