Julian Loose

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

A Schoolmaster's War - Yale University Press London The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own words“A beautiful collection of writings by schoolmaster-turned-sec...

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Celebrating the Wolfson Prize - Yale University Press London In celebration of the announcement of the Wolfson Prize 2025 shortlist, we're revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books.

In celebration of @victoriandetective.bsky.social’s book, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social 2025, we’re revisiting some of our prize-winning and shortlisted books — with an extract from each.
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Congratulations to Sara Lodge, The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective has been shortlisted for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize, the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

The shortlist: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social @victoriandetective.bsky.social

‘One of the most superbly beautiful of trees ... worth crossing the globe to see’.
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
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The V&A East Storehouse is full of stunning surprises like this complete office that Frank Lloyd Wright created for Pittsburgh retail magnate Edgar J Kaufmann in 1935-1937 (THREAD)

Book cover of Ruthless by Edmond Smith, published by Yale University Press

Five endorsements for Ruthless praising its research, originality, and vivid writing, from Sathnam Sanghera, Emma Griffin, William Pettigrew, Anton Howes, and Nicholas Radburn (1/2)

Five endorsements for Ruthless praising its research, originality, and vivid writing, from Sathnam Sanghera, Emma Griffin, William Pettigrew, Anton Howes, and Nicholas Radburn (2/2)

Thrilled to share early endorsements for #Ruthless!

Huge thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @antonhowes.bsky.social, William Pettigrew, and Nicholas Radburn for their generous words.

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Gourock Lido, Inverdale, Scotland, 2004, by Martin Parr, whose latest book - “Utterly Lazy And Inattentive” - is a wonder.

How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One - Unseen Histories We speak to Andrew Lambert, the author of No More Napoleons, about the British foreign policy between Waterloo and World War One..

As the 19th century opened, Britain faced an existential crisis. Just a short distance away Napoleon's army gathered on the Channel coast. The terror of that historical moment was very real – Andrew Lambert investigates how British politicians spent the next century ensuring it was never felt again👇

20 Books of Summer, #1 and #2: Immaculate Conception and Cage of Starlight Deep in the thick of marking, I wanted to kick off 20 Books of Summer with immersive, quick reads, and these two sophomore novels about intense but non-sexual bonds delivered. Ling Ling Huang&#8217…

On the blog today! Kicking off #20booksofsummer with two immersive novels about intense but non-sexual relationships. What are you reading this summer? drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/2... #booksky #sff #amreading #fiction

The fact that Shostakovich watched Jesus Christ Superstar (twice!) is something my brain just refuses to compute.

Front and back cover of Plant Perspectives vol 2.2 with image of installation 'Of the Oak' by Marshmallow Laser Feast in Kew Gardens 2025 on the cover.

Amherstia nobilis, hand-coloured lithograph by Maxim Gauci, based on drawing by Vishnuprasad from Nathaniel Wallich, Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1 (1830).

What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social

Remembering Starling Lawrence (1943 - 2025), legendary editor of David Ignatius, Sebastian Junger, and Michael Lewis.
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The astronaut-scientist Harrison Schmitt during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the Moon, 13 December 1972. Courtesy NASA

My debut for @aeon.co:

Life formed incredibly early in Earth's history, so the idea that our world was once an unliveable hellscape is just not true.

https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought

This is a really fine, interesting piece on what it means to be “a writer”, among other things.

Little Atoms 962 - Mike Jay's Free Radicals | Little Atoms A Podcast about Ideas and Culture

On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:

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The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - Yale University Press London A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018   Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficie...

Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀

Free Radicals! Thomas Beddoes, Humphrey Davy and the Pneumatic Institute of Bristol – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution At the very end of eighteenth century, the distinguished Oxford chemist Dr Thomas Beddoes founded a new private medical research clinic, The Pneumatic Institute, where together with his brilliant assi...

Discussing FREE RADICALS at a launch event in Bath on Thursday 26th
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Pleased to have received a preview copy of Andrew Lambert’s latest. A rewarding read so far. No More Napoleons will be published by Yale University Press later this month.

Formal photographic studio portrait of Thomas Dawodu, 1893

Formal photographic studio portrait of Ferdinand Leigh, 1893

Just writing a paper about this pair, Thomas Dawodu and Ferdinand Leigh, the first Africans to train at Kew Gardens.
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social ‬

Yale May-June book offer at 40% off

Inspired by British Summer Time... we have a selection of lovely books at 40% off. See page for titles included and sales restrictions.
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There’s a balloon-filled church in Camden at the moment for you play in If you want 15 minutes of pure joy bouncing big white balloons around an old church, then you’re in luck.

If you want 15 minutes of pure joy bouncing big white balloons around an old church, then you’re in luck.

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Every Reason to Celebrate - Yale University Press London To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Marc Milner, author of Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign,

Every Reason to Celebrate

To commemorate #VEDay80, Marc Milner writes an exclusive post on Britain’s role in the Second World War.

Read more: yalebooks.co.uk/every-reason...

#WW2 #VEDay #veday80thanniversary #VEDay2025

Daniel Swift: The Making of William Shakespeare My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is Daniel Swift. Daniel’s new book, The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare, tells the fascinating story of a…

On this week's Book Club podcast Daniel Swift new book, The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare, tells the fascinating story of a theatrical innovation that transformed Elizabethan drama. buff.ly/hB3B2T1

Tomorrow, at Heffers bookshop in Cambridge (UK) I'll be doing a talk about my "A Little History of Mathematics" - if you are nearby, come and join me and Cambridge friends!

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Sign above barbers that says The Cutfather’ written in the font of The Godfather.

My sister has a hatred of these kind of signs. I collect them and send them to her. If you would like to add to my glee, send me your favourite:)

Shakespeare's First Theatre: A Timeline - Yale University Press London In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London’s first purpose-built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick

Built in 1576 in a field in Shoreditch, the Theatre was London's first purpose-built playhouse and #Shakespeare's first theatre.

This timeline, from Daniel Swift’s book The Dream Factory charts the Theatre’s history:
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#ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday #TheatreSky

‘The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective’ Review: Quarry Women The “lady detectives” of the stage prepared audiences for the real women who would join police forces and investigative agencies.

@wsj.com reviews Sarah Lodge’s The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective: read the book "to know more about the forerunners of women in crime fiction" 

Shakespeare was ‘apprentice’ at London’s first theater before becoming a famous playwright, new book argues
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Daniel Swift, associate professor of English at Northeastern University in London, looks at #Shakespeare’s experience at The Theatre in his book “The Dream Factory.”