James
@jmcn.bsky.social
Books, motorcycles, and dog sitter. IC #36
The full weight of the yuletide is about to break upon us, time for a mini-rant. Ad after ad shows happy families, tables groaning with piles of festive food, and extravagant gifts. 1
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The full weight of the yuletide is about to break upon us, time for a mini-rant. Ad after ad shows happy families, tables groaning with piles of festive food, and extravagant gifts. 1
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We're celebrating #BabyWeek2025 - but did you know that it's never too early to start reading with babies? 👶
Sharing stories in the earliest moments supports bonding, brain development, communication skills and family wellbeing 👇
https://bit.ly/4oFpQsj
Sharing stories in the earliest moments supports bonding, brain development, communication skills and family wellbeing 👇
https://bit.ly/4oFpQsj
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We're celebrating #BabyWeek2025 - but did you know that it's never too early to start reading with babies? 👶
Sharing stories in the earliest moments supports bonding, brain development, communication skills and family wellbeing 👇
https://bit.ly/4oFpQsj
Sharing stories in the earliest moments supports bonding, brain development, communication skills and family wellbeing 👇
https://bit.ly/4oFpQsj
Histbookchat
"Gavin at War" now available in paperback! This book is the wartime diary of Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5esh42bf
#wartimediary #wwiistories #militarybooks #booksky
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5esh42bf
#wartimediary #wwiistories #militarybooks #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Histbookchat
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One of my favourite things this year was recording this episode of BBC Radio 3 Private Passions with Michael Berkeley where we talked about my favourite music from Limoz Dizdari to Hans Eisler’s Solidaritätslied via Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more. Out now
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Lea Ypi
Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer and professor of political theory at LSE, Lea Ypi.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of my favourite things this year was recording this episode of BBC Radio 3 Private Passions with Michael Berkeley where we talked about my favourite music from Limoz Dizdari to Hans Eisler’s Solidaritätslied via Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and more. Out now
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Before zooming home I popped into Glasgow for a coffee. Spotted this as yet unfilled book vending machine. And some iron truisms on the wall.
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Before zooming home I popped into Glasgow for a coffee. Spotted this as yet unfilled book vending machine. And some iron truisms on the wall.
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Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Places are going fast for this. Your chance to start bridging the gap between passionate enthusiast and thinking historian…
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
#histbookchat. Vindication for @spitfirefilly.bsky.social congratulations on a stellar debut
So unbelievably touched that #EagleDays has been included in The Telegraph's "Greatest Books of 2025" List! Thank you to everyone who has supported it so passionately, and to my publisher @headofzeus.bsky.social & agent Georgina Capel for bringing it to life 🥹❤️
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#histbookchat. Vindication for @spitfirefilly.bsky.social congratulations on a stellar debut
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January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945
Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/men-at-war...
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18 picture books with South Asian characters✨
These fantastic books celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together.
Explore the list 📚 https://bit.ly/4oBkM8n
These fantastic books celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together.
Explore the list 📚 https://bit.ly/4oBkM8n
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
18 picture books with South Asian characters✨
These fantastic books celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together.
Explore the list 📚 https://bit.ly/4oBkM8n
These fantastic books celebrate South Asian families and culture – and everyone can enjoy reading them together.
Explore the list 📚 https://bit.ly/4oBkM8n
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In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...
📸 Bantam Books.
So @boneyabroad.com and I missed hanging out, and so we’ve been doing a thing, and we’re excited to share with you soon, but in the meantime give us a follow at @15minutebook.club
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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So @boneyabroad.com and I missed hanging out, and so we’ve been doing a thing, and we’re excited to share with you soon, but in the meantime give us a follow at @15minutebook.club
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So @boneyabroad.com and I missed hanging out, and so we’ve been doing a thing, and we’re excited to share with you soon, but in the meantime give us a follow at @15minutebook.club
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
In the meantime - if you have a book coming out and you want to play, get in touch!
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Asking now at stupid o'clock because it's popped into my mind, but does anybody know where one might be able to get teeny tiny models of shonky French battleships for a reasonable price? I want to make baubles for the Christmas tree...
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Asking now at stupid o'clock because it's popped into my mind, but does anybody know where one might be able to get teeny tiny models of shonky French battleships for a reasonable price? I want to make baubles for the Christmas tree...
"Gavin at War" now available in paperback! This book is the wartime diary of Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5esh42bf
#wartimediary #wwiistories #militarybooks #booksky
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/5esh42bf
#wartimediary #wwiistories #militarybooks #booksky
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Hi. Could at least 40 people buy a Life of Sharks 2026 Calendar? For a project I’m working on*
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hi. Could at least 40 people buy a Life of Sharks 2026 Calendar? For a project I’m working on*
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
thelifeofsharks.com
*my overdraft
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I’M CUTTING MY OWN FLIPPING THROAT!!
4-for-3 on my Halflings!
Catch the little gits here!
footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/...
#halflings #oldworld #wfb #moot #warhammer #hairyfoot
4-for-3 on my Halflings!
Catch the little gits here!
footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/...
#halflings #oldworld #wfb #moot #warhammer #hairyfoot
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’M CUTTING MY OWN FLIPPING THROAT!!
4-for-3 on my Halflings!
Catch the little gits here!
footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/...
#halflings #oldworld #wfb #moot #warhammer #hairyfoot
4-for-3 on my Halflings!
Catch the little gits here!
footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/...
#halflings #oldworld #wfb #moot #warhammer #hairyfoot
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A pilot episode for you! We had to battle some tech gremlins but you can hear how @15minutebook.club will work and what the bonus content will be like. Thank you Kate for being our guinea pig! @boneyabroad.com
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...
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Kate Vigurs: Mission Europe - Your 15 Minutes Begin Now... | The 15 Minute Book Club
Get more from The 15 Minute Book Club on Patreon
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
A pilot episode for you! We had to battle some tech gremlins but you can hear how @15minutebook.club will work and what the bonus content will be like. Thank you Kate for being our guinea pig! @boneyabroad.com
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...
www.patreon.com/posts/kate-v...
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Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey Megyn Kelly,
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
14-year-old Eloise would like a word:
“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”
Sound up! 🔥🔊
1/2
My copy of @navalairhistory.com excellent calendar has just arrived. First class, great pictures.
I have 2026 calendars! £12+p&p, nice quality prints of cars, boats, aviation etc which can be separated and displayed when the year is over #DigitalArt #MarineArt #AutomitiveArt
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My copy of @navalairhistory.com excellent calendar has just arrived. First class, great pictures.
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Also, after a decade of Brexity "Europe get lost“-patriotism, it is bewildering to see people being so susceptible to what is blatant foreign Intervention.
What ever happened to sovereignty?
What ever happened to sovereignty?
November 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Also, after a decade of Brexity "Europe get lost“-patriotism, it is bewildering to see people being so susceptible to what is blatant foreign Intervention.
What ever happened to sovereignty?
What ever happened to sovereignty?
Saw this book off the plot earlier this evening. Good book.
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Saw this book off the plot earlier this evening. Good book.