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Next, our own @higginsmike spoke with @pastpunditry about her new book, 'Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s'. They talked all things mid-terms, the Dobbs ruling and the January 6 hearings👇 https://t.co/P2zxE4nk5x 3/3

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(3/5) @roxa_rylee has recommended Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour: ‘I devoured her two other books and every time I reread them I discover something new. I can't wait for Pure Colour and all the philosophical twists that Sheila has accustomed her readers to’ https://t.co/i1JTGsyP8k https://t.co/Z8wV68KWi3

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The feminist historian and author @mona_siegel weighs up the evidence and the positions offered in 'The Suffragist Peace' by Joslyn Barnhart and Robert Trager, who argue that societies in which women vote are more peaceful: https://t.co/9t9Akzl6QQ

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(2/5) From our editor @roxy_esco, we have Recitatif by Toni Morrison (@PenguinUKBooks): ‘I expect the depth and fluidity she brings to crafting tales through different perspectives plus her usual meditations on race’ https://t.co/LcyqT255Qw https://t.co/EPgF9UVyMU

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"The Covid pandemic is presented as a dress rehearsal for the complex landscape as the #climatecrisis worsens." Read @LudivineRebet's review of 📕'The Fight for Climate After Covid-19' by @Alice_C_Hill . #WorldTodayCH https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2021-10/review-rewiring-attitudes-towards-risk https://t.co/fVyFSWr1tk

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No.2 taps into @roxy_esco's interest in cultural studies. M.I. Franklin's (@GloComm) Sampling Politics: Music and the Geocultural explores the political act of sampling 🎶 through the ages, genres + cultures - from the avant garde to anthems to dub. https://t.co/tr0zRzwHIw 3/4 https://t.co/DvBUOxaVaf

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'As developing countries consider new development partnerships such as America’s Build Back Better World and the European Union’s Global Gateway, there is an opportunity to learn lessons from the Belt and Road Initiative.' Read more from @_CynthiaLiao⬇️: https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2022-02/africa-stop-railroading-women

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What are the lasting impacts of China’s Cultural Revolution on the democracy movement in Hong Kong? The former student leader, legislator and democracy activist @nathanlawkc reads Tania Branigan’s 'Red Memory' and reflects on China's collective trauma: https://t.co/CAYxZ0JiRP

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1⃣ George Washington delivered the first address in New York in 1790. America's third president, Thomas Jefferson, suspended the practice of giving it in person and offered his evaluation in writing instead. Woodrow Wilson resumed giving the address as a speech in 1913. https://t.co/nT5hmzAyJt

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Starting off strong with a Pulitzer-winning novel, it's All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. This immersive novel, which will soon be hitting our screens via @netflix, tells the stories of two young people as they attempt to navigate the realities of war. 2/4 https://t.co/OBaaXGYl1q