A Nimble Mind to the Very Last: W.H. Auden’s wit and precision in poetry stood in sharp contrast to his chaotic lifestyle 📌 www.wsj.com/arts-culture... [£] 📚 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/auden

Two Books on Francisco de Zurbarán: The Divine in Detail Velázquez created motion; Zurbarán an absolute stillness 📌 buff.ly/kJH0uSj [£] 📚 buff.ly/C4uqwuh

Someone left the cake out in the rain: A new biography presents a complex, sometimes confronting portrait of W.H. Auden 📌 buff.ly/3rkkBbk 📚 buff.ly/qwSuFPW

The Lofty, Lonely Life of W. H. Auden 📌 buff.ly/YRL2h8t 📚 buff.ly/qwSuFPW

The Kiss has landed on my doorstep at least! It’s gorgeous! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

The kiss! What could be more romantic? In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Katie Barclay about her new book, The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power. #books #literature @uchicagopress.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

821 A History of the Kiss (with Katie Barclay) | Wonderland Book…

The kiss! What could be more romantic? And yet, as historian Katie Barclay discovered when writing her book The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power, she found non-…

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We are historians of childhood and food, authors of 'First Helpings: A History of Children and Food'. Feel free to AMA. 📌 buff.ly/TFyGdT4 📚 buff.ly/KMl4RKF

Dragons, Black Hens & Sleeping Warriors: The Legends of England’s Buried Treasure with Jeremy Harte 🔉 buff.ly/JPWCzDM 📚 buff.ly/TKfkaXN

The Critic’s Notebook: On Francisco de Zurbarán, Richard Strauss, urban photography, Madison Square Park & more from the world of culture. 📌 buff.ly/NKzKrTq 📚 buff.ly/C4uqwuh

Listen now: Author Bjørn Berge is on the New Books Network, talking about his new book, Smell: The Tale of a Fading Sense 🔉 buff.ly/KVgUHxZ 📚 buff.ly/XKQrGVR

Connoisseurs: the experts who shaped our taste in art 📌 buff.ly/ki5xmPA 📚 buff.ly/JSpuCH8

'For gen­er­a­tions of schol­ars, Sander Gilman’s thought-pro­vok­ing works are essen­tial resources.' 📌 buff.ly/XwkXbVr 📚 buff.ly/7GqhFJp

The Kiss is out today! And here I discuss it with the New Books Network! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-kiss-a-h...

Steven Connor, Gaston Bachelard: An Intellectual Biography - @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, July 2025 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/gaston-...

This Prejudice Wobbles but Won't Fall Down 📌 buff.ly/8d7kkbB [£] 📚 buff.ly/7GqhFJp

The Many Lives of Thomas More 📌 buff.ly/sfJBEmJ 📚 buff.ly/yjIwygV

And if you want to know more, today I’m on Women’s Hour on the BBC talking all things kiss. @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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Kiss my ass: A history of shame and humiliation. @katieebarclay.bsky.social with a theme from her new book 'The Kiss: A History of Passion and Power'. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

Listen now: Stonehenge, Druids & Folk Horror: The Myths Behind Britain’s Standing Stones With Paul Robichaud 🔉 buff.ly/ei4Hem1 📚 buff.ly/RBrxFjK

'Sax’s book offers a kind of sweeping insight into the many significances that encounters with insects have carried in disparate cultures and across centuries' 📌 buff.ly/Lv8yPrv 📚 buff.ly/XGWngdL

Check out Frederica S. Bowcutt's review of Charles Watkins's "Trees Ancient and Modern: Woodland Cultures and Conservation," published in 2025 by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #plantstudies www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

How Fireworks Became an American Fourth of July Tradition 📌 buff.ly/g6TzuuE 📚 buff.ly/FH8JZiP

'Written with his trademark consideration, clarity and wit, C.’s ‘Pericles’, complete with 25 illustrations, a timeline, end notes, a fine bibliography and index, is a valuable addition to the corpus' 📌 buff.ly/qKCPsLw 📚 buff.ly/7xxTu0Z

Bees, brothels and a father's hunt for his daughter's killer 📌 buff.ly/GME88KU [£] 📚 buff.ly/n6W6Xb2

MACCA GOES WEIRD! Join me on BBC 6Music’s The Freakzone Playlist at midnight, 6th August. I’ve selected plenty of Paul McCartney’s stranger things. Giddy for this to air. Reposts appreciated. Tune in, Paul! @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social #6Music #PaulMcCartney

Watch now: V&A Members / The Art of Couture: From Paul Poiret to Elsa Schiaparelli 🎥 buff.ly/q21ZLzb 📚 buff.ly/hHVPXFn

📚 @lenaferriday.bsky.social on @katrinanavickas.bsky.social's Contested Commons (@reaktionbooks.bsky.social) "Navickas’ prose is charming and playful, grounded in a commanding grasp of the subject and its enduring significance" 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...

Katrina Navickas, Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England. London: Reaktion Books, 2025. 384pp. 38 illustrations. £20.00 hbk. | Urban History | Cambridge Core

Katrina Navickas, Contested Commons: A History of Protest and Public Space in England. London: Reaktion Books, 2025. 384pp. 38 illustrations. £20.00 hbk.

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Listen now: Professor Patrick Nunn is on the New Books Network talking about his new book, Whispers from the Celtic Seas 🔉 buff.ly/P7zfHcW 📚 buff.ly/WUyxDUJ

In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Glenda Norquay (Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Life) about the amazing life of Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author of classic works like Kidnapped and Treasure Island. #books #literature @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

819 Robert Louis Stevenson (with Glenda Norquay) | The Rise of H…

After discussing a news article detailing the rise of "hot literati," Jacke talks to biographer Glenda Norquay (Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Life) about the a…

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Why Christians make the best kissers: From saints and relics to #MeToo, this fascinating history traces the surprising cultural power of the humble snog 📌 buff.ly/DtyReD4 📚 buff.ly/6eXU5Ax

"Thinking about how to live well." Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @katherineharvey.bsky.social & @reaktionbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe