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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · 7d

‪Gutted. Heartbroken. Shattered. Why has admiration for books started sounding like a rough night in the emergency room? My latest, free to read at anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/broken-sha...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Oct 11

Ja, that's John van der Ruit. I'm Tom Eaton. I'm a different person.

Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Oct 11

I'm afraid you've confused me with someone else.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Oct 9

The white right and its sturmpodcasters claim that white people are disappearing because of a Great Replacement and 'white genocide'. For them, the truth behind the numbers is far too horrific to contemplate. My latest, free to read. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/the-curiou...

The Curious Case of the Disappearing White People

And how the white right can’t face the monster in the basement

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Sep 25

'I said to Mr Kennedy that it seemed like the worm had finally started turning, and he said no, it was still dead for now but he was gonna keep staying away from 5G towers just in case because you never know.' anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/the-power-...

The Power Diaries: September 2025

Another glimpse into the private thoughts of the people who shape our world...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Sep 18

In the latest Q&A: benevolent dictators, and and the looming prospect of AI-generated Charlie Kirks spending all day dropping zingers on AI-generated liberal strawmen. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/q-and-a-ma...

Q&A: May I bot in?

Your latest questions

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Sep 12

We keep hearing that democracy is under attack, but what if a lot of people in democracies want what the autocrats and oligarchs are selling because they simply want to be ruled by a new aristocracy? Free to read. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/but-what-i...

But what if we want a king?

On a winter afternoon in 1863, in two very famous minutes, Abraham Lincoln expressed the hope that government of the people, by the people, for the people, would endure.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Sep 9

Thanks, Graeme. Much appreciated. And yes, I'd be happy to chat - I'll mail forthwith.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Citizens of the US and Europe are about to sit a very long, very difficult test. South Africa has the cheat sheet for a few of the answers. My latest. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/south-afri...

South Africa: the world’s cheat sheet for what comes next

“In a crisis, a country betrays how it feels about itself,” Jonny Steinberg wrote in his News24 column last week, suggesting that if this country’s current anxious entanglement with the Trump regime i...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Aug 28

'Until this week, I think my favourite piece in the White House was "Shut Your Mouth, Witch, Lest My Penis Falls Off", but today I find myself utterly transfixed by the newest arrival...'
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The Power Diaries, August 2025

Mary-Beth Lebensraum, assistant curator, The White House

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Aug 25

Fascinating!

Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Aug 21

In the inaugural Q&A at Another Day In Paradise this week, questions about Gaza, the state of the world, how to help, Focke-Wulfs, and my dog. If you'd like to ask a question for the next Q&A, see the details at the end (and subscribe!). anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/q-and-a-is...

Q&A: Is it all about to go boom?

Welcome to my first Q&A, where I’ll be trying to answer some very serious and some not so serious questions contributed by subscribers.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Backstreet Boys warned us, them and Boyzone. They sang their little hearts out like a choir of corporately choreographed Cassandras, telling us what was coming, and we didn’t listen...
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The Backstreet Boys knew what was coming

What pop can teach us about the world

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Finally got Karoline to Burn that South Park episode onto a CD so I could Watch it and I am DISGUSTED & OFFENDED & SHOCKED that they would show Satan not wanting to have sex with me." Some extracts from the journals of the powerful...
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The Power Diaries, July 2025

Selected extracts from the personal journals of world leaders

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jul 24

For years the global north has told itself that corruption looks like a dark-skinned man in a sunny, faraway country. Thanks to that racist trope, it can't see that white men in expensive suits are bringing the banana republics home. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/the-banana...

The banana republics of Africa, Europe and North America

On Sunday, as I read that ANC Youth League apparatchiks are allegedly being encouraged to apply for seats on the boards of state-run hospitals where they will be paid up to R10,000 ($560) per meeting ...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jul 18

I hope the new #Superman movie makes a pile but I'm afraid my relationship with the Man of Steel was ended almost 40 years ago by a superhero insect and his sidekick, an inanimate doll called Cheeks The Toy Wonder. (Free to read) anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/superman-s...

Superman, saviour, sociopath

Up, up and hey wait a moment...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jul 10

You’d think Stephen King would be the ideal chronicler of current American politics, from the hold Donald Trump has on his disciples to the picture-perfect towns of the hinterland revealed as incubators of sadism. My latest, free to read anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/stephen-ki...

Stephen King and the Heart of Donald Trump

You’d think Stephen King would be the ideal chronicler of current American politics, from the hold Donald Trump has on his disciples to the picture-perfect towns of the hinterland revealed as incubato...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jul 2

'I can’t tell you for certain that Thomas Magnum, the greatest floral-noir detective, ever looked at the Hawaiian sunrise and murmured, “Another day in paradise…”'

In which I welcome you to a new free-to-read column. Get in. It'll be fun. anotherdayinparadisewithtomeaton.substack.com/p/coming-soon

Welcome to Another Day In Paradise

I can’t tell you for certain that Thomas Magnum, the greatest floral-noir detective, ever looked at the Hawaiian sunrise and murmured, “Another day in paradise…”

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Jun 8

"As we end the session reminiscing I feel quietly proud that Mary Watson and I have managed to insert Stefano DiMera, satanic levitation and space twins into the country’s leading literary festival..." Some Sunday thoughts on a bookish month. tomeaton.substack.com/p/notes-on-a...

Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · May 28

Hello Bethany! I'm delighted that you're enjoying it.

Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · May 21

Packing my winter woolies for a reportedly chilly Joburg and looking forward to tomorrow night's launch of 'An Act of Murder'. If you're near Sandton, pull through to Exclusive Books at sixish and come and say hello.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · May 13

Johannesburg! Arnold Prinsloo is coming home as we launch ‘An Act of Murder’ next Thursday in Sandton*, and it would be grand to see you there. I'll be chatting to the excellent Michelle Constant, so both you and I will be in safe hands.

* OK technically Arnold lives in Melville but close enough...

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Apr 10

Surprised and delighted to discover that @news24southafrica.bsky.social has run an extract from 'An Act of Murder' today. So, if you want a little taster, here you go! www.news24.com/life/books/e...

FIRST CHAPTER | 'The thing was not to panic': Tom Eaton's laugh-out-loud mystery - An Act of Murder | Life

"One day it would make a great anecdote at an award ceremony. The night I lost my show, my girlfriend and my home. How we would laugh."

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Mar 20

I know they appreciate it greatly.

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Tom Eaton @tomeaton.bsky.social · Mar 20

Some brief thoughts on book launches, and why I'd be delighted if you came to mine. tomeaton.substack.com/p/launching-...

Launching in three... two...

Save the date(s)

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