Julian Loose
@loosestish.bsky.social
Editorial Director for Trade and Academic at Yale University Press London
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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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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...
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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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#Skystorians #history
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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
Only available from yalebooks.co.uk in Nov
Includes all books except those priced £100+, preorders & books published after 31/10/25
Not available N/S America & Aus/NZ
#Skystorians #history
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! 😊
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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-...
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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.
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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)
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Thrilled to share early endorsements for #Ruthless!
Huge thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @antonhowes.bsky.social, William Pettigrew, and Nicholas Radburn for their generous words.
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Huge thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @antonhowes.bsky.social, William Pettigrew, and Nicholas Radburn for their generous words.
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
September 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thrilled to share early endorsements for #Ruthless!
Huge thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @antonhowes.bsky.social, William Pettigrew, and Nicholas Radburn for their generous words.
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Huge thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social, Emma Griffin, @antonhowes.bsky.social, William Pettigrew, and Nicholas Radburn for their generous words.
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Gourock Lido, Inverdale, Scotland, 2004, by Martin Parr, whose latest book - “Utterly Lazy And Inattentive” - is a wonder.
September 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Gourock Lido, Inverdale, Scotland, 2004, by Martin Parr, whose latest book - “Utterly Lazy And Inattentive” - is a wonder.
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As the 19th century opened, Britain faced an existential crisis. Just a short distance away Napoleon's army gathered on the Channel coast. The terror of that historical moment was very real – Andrew Lambert investigates how British politicians spent the next century ensuring it was never felt again👇
How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One - Unseen Histories
We speak to Andrew Lambert, the author of No More Napoleons, about the British foreign policy between Waterloo and World War One..
www.unseenhistories.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
As the 19th century opened, Britain faced an existential crisis. Just a short distance away Napoleon's army gathered on the Channel coast. The terror of that historical moment was very real – Andrew Lambert investigates how British politicians spent the next century ensuring it was never felt again👇
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On the blog today! Kicking off #20booksofsummer with two immersive novels about intense but non-sexual relationships. What are you reading this summer? drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/2... #booksky #sff #amreading #fiction
20 Books of Summer, #1 and #2: Immaculate Conception and Cage of Starlight
Deep in the thick of marking, I wanted to kick off 20 Books of Summer with immersive, quick reads, and these two sophomore novels about intense but non-sexual bonds delivered. Ling Ling Huang’…
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June 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On the blog today! Kicking off #20booksofsummer with two immersive novels about intense but non-sexual relationships. What are you reading this summer? drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/2... #booksky #sff #amreading #fiction
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The fact that Shostakovich watched Jesus Christ Superstar (twice!) is something my brain just refuses to compute.
August 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The fact that Shostakovich watched Jesus Christ Superstar (twice!) is something my brain just refuses to compute.
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What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
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Remembering Starling Lawrence (1943 - 2025), legendary editor of David Ignatius, Sebastian Junger, and Michael Lewis.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Remembering Starling Lawrence (1943 - 2025), legendary editor of David Ignatius, Sebastian Junger, and Michael Lewis.
wwnorton.com/remembering-...
wwnorton.com/remembering-...
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My debut for @aeon.co:
Life formed incredibly early in Earth's history, so the idea that our world was once an unliveable hellscape is just not true.
https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought
Life formed incredibly early in Earth's history, so the idea that our world was once an unliveable hellscape is just not true.
https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought
August 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My debut for @aeon.co:
Life formed incredibly early in Earth's history, so the idea that our world was once an unliveable hellscape is just not true.
https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought
Life formed incredibly early in Earth's history, so the idea that our world was once an unliveable hellscape is just not true.
https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought
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This is a really fine, interesting piece on what it means to be “a writer”, among other things.
ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE, a memoir of a working class Manchester childhood in the 70s and 80s, was a literary sensation. Then author Andrea Ashworth dropped out of sight. For @manchestermill.bsky.social I found out why.
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Andrea Ashworth wrote a classic of Mancunian literature. Why did she vanish from view?
My search for the author of ‘Once in a House on Fire’ led to the other side of the world - and to a tantalising revelation
manchestermill.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is a really fine, interesting piece on what it means to be “a writer”, among other things.
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On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
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Little Atoms 962 - Mike Jay's Free Radicals | Little Atoms
A Podcast about Ideas and Culture
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July 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
On today's new Little Atoms podcast, @mikejay.bsky.social on his latest book Free Radicals. Out now from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or here:
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
shows.acast.com/b5fe8d16-751...
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Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - Yale University Press London
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler’s death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficie...
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July 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Delighted to see my forthcoming book - The Long Death of Adolf Hitler - is now available for preorder... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... 👀
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Discussing FREE RADICALS at a launch event in Bath on Thursday 26th
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Free Radicals! Thomas Beddoes, Humphrey Davy and the Pneumatic Institute of Bristol – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
At the very end of eighteenth century, the distinguished Oxford chemist Dr Thomas Beddoes founded a new private medical research clinic, The Pneumatic Institute, where together with his brilliant assi...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Discussing FREE RADICALS at a launch event in Bath on Thursday 26th
www.brlsi.org/whatson/free...
www.brlsi.org/whatson/free...