John Simpson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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@robertrea Long ago and far away — thank you, dear Robert.

John Simpson

Kenneth Grahame went to St Edward’s School in Oxford, and used to roam round the city and its rivers and waterways instead of playing sports. Decades later, in 1908, he wrote ‘The Wind in the Willows’. Wonder where he got his early ideas from? https://t.co/bNMP41aEyL

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On tonight’s ‘Unspun World with John Simpson’: the unpalatable facts about Russia’s ability to fight a long war, why have things gone so terribly wrong for the Rainbow Nation, South Africa, — & what makes Hungary’s Viktor Orban tick? @BBCTwo, 11.15, & @BBCiPlayer #Unspun.

John Simpson

@robertrea Long ago and far away — thank you, dear Robert.

John Simpson

The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT

John Simpson

The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT

John Simpson

@last_of_england @DrFrancisYoung I fully agree. ‘The Stripping of the Altars’ is magnificent. Eamon Duffy is a friend of mine, but even if I’d never met him it would still be one of my two or three favourite works of history.

John Simpson

The great Ronald Blythe, Suffolk man & author of ‘Akenfield’ & the ‘Word from Wormingford’ columns, has died at the age of 101. Just the other day my publisher, John Murray, sent me his latest and final book, ‘Next to Nature’. I’d always hoped to meet him. https://t.co/ZbTl1TqLcT

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Autocracy, Inc. is clear-sighted and fearless…deeply disturbing; it couldn’t be anything else. But Applebaum’s research is as always thoroughgoing, which makes it a lively pleasure to read…it is a masterclass in the marriage of dodgy government to international criminality.

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This is a photo of Room 101 at BBC Broadcasting House before it was destroyed in the rebuilding. Why George Orwell selected this room as his ultimate torture chamber in ‘1984’ I’ve no idea. The comedy interview show came later… https://t.co/29YcJbAkBl