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Mar 30

Oiii oiiiii! Here's everything you wanted to know about The Invention of Essex in one handy link

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Profile Books

@ProfileBooks

Mar 30

Calling all #Essex lovers! Whether you live there, you've been there, or you've watched it on TV, Essex has a place in all our hearts. Dig deeper in @timburrows' #TheInventionofEssex - coming this June: bit.ly/TheInventionof

If anyone wants to come to an event around the launch of The Invention of Essex, here they are!

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Author/journalist. The Invention of Essex will be published by Profile on 1 June

Dan Hancox

@danhancox

May 8

Emphatically agree. I keep telling friends: after just 3 years, this newsletter, formed with zero start-up money, pays freelancers better than The Guardian and Observer

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Jeremy Noel-Tod

@jntod

May 8

This is an excellently clear and ambitious statement by @vittlesmagazine about paying their writers which makes me think that many other, better-established publications really need to stop pleading poverty as the reason they haven't raised their freelance rates in many years

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Waterstones Chelmsford

@WatChelmsford

May 8

We’re thrilled that journalist

Profile Books and Tim Burrows

will be joining us in store to discuss his new book, The Invention of Essex - a brilliant investigation into one of the most misunderstood counties in England. Tickets are available through the link below! waterstones.com/events/an-even

Jon Lipsey

@JonLipseyMedia

May 6

My coronation highlight? This clusterfuck of a paragraph from the New York Times on how Anglophile Americans have been marking the occasion.

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Wonderful review from someone who gets what

is all about ---->>>

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Luke Turner

May 7

“Beautiful . . . so rewarding . . . engaging and surprising. It is difficult to encapsulate the tender, forthright sensibility of Men At War; it is a loving, important work.” I am beyond chuffed with this @NewStatesman Book of the Day review by @EricaWgnr newstatesman.com/culture/books/

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May 6

SOUTHEND BOOK LAUNCH! Not a drill! Book bundle and cheap tix available!

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Focal Point Gallery

@FPGSouthend

May 5

Join Tim Burrows (@timburrows) as he discusses his latest book ‘The Invention of Essex: The Making of an English County’ on the 14 June at Twenty One. He will be in conversation with Jennifer Lucy Allan, followed by a book signing and a DJ! Book here: ow.ly/cQXq50OgIwN

Adam Bienkov

@AdamBienkov

May 5

"What I'm hearing on the doorstep is that people are giving Rishi Sunak a chance," says Conservative Chairman Greg Hands, as his party is rejected by voters right across the country in its worst set of elections since they were last ousted from Government

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Lewis Goodall

@lewis_goodall

Statement from Electoral Commission. They say overall the elections were “well run” but that voter- ID “posed a greater challenge for some groups in society and that some people were regrettably unable to vote as a result.”

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Sunder Katwala

@sundersays

GB news tweeted this clip out highlighting their broadcast of David Starkey saying that the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is "not fully grounded in our culture" but have now deleted it, apparently without comment, having broadcast the comment.

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Profile Books

@ProfileBooks

What other county could give us @depechemode, @OnlyWayIsEssex AND the Peasants' Revolt? @timburrows' #TheInventionofEssex shows just how diverse and fascinating Essex is. Coming this June: bit.ly/TheInventionof

yay coronation!

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Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

Our tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, will be low. We will deal robustly with anyone intent on undermining this celebration.

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Chelmsford! Come to this Q&A event to discuss The Invention of Essex - 7 June, 6.30pm. Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-w

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Waterstones Lakeside

@WstonesLside

Event news

Our friends @WatChelmsford are hosting a talk with @timburrows , whose new book, "The Invention of Essex", takes a deep dive into the most infamous and misunderstood counties, Essex. Tickets are available via the Waterstones website.

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@IanMartin

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@EAfestivalUK

May 2

Please get in touch with Tim if you have observations about Essex in the towns he is studying …

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Apr 29

I'm writing something on Essex and politics and would like to talk to anyone with opinions/a steer on the way things look on the ground in: Chelmsford Thurrock Harlow Clacton Colchester It's a bit of a complicated picture, so shout on here/DM with any leads ! (Cheers as ever x)

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Apr 29

*Should say, I'll be looking to talk to people next week, around the local elections

The Wanstead Tap

@TheWansteadtap

Apr 28

Cannot wait to welcome

Luke Turner: Men at War. Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945

back to the Tap with his incredible new book #menatwar . Last few tickets available here eventbrite.co.uk/e/580407322927

@NewhamBookshop

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Luke Turner: Men at War

Dan Hancox

@danhancox

Apr 26

Great discussion here untangling conventional and misremembered WW2 histories of heroism, machismo and unwavering heterosexuality from two excellent and expert nerds,

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Memories of the Second World War are often oversimplified through the lens of politicians. A common thread missed is that of love and sexuality. @KasiaTee discusses the lost tales with @LukeATurner

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Apr 25

I was honoured to read at the launch of Men At War last night. Massive congrats to my pal Luke for its publication. It is a brave book of rare insight gleaned by delving into his own obsession with the second world war, and finding humanity under the itchy sheets of conscripts.

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Luke Turner

Apr 25

Massive thanks to everyone who came to the Man At War do, Lee & @WhiteRabbitBks for hosting, @realmagicbooks for selling, @iamheartworms for the live Airfix, Regis for a bonkers DJ set, @timburrows impromptu reading & @juderogers for a fantastic interview. Ta Tommo for these pics twitter.com/leebrackstone/…

Apr 21

'yeah, we're all bullies, but it's annoying we're now being held to account'

Exhibit A - from yesterday

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Apr 19

This subscriber-only Quietus essay by @JenniferLAllan on when Inspector Morse went raving is absolutely superlative stuff thequietus.com/articles/32846

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It might be a music website ostensibly, but really it's a website made up of excellent writing - the quality of the roster since 2008 has been so high, thanks to John & Luke. Chuck em some quids!

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John Doran

@JahDuran

My website The Quietus is in massive trouble but you can help. We need 350 new subscribers to stay alive & are offering a huge discount off our top two tiers. I explain everything here... (Please share if you're feeling it dear hearts.) thequietus.com/articles/32853

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The Guardian

@guardian

More than 1,300 people died while homeless in UK during 2022 theguardian.com/society/2023/a

Apr 19

You know the culture of a country is screwed when Greggs is going to bat for nightlife

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Rachael Burford

@RachaelBurford

Apr 18

Greggs is preparing for a court fight with Westminster Council. Last year the baker was refused permission to trade hot food after 11pm when police argued it could lead to a wave of “crime and disorder” standard.co.uk/news/london/gr

The Quietus | Features | Subscriber Area | Low Culture Essay: Jennifer Lucy Allan On Inspector...

Apr 19

I don't want to give too much away, but it's worth reading for Jen's acute summation of the meaning of comedown telly alone

This subscriber-only Quietus essay by

@JenniferLAllan

on when Inspector Morse went raving is absolutely superlative stuff

thequietus.com

In this month's Low Culture essay, Jennifer Lucy Allan rewatches the infamous rave episode of 90s TV detective drama Inspector Morse, and discovers that while he might have preferred lunchtime ale to...

Patrick Wright

@tattery

Apr 17

I know estuary language is sometimes on the crude side but every house needs a copy of Billy Childish’s latestJohnson print

Luke Turner

Luke Turner: Men at War. Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945

Apr 16

The D-3 Men At War launch at the Social is now sold out & the next event I'm doing after that is at

@TheWansteadtap

on the edge of Epping Forest on May 17th – tickets and info here!

eventbrite.co.uk

Luke Turner: Men at War

Hurry, while stocks last etc!

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Jonathan Gibbs

@Tiny_Camels

Hi there @KirkdaleBooks I’d like to pre-order this book please. twitter.com/timburrows/sta…

The political consequence of this in the UK is the first past the post system is tailored to the majority who don't live in poor housing, making the sizeable minority who do as politically invisible as is possible

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Mark Brown

@MarkOneinFour

I honestly think those who live in nice comfortable homes find it impossible to imagine what means to live in a poor quality home, failing completely to grasp that day to day life could be anything but comfortable theguardian.com/business/2023/

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Bonus back cover shot 👀

💥 The Invention of Essex is back from the printers! 💥

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for being so unflinchingly honest in my Guardian interview about his struggles in music and life over the last ten years. As a fan since Lycanthropy, I’m happy he’s in a better place now & making some of the best art of his career theguardian.com/music/2023/apr

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Karl Whitney

@karlwhitney

Apr 12

looks like it's going well.

Racist Pub - White Hart Inn, Grays Thurrock Traveller Reviews - Tripadvisor

Apr 12

In addition to being obviously racist, it is just idiotic to double down as this pub has done (and particularly idiotic for the home secretary to join them), when it has been affecting their business since 2017 judging from online reviews!

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White Hart Inn: Racist Pub - See 9 traveller reviews, 7 candid photos, and great deals for Grays Thurrock, UK, at Tripadvisor.

Tony Daly, who manages a nearby charity shop in Grays: "I find them very offensive and I’ll be going there to peacefully put my point across and to educate her. I grew up in Tottenham in the 70s when we fought against those kind of things."

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Essex pub landlady replaces golliwog doll collection that was seized by police

Benice Ryley plans to display new dolls despite police investigation into an alleged hate crime

“We initially focused on being more of a ‘London band’ until we made it our business to not do that: ‘We’re quite happy in Southend, for all its faults.’” Great piece on Understand, Southend's great, forgotten hardcore hope (RIP John Hannon)

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‘In Southend, not being glassed was an achievement’: the might and misfortune of UK rockers...

Signed as the ‘Backstreet Boys of emo’ in the 90s major-label boom, the band became hated by the scene they spawned. Two decades later, they explain why Covid and grief spurred them to finish their...

'The duchies operate as real estate empires that manage swathes of farmland, hotels, medieval castles, offices, shops and some of London’s prime luxury real estate. They also have substantial investment portfolios, but pay no corporation tax or capital gains tax.'

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The Guardian

@guardian

Revealed: royals took more than £1bn income from controversial estates theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-int

Influx have really achieved so much since forming in Dalston in the early 2010s. Massive kudos

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Influx Press

@Influxpress