Book of the Week in @thetimes.com! 'Fennell marshals a host of original insights and judgments in a narrative of terrific verve ... a superb book' says Max Hastings. The stuff of dreams! thetimes.com/culture/book... @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

1st review in for Collapse in @thespectator1828.bsky.social 'Impeccable' judgement and an 'unerring' eye for a personal story. 'Impressively global … the book is sensitive, thoughtful and ... a weighty achievement' @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social new-app.spectator.co.uk/article/6741...

What precipitated a worldwide total war in the 1930s?

Rather than focusing on the struggle in Europe, Jonathan Fennell shows how the hopes and fears of tens of millions of people fired processes of radicalisation across the globe

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It’s a beautiful day to be at @chalkefestival.bsky.social with @jonathanfennell.bsky.social! First event of two currently in progress - back on stage tomorrow.

In the coming weeks, alongside academic gigs, I’ll be hitting the road to speak at some public events about COLLAPSE (penguin.co.uk/books/316660...), which is set to publish with @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social on 16 July (just under a month from now!).

Collapse

Between 1931 and 1949, a series of crises broke out that threatened collective security, world order and the internal cohesion of states across the globe. At the heart of these crises was a world war ...

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We have a cover! ‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!

Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer and Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain by Geoff Andrews

Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer and Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain by Geoff Andrews

Despite their defeat in two historic strikes, the British miners’ struggle raised huge questions for society

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‘Nine Days in May’ by Jonathan Schneer uncovers spies, secret reports, clashing leaders, and the human drama at the heart of the General Strike of 1926 to uncover a story of courage, conflict, and unintended consequences. Whose side are you on? oxford.ly/4d8kxyG

What can three recent books – The Edge of Revolution by David Torrance, Britain’s Revolutionary Summer by Edd Mustill, and Nine Days in May by Jonathan Schneer – tell us about the General Strike of 1926? ✍️ Peter Mandler reviews the recent #history books www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

‘The Edge of Revolution’, ‘Britain’s Revolutionary Summer’ and ‘Nine Days in May’ review

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Featuring Jonathan Schneer’s new @academic.oup.com book NINE DAYS IN MAY (out 26 March) 👇

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From Silence to the Battle of Trafalgar, King Henry VII to Adolf Hitler, here is a selection of anticipated new history books that will be released over the month ahead. With new books from @seanc1509.bsky.social, @carolinesharples.bsky.social, @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social and many more👇

It’s been a busy weekend for Tim Greiving’s upcoming @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “John Williams: A Composer’s Life. First up, this extract in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

How the Star Wars composer John Williams overcame accusations of plagiarism

His score for the 1977 film became the highest selling non-pop album when it was released. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing, as a new biography reveals

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Though his relics are reviled, his impact is more keenly felt than ever. Can The Colonialist: The Vision of #CecilRhodes by William Kelleher Storey find the man for our time? ✍️ Erik Linstrum reviews the recent #historybook www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

‘The Colonialist’ by William Kelleher Storey review

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My review of William Keheller Storey’s fine new biography of ‘imperialist engineer’ Cecil Rhodes on.ft.com/40C0di6

The Colonialist: The Vision of Cecil Rhodes — an imperialist engineer’s riches built on violence

William Kelleher Storey’s biography skirts the statues debate, but is clear-eyed about the magnate’s bitter legacy in southern Africa

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“A brave and learned book … We need to know the history – which is so punctiliously told [here].” A.N. Wilson for @thespectator1828.bsky.social on William Kelleher Storey's @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book THE COLONIALIST. www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

The crimes of Cecil Rhodes were every bit as sinister as those of the Nazis

This is a brave and learned book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of Africa; who has taken sides in the recent quarrel about ‘Rhodes Must Fall’, in Oxford or other parts of th...

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The speaker line-up is out! Come see @kitkowol.bsky.social speak about his @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “Blue Jerusalem” at We Have Ways Fest this September. wehavewaysfest.co.uk/line-up/

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We Have Ways Fest is the UK’s number one, Second World War festival. Tanks, talks and tankards … experts, enthusiasts, authors, historians. Blackpit Farm, 8th – 10th September. WN…

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Today’s episode of “We Have Ways of Making You Talk” features @kitkowol.bsky.social chatting to @almurray.bsky.social about his @oxfordacademic.bsky.social book “Blue Jerusalem”. Tune in here 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

The Tory Party At War

Podcast Episode · WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk · 28/05/2025 · 49m

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“Absorbing and original” Geoffrey Wheatcroft reviews @kitkowol.bsky.social’s “Blue Jerusalem” for @lrb.co.uk @oxfordacademic.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Geoffrey Wheatcroft · New Deal at Dunkirk: Wartime Tories

Even if they had been appeasers, most Conservatives accepted the patriotic necessity of the war, but had many different...

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Experience the magic of Edda Field-Black's @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social-winning history, COMBEE! Dive into an excerpt that tells the story of how Harriet Tubman led 150 African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteers to rescue more than 700 former slaves: https://oxford.ly/4d42Eip

You probably have questions about AI. Like: Will AI be my friend? Does AI want my job? Was this post written by AI or a human being?* Richard Susskind's new book "How to Think About AI" is truly a guide for us all: https://oxford.ly/44wu9z2 *(human being! 🙋‍♀️) #philtech

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