To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a shortlisted book. This week we dive into Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux (@faberbooks.bsky.social). 🧵 @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social

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Duff Cooper Prize@duffcooperprize.bsky.social · 2y ago

To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. This week we’re raising a glass to THE SCAPEGOAT: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (@4thestatebooks.bsky.social) 🧵 @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social

To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. This week we’re celebrating Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-male sexual relations 1400 – 1750 by Noel Malcolm (Oxford University Press). 🧵 @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social

🐈 wondering whether all #DuffCooperPrize shortlisted books have treats between the pages.

Duff Cooper Prize@duffcooperprize.bsky.social · 2y ago

To celebrate The Pol Roger Duff Cooper 2025, each Friday we’re profiling a different shortlisted book. This week we’re celebrating Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes (@4thestatebooks.bsky.social). 🧵 @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

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Duff Cooper Prize@duffcooperprize.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are proud to announce the shortlist for The Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize 2025. The Prize celebrates the best in non-fiction writing with a £5,000 Prize and a Magnum of Pol Roger Brut Réserve being awarded to the winner. Congratulations to all shortlisted authors!