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    Jan 30

    From a brave memoir of the Stanford rape case by survivor Chanel Miller to New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow's gripping tale of how he fought to uncover the story of Harvey Weinstein, the past year in autobiographies has been unmissable.

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    “It’s been suggested that Gertrude Stein might have been stoned when she wrote Tender Buttons”, says. Happy birthday to Stein, born in 1874

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  3. 3 hours ago

    From a brave account by the Stanford rape case survivor Chanel Miller to New Yorker reporter Ronan Farrow's gripping tale of investigating the Harvey Weinstein scandal, it's been a golden year for autobiography

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  4. 4 hours ago

    The best books on the history of science, a by scientist and historian Matthew Cobb ()

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  5. 13 hours ago

    It’s America’s favourite sport—at its best, a wonderful, thrilling spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price on players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the dark heart of American football.

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  6. 15 hours ago

    “I often say when I’m teaching logic, ‘Don’t use this at home or you’ll end up unhappily single.’”

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    When I consider the darkness of American football, I immediately think of Frederick Exley's novel "A Fan's Notes." More about the scary side of masculinity in the U.S. than the sport itself, it's a harrowing reading experience.

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  8. 16 hours ago

    “In football, beauty, violence and sex are mixed. The game is beautiful to watch in replay—there is violence in every play and then they cut to half-naked dancing girls shaking pom-poms. It’s a uniquely American television spectacle.”

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  9. 17 hours ago

    “What’s interesting about the claustrophobia [in Ferrante's Days of Abandonment] is that it’s a claustrophobia of disintegration. It’s like being in someone’s mind while that mind is totally falling to pieces.”

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  10. 18 hours ago

    The best books on American football and its dark side

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  11. 19 hours ago

    'If you go to Palermo and say, “I’m researching the Mafia,” they laugh a lot. First of all they laugh a lot, and then they kill you.' The best books on The Sicilian Mafia, a by Professor Diego Gambetta:

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  12. 20 hours ago

    The samurai, Japan's warrior caste, have been embraced by popular culture and made their way into films, comic books and video games. But who were they really?

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  13. 21 hours ago

    “The term ‘strategy’ dates from the Greco-Roman period but then it doesn’t come back into vogue until the 18th century or so” Uncovering the fascinating history of military strategy:

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    Feb 2

    Lovely to see my book in this “Behind the Veil of ’s Middle-earth” on (And always great to be in the company of and ! 😊)

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  15. Feb 2

    On this day in 1882, James Joyce was born. On his 40th birthday, Ulysses was published. On his 57th birthday, he showed his friends the first finished copy of Finnegans Wake. Big day, huh? Read more about Ulysses here:

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  17. Feb 1

    “One of the bigger risk factors for Alzheimer’s seems to be loneliness, just sitting at home all day and not actually seeing anyone." on ageing:

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  18. Feb 1

    ICYMI: The best books on Logic, recommended by Tom Stoneham

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  19. Feb 1

    Essential reading for understanding today's world — a list by (and interview with) :

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    Feb 1

    I love and Cara Robertson's book on the trial is the best I've read on the subject.

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  21. Feb 1

    "Comedy is quite a conservative form. Shakespeare is much more sexually liberated than he is in terms of social class. He seems to feel it’s impossible for people to change where they’re born." on her favorite Shakespeare plays:

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