Bella Mackie
@bellamackie.bsky.social
I wrote the book you gave your mum as a Christmas gag. https://www.waterstones.com/book/what-a-way-to-go/bella-mackie/9780008718251
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A strong whiff of "don't you know who I am" here. And, do tell, who broke it? Your former husband and his mates?
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A strong whiff of "don't you know who I am" here. And, do tell, who broke it? Your former husband and his mates?
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This is superb to the point of essential. Philippe Sands was a key source for our episodes on genocide and Klein conducts an excellent interview podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
When Is It Genocide?
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 13/08/2025 · 1h 43m
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August 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is superb to the point of essential. Philippe Sands was a key source for our episodes on genocide and Klein conducts an excellent interview podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Really good deep reporting by @noahshachtman.bsky.social (plus some jaw-dropping anecdotes) in this story about the growing internal crisis at the ADL
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Inside the Crisis at the Anti-Defamation League
The group used to believe the rights of Jews were inextricable from the rights of everyone else. Its war against anti-Zionism has changed everything.
nymag.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Really good deep reporting by @noahshachtman.bsky.social (plus some jaw-dropping anecdotes) in this story about the growing internal crisis at the ADL
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
I wrote about antidepressant withdrawal and why the general advice about coming off ssris is so unhelpful for a lot of people www.thetimes.com/article/1ba8...
Bella Mackie: What doctors never told me about quitting antidepressants
After 20 years on the drugs, the author suffered severe withdrawal. She had no idea how difficult it would be
www.thetimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I wrote about antidepressant withdrawal and why the general advice about coming off ssris is so unhelpful for a lot of people www.thetimes.com/article/1ba8...
Read this today www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Read this today www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!
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May 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Of the books named on this reading list, Brit Bennet, Isabel Allende, Andy Weir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, Rumaan Alam, Rebecca Makkai, Maggie O'Farrell, Percival Everett, and Delia Owens' titles are all books that DO NOT EXIST!!!
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bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
May 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
bill de blasio in park slope, ordering his breakfast sandwich as “mi sandwich especial” and quoting the onion headline omg
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The final CrimeFest Awards shortlist has been revealed, and features authors including @bellamackie.bsky.social, @lyndalaplante.bsky.social and DG Coutinho ( @dgcwords.bsky.social ), among others 👇 #BookSky
Final CrimeFest Awards shortlist features Bella Mackie, Lynda La Plante and DG Coutinho
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May 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The final CrimeFest Awards shortlist has been revealed, and features authors including @bellamackie.bsky.social, @lyndalaplante.bsky.social and DG Coutinho ( @dgcwords.bsky.social ), among others 👇 #BookSky
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is launching a drive to raise funds from wealthy offshore donors in low-tax jurisdictions including Monaco, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, taking advantage of Britain’s loose funding rules to bolster its coffers.
www.ft.com/content/b133...
www.ft.com/content/b133...
Reform UK heads offshore to raise funds from world’s wealthy
Party treasurer Nick Candy says events will be held ‘in restaurants, people’s private homes and on yachts’
www.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is launching a drive to raise funds from wealthy offshore donors in low-tax jurisdictions including Monaco, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, taking advantage of Britain’s loose funding rules to bolster its coffers.
www.ft.com/content/b133...
www.ft.com/content/b133...
My latest book - WHAT A WAY TO GO - is out in paperback on Thursday. To mark it, I’m doing an event with my husband in London. Get tickets here (if you like) www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
An Evening with Bella Mackie and Greg James at Conway Hall, London | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening with Bella Mackie and Greg James at Conway Hall, London today.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My latest book - WHAT A WAY TO GO - is out in paperback on Thursday. To mark it, I’m doing an event with my husband in London. Get tickets here (if you like) www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
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Let me get this straight:
Fringe extremist infiltrates a major political party, rises to the rank of Vice President, throws around diplomatic weight to force a meeting with the Pope, and then MURDERS said Pope?
Folks. This is a Dan Brown novel.
Fringe extremist infiltrates a major political party, rises to the rank of Vice President, throws around diplomatic weight to force a meeting with the Pope, and then MURDERS said Pope?
Folks. This is a Dan Brown novel.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Let me get this straight:
Fringe extremist infiltrates a major political party, rises to the rank of Vice President, throws around diplomatic weight to force a meeting with the Pope, and then MURDERS said Pope?
Folks. This is a Dan Brown novel.
Fringe extremist infiltrates a major political party, rises to the rank of Vice President, throws around diplomatic weight to force a meeting with the Pope, and then MURDERS said Pope?
Folks. This is a Dan Brown novel.
Hugely keen on this Jesus guy
March 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hugely keen on this Jesus guy
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Next time someone asks me this ridiculous question I’m just gonna send them this link 🙃
I wrote a very personal piece about why I’m not having children open.substack.com/pub/bellamac...
Why I don't want children
A vulnerable post, this one
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Next time someone asks me this ridiculous question I’m just gonna send them this link 🙃
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'No-one is talking about young men' increasingly occupies the same space as 'we need an honest conversation about immigration'. We never shut up about young men. It's one of the only things we ever talk about, although admittedly only ever to say 'we need to be more reactionary'.
March 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'No-one is talking about young men' increasingly occupies the same space as 'we need an honest conversation about immigration'. We never shut up about young men. It's one of the only things we ever talk about, although admittedly only ever to say 'we need to be more reactionary'.
I wrote a very personal piece about why I’m not having children open.substack.com/pub/bellamac...
Why I don't want children
A vulnerable post, this one
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I wrote a very personal piece about why I’m not having children open.substack.com/pub/bellamac...
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We are very excited about this event with bestselling author Bella Mackie in conversation with Radio 1 breakfast show host Greg James.
🎫 Tickets are selling fast so grab yours now!
@bellamackie.bsky.social
@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social
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🎫 Tickets are selling fast so grab yours now!
@bellamackie.bsky.social
@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social
chippingcampden.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
February 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are very excited about this event with bestselling author Bella Mackie in conversation with Radio 1 breakfast show host Greg James.
🎫 Tickets are selling fast so grab yours now!
@bellamackie.bsky.social
@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social
chippingcampden.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
🎫 Tickets are selling fast so grab yours now!
@bellamackie.bsky.social
@chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social
chippingcampden.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
All social media platforms are absolutely mental for the brain. Just five seconds of scrolling here gave me “the earth’s core is changing,” a recipe for rhubarb crumble by Nigella, then a post about an imminent bird flu pandemic before finally a photo of a dog in a hat.
February 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
All social media platforms are absolutely mental for the brain. Just five seconds of scrolling here gave me “the earth’s core is changing,” a recipe for rhubarb crumble by Nigella, then a post about an imminent bird flu pandemic before finally a photo of a dog in a hat.
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[eloquently] The President should be a totally different guy than he has been for his entire life.
January 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
[eloquently] The President should be a totally different guy than he has been for his entire life.
I wrote about harbouring delusions I could be amazing at things I’ve never even done and some of the comments made me howl. open.substack.com/pub/bellamac...
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I wrote about harbouring delusions I could be amazing at things I’ve never even done and some of the comments made me howl. open.substack.com/pub/bellamac...
Freddie’s flowers touts stand outside branches of Gails with bouquets in the basket of an old timey bike as if in an advertorial directed by Richard Curtis.
January 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Freddie’s flowers touts stand outside branches of Gails with bouquets in the basket of an old timey bike as if in an advertorial directed by Richard Curtis.
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January Read #1
I love @bellamackie.bsky.social and this compliments HTKYF perfectly. She provides a hilarious perspective on the ridiculous lives of the super rich! There's nothing better than a book that makes you grateful your not rich. Can't wait for her next one! #booksky
I love @bellamackie.bsky.social and this compliments HTKYF perfectly. She provides a hilarious perspective on the ridiculous lives of the super rich! There's nothing better than a book that makes you grateful your not rich. Can't wait for her next one! #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
January Read #1
I love @bellamackie.bsky.social and this compliments HTKYF perfectly. She provides a hilarious perspective on the ridiculous lives of the super rich! There's nothing better than a book that makes you grateful your not rich. Can't wait for her next one! #booksky
I love @bellamackie.bsky.social and this compliments HTKYF perfectly. She provides a hilarious perspective on the ridiculous lives of the super rich! There's nothing better than a book that makes you grateful your not rich. Can't wait for her next one! #booksky
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Mark Z and Joe Rogan talked for nearly 3 hours about masculinity and shooting pigs. There are shorter Wagner operas. But there is much to digest. My column app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69052/...
Mark Zuckerberg has made me rethink what it means to be a man (and the size of my neck)
The Meta chief is one of the richest and most successful people in the world, so we should all pay close attention to what he’s saying—except, perhaps, when it’s about how to hunt pigs
app.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mark Z and Joe Rogan talked for nearly 3 hours about masculinity and shooting pigs. There are shorter Wagner operas. But there is much to digest. My column app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/69052/...
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Wrote about perfect Christmas reading for the guardian here - www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Wrote about perfect Christmas reading for the guardian here - www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
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NEW: Reform treasurer Nick Candy tells the FT other billionaires are waiting to join Elon Musk in backing the party to disrupt UK politics
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Nick Candy vows to help Reform disrupt British politics ‘like we have never seen’
[FREE TO READ] Property developer claims more billionaires are joining Elon Musk in backing the party
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December 22, 2024 at 10:17 PM
NEW: Reform treasurer Nick Candy tells the FT other billionaires are waiting to join Elon Musk in backing the party to disrupt UK politics
on.ft.com/3ZPiKq3
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