Julian Loose
@loosestish.bsky.social
Editorial Director for Trade and Academic at Yale University Press London
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Spotted not quite in the wild, but at least on the edge of release! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my new book today & for all your brilliant work during the publishing process. #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is out 10 March! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Spotted not quite in the wild, but at least on the edge of release! Thank you @yalebooks.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about my new book today & for all your brilliant work during the publishing process. #TheLongDeathOfAdolfHitler is out 10 March! yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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At the eve of the Second World War, some 500 Jewish children escaped to France in the Kindertransport. Extracted from Who Will Rescue Us?, Laura Hobson Faure interviews Elfriede Meyer about her journey.
#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay #skystorians
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#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay #skystorians
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Elfriede’s Journey: A Child Refugee’s Escape from Nazi Germany
Laura Hobson Faure interviews Elfriede Meyer about her journey from Frankfurt and her refuge in France at the outbreak of war.
yalebooks.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 10:19 AM
At the eve of the Second World War, some 500 Jewish children escaped to France in the Kindertransport. Extracted from Who Will Rescue Us?, Laura Hobson Faure interviews Elfriede Meyer about her journey.
#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/elfriedes-jo...
#HMD2026 #HolocaustMemorialDay #skystorians
yalebooks.co.uk/elfriedes-jo...
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The London Mayor's Office recently announced a scheme to reintroduce storks to London.
From 1890 storks formed one of the attractions of Kew Gardens:'their quaint appearance and philosophical habits make them rather in keeping with a botanical garden' (Journal of the Kew Guild, 1902).
From 1890 storks formed one of the attractions of Kew Gardens:'their quaint appearance and philosophical habits make them rather in keeping with a botanical garden' (Journal of the Kew Guild, 1902).
January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The London Mayor's Office recently announced a scheme to reintroduce storks to London.
From 1890 storks formed one of the attractions of Kew Gardens:'their quaint appearance and philosophical habits make them rather in keeping with a botanical garden' (Journal of the Kew Guild, 1902).
From 1890 storks formed one of the attractions of Kew Gardens:'their quaint appearance and philosophical habits make them rather in keeping with a botanical garden' (Journal of the Kew Guild, 1902).
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Feel free to mute me if you get tired of seeing me talking about my book over the next few months but BEFORE YOU DO, I just wanted to point out that the fantastic Francis Spufford has very kindly said that it 'gives us extraordinary, privileged access to the inner worlds of a generation' 🥂🥂🥂
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Feel free to mute me if you get tired of seeing me talking about my book over the next few months but BEFORE YOU DO, I just wanted to point out that the fantastic Francis Spufford has very kindly said that it 'gives us extraordinary, privileged access to the inner worlds of a generation' 🥂🥂🥂
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Cover reveal for my forthcoming book, WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN which tells the history of Cold War Britain (c.1956-89) through the eyes of children & young people! Out with @yalebooks.bsky.social 28 April 2026 #booksky #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cover reveal for my forthcoming book, WE HAVE COME TO BE DESTROYED: GROWING UP IN COLD WAR BRITAIN which tells the history of Cold War Britain (c.1956-89) through the eyes of children & young people! Out with @yalebooks.bsky.social 28 April 2026 #booksky #skystorians yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Charming open-the-flap cover of 1950 guide to Kew.
The wintery scene in the Palm House transforms to summer and a view of the Pagoda when the door opens. Truly, a garden for all seasons!
The wintery scene in the Palm House transforms to summer and a view of the Pagoda when the door opens. Truly, a garden for all seasons!
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Charming open-the-flap cover of 1950 guide to Kew.
The wintery scene in the Palm House transforms to summer and a view of the Pagoda when the door opens. Truly, a garden for all seasons!
The wintery scene in the Palm House transforms to summer and a view of the Pagoda when the door opens. Truly, a garden for all seasons!
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If anyone needs cheering up, here are three jolly dancing gardeners.
Edward Bawden's illustration from Robert Herring's wonderful Adam and Evelyn at Kew (1930).
Edward Bawden's illustration from Robert Herring's wonderful Adam and Evelyn at Kew (1930).
January 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If anyone needs cheering up, here are three jolly dancing gardeners.
Edward Bawden's illustration from Robert Herring's wonderful Adam and Evelyn at Kew (1930).
Edward Bawden's illustration from Robert Herring's wonderful Adam and Evelyn at Kew (1930).
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We are incredibly sad to learn of the death of John Carey, whose last three books we were proud to publish at Yale. One of our greatest literary critics, John was a strong advocate for poetry and making it accessible. He was diligent and superb at what he did, but always with a sense of fun.
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are incredibly sad to learn of the death of John Carey, whose last three books we were proud to publish at Yale. One of our greatest literary critics, John was a strong advocate for poetry and making it accessible. He was diligent and superb at what he did, but always with a sense of fun.
Thanks for this lovely tribute to the great John Carey, he meant so much to so many of us.
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 9:25 PM
Thanks for this lovely tribute to the great John Carey, he meant so much to so many of us.
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www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
John Carey obituary: literary critic
Witty, eclectic and sometimes scathing scholar and reviewer who held sacred cows in little respect, dies aged 91
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
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The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar resumes on 14 January 2026, in person at the Institute of Historical Research and online via Zoom. (Kate Gibson, speaking on Fostering in 18th-century Britain).
Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.
Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.
British History in the Long 18th Century
Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns
www.history.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar resumes on 14 January 2026, in person at the Institute of Historical Research and online via Zoom. (Kate Gibson, speaking on Fostering in 18th-century Britain).
Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.
Access next term's programme here. All welcome: free and open to the public.
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⚠️ Stand-off in Sheringham: Local campaigners have spent the past three nights camping out overnight in an extraordinary bid to save a 1950s Streamline Moderne style bus shelter in Norfolk, thwarting council contractors who attempted to demolish the structure at 2am.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
⚠️ Stand-off in Sheringham: Local campaigners have spent the past three nights camping out overnight in an extraordinary bid to save a 1950s Streamline Moderne style bus shelter in Norfolk, thwarting council contractors who attempted to demolish the structure at 2am.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There’s just one week of our @yalebooks.bsky.social half price sale left - must end 30th November!
Get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!
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Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
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#booksale #universitypress
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in November
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Australia/NZ
#booksale #universitypress
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There’s just one week of our @yalebooks.bsky.social half price sale left - must end 30th November!
‘Brilliant… A kind of shadow biography of Shakespeare from the bottom up’ - Wonderful review of Daniel Swift’s superb The Dream Factory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
Shakespeare Becoming Shakespeare, With Help From His Working-Class Peers
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November 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‘Brilliant… A kind of shadow biography of Shakespeare from the bottom up’ - Wonderful review of Daniel Swift’s superb The Dream Factory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/b...
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There is still time to get your ticket for Mike Jay's talk tonight 👇
Do you know the history behind the discovery of laughing gas?
Join @mikejay.bsky.social, historian of science and medicine as he discusses his latest book, Free Radicals.
21/11, 6pm Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SE5 8AB
Tickets: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/free-...
Join @mikejay.bsky.social, historian of science and medicine as he discusses his latest book, Free Radicals.
21/11, 6pm Wolfson Lecture Theatre, SE5 8AB
Tickets: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/free-...
Free Radicals - In conversation with Mike Jay | King's College London
Mike Jay will discuss with Dr Matt Butler the fascinating stories and cast of characters involved in the discovery of laughing gas (nitrous oxide) which is the subject of his latest book Free Radicals...
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There is still time to get your ticket for Mike Jay's talk tonight 👇
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Get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Get 50% off thousands of books with free UK postage!
Use code FIFTY at checkout at: yalebooks.co.uk/history
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Not available N/S America & Aus/NZ
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Use code FIFTY at checkout at: yalebooks.co.uk/history
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Thrilled to see Ruthless reviewed in the FT by Linda Colley, and to be placed among the FT's books of the week too! 😊
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
Ruthless by Edmond Smith — the brutal rise of Britain’s industrial power
The historian’s splendid account sets out the ideas, inventions and relentless exploitation that drove the nation’s growth from 1660-1800
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November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Thrilled to see Ruthless reviewed in the FT by Linda Colley, and to be placed among the FT's books of the week too! 😊
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
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In the lead up to the #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner announcement next month, we are shining a light on each of the shortlisted books.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In the lead up to the #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner announcement next month, we are shining a light on each of the shortlisted books.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
This week, Sara Lodge's (@victoriandetective.bsky.social) 'The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective' takes the spotlight @yalebooks.bsky.social.
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Looking forward to spending an evening with the brilliant Jake Subryan Richards on 11 November at Waterstones on Gower Street to talk about our new books!
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
Ruthless & Bonds of Freedom: An evening with Edmond Smith and Jake Subryan Richards | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Ruthless & Bonds of Freedom: An evening with Edmond Smith and Jake Subryan Richards to...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Looking forward to spending an evening with the brilliant Jake Subryan Richards on 11 November at Waterstones on Gower Street to talk about our new books!
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
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Join @edmond-smith.bsky.social and Jake Richards discussing their books Ruthless: A New History of Britain’s Rise to Wealth and Power, 1660-1800 and The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade
6.30pm, 11th Nov, Waterstones Gower Street
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
6.30pm, 11th Nov, Waterstones Gower Street
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
Ruthless & Bonds of Freedom: An evening with Edmond Smith and Jake Subryan Richards | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Ruthless & Bonds of Freedom: An evening with Edmond Smith and Jake Subryan Richards to...
www.waterstones.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Join @edmond-smith.bsky.social and Jake Richards discussing their books Ruthless: A New History of Britain’s Rise to Wealth and Power, 1660-1800 and The Bonds of Freedom: Liberated Africans and the End of the Slave Trade
6.30pm, 11th Nov, Waterstones Gower Street
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
6.30pm, 11th Nov, Waterstones Gower Street
www.waterstones.com/events/ruthl...
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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
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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
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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.
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
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.
yalebooks.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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.
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
yalebooks.co.uk/celebrating-...
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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
The shortlist: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social @victoriandetective.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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
The shortlist: www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social @victoriandetective.bsky.social
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‘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:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
‘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:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
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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)
September 27, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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)