Paul Clammer

A copy of the book "Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean" by Miranda Kaufman, next to a coffee cup.

I was thrilled to receive a proof of @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social's superb new book 'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean'. It's certain to make waves, and you're all absolutely going to want to pick up a copy when it's published next month. Strong recommend.

A copy of the book "Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean" by Miranda Kaufman, next to a coffee cup.

I was thrilled to receive a proof of @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social's superb new book 'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance, and Slavery in the Caribbean'. It's certain to make waves, and you're all absolutely going to want to pick up a copy when it's published next month. Strong recommend.

A 1 star Amazon review for the Bradt Travel Guide to Haiti by Paul Clammer: 'The wroter is extraordinarily naive aboit Haiti. This book could get you in serious trouble in Haiti.'

Today is the 9th anniversary of my best ever Amazon review of one of my guidebooks, by a traveller also thought that foreigners speak too quickly.

YouTube video by RHINO Peter Tosh - Johnny B. Goode (Official Music Video)

I have a very soft spot for Peter Tosh taking on Chuck Berry. youtu.be/FTvehe6kPjU?...

Thrilled to have the hard copy in my hands - and wishing you all good things for it.

Congratulations Carrie - I can't wait to read this! And that cover is 🔥🔥🔥

Cover of a book, with the title The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas by Carrie Gibson. The jacket is red, with the image of a freedom-fighting maroon, and the typeface is yellow with the subtitle in white.

I've not really cracked how Bluesky works but I'm not going to let that stop me from doing a cover reveal for my next book.

And here it is:

Out 6 January 2026! Preorder now at the usual spots, including:
bookshop.org/p/books/free...

A hand holding a copy of 'Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America' by Shafik Meghji.

Delighted to get a copy of 'Small Earthquakes: A Journey Through Lost British History in South America' by @shafikmeghji.bsky.social, freshly minted from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. Spoiler alert: I had an electronic advance copy and this book is BRILLIANT.

agrowingculture 3 hours ago 2/5 This morning, Israeli forces raided and demolished the Seed Multiplication Unit of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees' (UAWC) national seed bank in Hebron. Using bulldozers and heavy machinery, the Israeli army destroyed the storage warehouses and infrastructure where essential equipment, seed materials, and tools for indigenous seed reproduction were kept. This is not just an attack on a building-its an attack on Palestinian food sovereignty, biodiversity and cultural memory.

Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.

It was you! This is why we get so many enquiries from people wanting to see the Ice Wall! 🫠

Why does Antarctica attract so many conspiracy theories? - Swoop Antarctica Blog Antarctic is extraordinary, but why does it have many conspiracy theories? We unpack everything from ice walls to aliens and hidden Nazi bases.

I write a lot about Antarctica for work, on tourism issues, heritage, conservation & polar science. But somehow the piece I did about conspiracy theories has now been more read more than almost anything I've ever done. The truth is out there? 👽 www.swoop-antarctica.com/blog/why-doe...

I love this so much.

You know I am SO EXCITED to see those newspapers clippings turn into actual dresses! 😍

This is a great thread about a very exciting project - congratulations @nlwillson.bsky.social!

The Colombia Reader

I can't speak specifically to Colombia, but I've found Duke University Press's Country Readers an invaluable introduction to Latin and Caribbean literature. There's one for Colombia, which might help with a road map. www.dukeupress.edu/the-colombia...

FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...

The Losses: Of Archives and Arthropods Dead for centuries, the bees can help save their living descendants

"Without the work of curators and curatorial assistants like myself, the unknown will remain hidden for decades more, quietly disintegrating in the lonely darkness...even dead for centuries, the information they offer can help save their living descendants."

contingentmagazine.org/2025/07/28/t...

If you were travelling by ship on the Dover-Ostend line, of course you'd want the baggage label to look like a porthole, stands to reason.

I love it - but with footnotes so I know it's not just some flight of fancy. Am reading a history book at the moment where the author very visibly shows their former tabloid journo roots, and it has me in hot tears of frustration for undermining areas where they do actually cite their sources.

Welcome Miranda! Great to see you here.

This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Thank you!

Who makes such treasure? It would make a perfect gift for a Jessica fan in my life!

Gorgeous!

This is apparently an extremely controversial opinion, but we should feed starving children.

The images of children starved to death in Gaza should be the lead of every news program.

It me! And am still annoyed at friends who saw the Doolittle tour!

Absolute bastards. And even more so because your editorial sounds great!

For me, Vanity Fair by William Thackeray. My desert island novel!