Andrew Holgate
@andrewholgate.bsky.social
Former Sunday Times literary editor. Now writing a book about the death of Mussolini for Weidenfeld.
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It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?
Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
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Thank you for this lovely obituary, Andrew. John supervised my DPhil. However witty and acerbic as a reviewer, he was gentleness itself with his students. He had the gift of appearing interested in whatever you had to say. I’m very grateful for his support and cherish the memory of his wry smile.
A tribute in today’s Sunday Times to John Carey, who taught me more than I can say about books and the proper way to live…
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
Farewell, John Carey, and sorry a fellow critic poured wine on your head
Our fiercely moral chief literary critic avoided the literary world. The fortnightly review was everything, even if it upset friends
www.thetimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thank you for this lovely obituary, Andrew. John supervised my DPhil. However witty and acerbic as a reviewer, he was gentleness itself with his students. He had the gift of appearing interested in whatever you had to say. I’m very grateful for his support and cherish the memory of his wry smile.
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Met him in 2009 when I was a daft undergraduate, and had no idea what a big name he was. He was generous with his time, entirely egoless, and great fun to talk to.
December 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Met him in 2009 when I was a daft undergraduate, and had no idea what a big name he was. He was generous with his time, entirely egoless, and great fun to talk to.
A tribute in today’s Sunday Times to John Carey, who taught me more than I can say about books and the proper way to live…
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
Farewell, John Carey, and sorry a fellow critic poured wine on your head
Our fiercely moral chief literary critic avoided the literary world. The fortnightly review was everything, even if it upset friends
www.thetimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A tribute in today’s Sunday Times to John Carey, who taught me more than I can say about books and the proper way to live…
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
www.thetimes.com/article/34bd...
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A peacock showing off its art.
August 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A peacock showing off its art.
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Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
July 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner
My dog Nina (left) and her brother Gus the other morning, looking like two old friends just happy in each other’s company. That after spending half an hour trying to tear each other’s ears off…
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My dog Nina (left) and her brother Gus the other morning, looking like two old friends just happy in each other’s company. That after spending half an hour trying to tear each other’s ears off…
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"Morning, Jim!"
"Hey, Tom."
"Hey, Tom."
June 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"Morning, Jim!"
"Hey, Tom."
"Hey, Tom."
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May 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.
You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Oooft! What a treat. How could you resist? Now in stock.
March 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oooft! What a treat. How could you resist? Now in stock.
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Congratulations to Sue Prideaux winner of The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025 for Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social. 🍾
March 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Congratulations to Sue Prideaux winner of The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025 for Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, published by @faberbooks.bsky.social. 🍾
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To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a shortlisted book. This week we dive into Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux (@faberbooks.bsky.social). 🧵
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February 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a shortlisted book. This week we dive into Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux (@faberbooks.bsky.social). 🧵
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
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To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. This week we’re raising a glass to THE SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (@4thestatebooks.bsky.social) 🧵
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. This week we’re raising a glass to THE SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (@4thestatebooks.bsky.social) 🧵
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
@newcollegeoxf.bsky.social
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Beautiful advance copy of #TheProsecutor from @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social & looking forward to hosting a Q&A at Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social
with @jackfairweather.bsky.social on 4 March. Tickets still available. @wehaveways.bsky.social
with @jackfairweather.bsky.social on 4 March. Tickets still available. @wehaveways.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Beautiful advance copy of #TheProsecutor from @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social & looking forward to hosting a Q&A at Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social
with @jackfairweather.bsky.social on 4 March. Tickets still available. @wehaveways.bsky.social
with @jackfairweather.bsky.social on 4 March. Tickets still available. @wehaveways.bsky.social
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This guy stared at me the entire way from DC to LA and I was convinced he was going to follow me and kill me before I realized his sunglasses were just on the back of his head.
January 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
This guy stared at me the entire way from DC to LA and I was convinced he was going to follow me and kill me before I realized his sunglasses were just on the back of his head.
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To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. We’re kicking off with, Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy by Mark Gilbert published (Allen Lane).
January 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. We’re kicking off with, Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy by Mark Gilbert published (Allen Lane).
A really good shortlist for a really excellent prize
We are proud to announce the shortlist for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025.
The Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing with a £5,000 Prize and a Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Réserve being awarded to the winner.
Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!
The Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing with a £5,000 Prize and a Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Réserve being awarded to the winner.
Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!
January 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A really good shortlist for a really excellent prize
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Dept. of completely unexpected phone calls: one telling me I was being given a Robert Silvers Prize for literary journalism (along with Louis Menand!). All the more exciting because I always thought of Robert Silvers as dwelling on the peak of the Mount Olympus of editing.
January 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Dept. of completely unexpected phone calls: one telling me I was being given a Robert Silvers Prize for literary journalism (along with Louis Menand!). All the more exciting because I always thought of Robert Silvers as dwelling on the peak of the Mount Olympus of editing.
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Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
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Bristol Short Story Prize
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December 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
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Please share.
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Never Too Late Award for a writer over 60 from The Bridport Prize.
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NEW! Never Too Late 60+ award - Bridport Prize
bridportprize.org.uk
December 13, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Never Too Late Award for a writer over 60 from The Bridport Prize.
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Please share.
Early promise… a primrose already.
December 12, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Early promise… a primrose already.