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Manchester City have defined an era in English football.

Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays by @domfarrell.bsky.social is the story of how it happened and why it matters.
October 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Economic growth isn’t just a number; it’s the key to Britain’s future.

🔓 Unlock a bold new blueprint to revive the UK economy with Prosperity Through Growth.

The book in a thread 🧵👇
October 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Manchester City have defined an era in English football.

📘Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays by @domfarrell.bsky.social is the story of how it happened and why it matters.
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
From the majesty of the coronation to the joy of a village fête, Britain’s rituals tell a timeless story.

📚In Pomp & Circumstance, @pennymordaunt.bsky.social and Chris Lewis celebrate the values that have carried Britain through centuries of change.
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.
October 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
💙Celebrate 100 years since Margaret Thatcher’s birth with a special 2-for-1 offer! 🛍️Two books for £20 👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margaretthatcher

@iaindale.bsky.social | @expremiers.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
💖 “This book comes from a place of both love and knowledge.” Alan Smith

⚽ What went wrong for Arsenal in its 2024/25 season? Plenty. But Alex Fynn and Kevin Whitcher want us to look at what went right, too.

💥Out 21 October

Preorder now👉 amzn.eu/d/25iTr1b
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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📘 Published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social in July, 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' has had endorsements from Andrew Roberts, Iain Dale, Matthew Parris, and Anthony Seldon.

💥 Right now, it's on special offer:
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October 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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"Whale interviewed a large number of whips and ex-whips, enabling him to write an accurate and sympathetic account"

📚 Lord George Young reviews @sebwhale.bsky.social 'The Usual Channels: Inside the Mysterious World of Political Whips' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'A serious piece of work': Lord Young reviews 'The Usual Channels'
Sebastian Whale has produced a well researched and accurate account of how the whips’ office works
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October 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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📣 Out now!

Second editions of the British Labour Leaders and British Conservative Leaders books

Edited alongside Charles Clarke, @timbale.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond for @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
💥Out today: the essential guides to understanding British political history and governance

🗣️Featuring detailed personal biographies by Matthew d’Ancona, Tim Bale, Anthony Seldon, John Rentoul and many more, plus interviews with party leaders such as Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Was pleased when I got this gag into the House magazine in the first place. Even more pleased to see it reappear in The Times...
August 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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"It's almost good enough to make you wish for a stomach bug".

Very grateful for this piece on the book, by @stephenkb.bsky.social, in his FT round up of new politics books.

Link here: on.ft.com/3Jy31XP
August 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌟“A magnificent achievement. Whale has delivered the authoritative book on the most mysterious pillar of Westminster’s power structure – the whips’ office. Packed with insight and colourful anecdotes from inside the Houses of Parliament, this is a political junkie’s dream.” Jack Blanchard
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Few better feelings!

A special moment shared with Jeremy Hughes, a close friend and illustrator extraordinaire, who designed the cover.

The Usual Channels is out on Thursday! tinyurl.com/yc2hdkar
September 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Cats! Cats and politics! Cats meeting presidents and delaying press conferences and attending Cobra meetings - all while utterly failing to catch mice!

Also dogs! Dogs used in diplomacy and counter-espionage!

And alligators! And even a duck-billed platypus!

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How much is that doggy worth to No 10?
A new non-fiction book reveals the fascinating forays into how pets shape politics
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September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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"I challenge any parliamentarian – however nerdish – not to discover new facts which help explain why our democracy operates as it does and how it is changing"

📚 Lord Dick Newby reviews @philipjcowley.bsky.social 'The Smallest Room in the House' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Not just for nerds': Lord Newby reviews 'The Smallest Room in the House'
Suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement, Philip Cowley has produced a valuable book
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September 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
💥Out today🎉

📚The Smallest Room in the House: 50 political oddities to read in more than one sitting by @philipjcowley.bsky.social

🌟*BEST NEW POLITICS BOOKS*🌟
“A compendium of musings on political facts and trivia.” Financial Times
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Love words? Love weirdness? Then you’ll love The Little Book of Second Mentions.

Born from the iconic @secondmentions.bsky.social account, this collection celebrates the glorious, witty and inventive ways journalists avoid repeating words.

“A very funny book” @mattchorley.bsky.social

Out today!
August 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Nice double page spread in today's Daily Express on George Robledo, the first overseas star of English football, and my book about him called 'Postcards From Santiago', published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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🥳 Great to have launched @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social's 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'. Especially great to have had speeches from two of my former bosses - @lordnortonlouth.bsky.social & Iain Dale - who did so much to make the book happen and to whom I'm very grateful.

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July 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms

📚 Lord Francis Maude reviews @mlclem.bsky.social's 'The Art of Delivery' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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Lord Maude reviews 'The Art of Delivery'
Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement ...
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July 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What makes the war in Ukraine unique?

Bob Seely reveals how Russia fights with drones, lies and fear.

His indispensable new book explains it all.

Out today 👉 amzn.to/46wg71a
July 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social

📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn

📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr

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July 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
😱Fangirls don’t just scream – they shape culture

📖Swoon by Bea Martinez-Gatell uncovers how generations of young women have turned poets into legends, actors into icons and musicians into messiahs – rewriting history in the process.

💥Out today🛒👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/swoon
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM