- Sat, 12:56: Slavery statues in City of London to be removed https://t.co/kMOEXXmjpI Good.
- Sat, 14:48: A Remarkable Resemblance: Germany From 1900 to 1945 and China Today. Time for a NATO for Trade? | ITIF https://t.co/3qLqaYysUn Very interesting from @RobAtkinsonITIF (flagged up to me by my colleague @jamesLmcgregor).
- Sat, 15:00: The Twelve Caesars, by Suetonius What do you do if you're the Emperor Hadrian's secretary and have a certain amount of spare time? You write a racy popular account of the lives of his predecessors as emperor of Rome. #nwbooks https://t.co/5G2AvWm14G https://t.co/4jARkjYGty https://t.co/euo9zkVL2y
- Sat, 15:20: The Uplift War, by David Brin Not one I can recommend. Partly it is that the humans (and their allies) rarely lose a battle or an argument. But more seriously, the novel's take on race issues is na�ve and complacent. #nwbooks https://t.co/6qR1VFbvrZ https://t.co/XKNzaumtEJ https://t.co/vss0g3VysK
- Sat, 15:33: Platoon https://t.co/B6g44Dtuqa
- Sat, 15:40: The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak A gripping narrative of a girl growing up in Munich before and during the second world war, told in the first person by Death, who gets plenty of clients in the course of the book. #nwbooks https://t.co/sRRz6v4aYL https://t.co/TWd0GhEVn3 https://t.co/9O89HlpY2d
- Sat, 16:00: The Secret Life of Trees, by Colin Tudge I was frankly disappointed. I would really have liked a lot more about the single most startling thing I learned: that plants have evolved tree structures over and over again. #nwbooks https://t.co/XKZl28pl2H https://t.co/wtukyzrHoo https://t.co/NwxMrtaiSK
- Sat, 16:05: How “Peanuts” Created a Space for Thinking https://t.co/9OqDkXMGQS “At its core, the comic parses existential angst, strip by strip—not Cold War anxiety... but the garden-variety anxieties found in everyday life.”
- Sat, 16:20: Packing for Mars, by Mary Roach This is a great book about the human side of space travel. The chapter on sex in zero gravity was a bit disappointing, but there is a lot about poo. #nwbooks https://t.co/6wpTpALOQs https://t.co/qGEB6kYf3f https://t.co/aAlqqBuzoL
- Sat, 16:25: RT @PaulKayeEUlangs: @nwbrux Long time since I saw it but I remember enjoying it. Oliver Stone is an interesting character - there’s good…
- Sat, 16:25: RT @HeidivdVloet: @nwbrux I do remember reading it when I was a lot younger and enjoying it. I think we have come a long way since the '80s.
- Sat, 16:40: The Hive, by Charles Burns Burns is interrogating the medium of comics from two different directions, Louise Bourgeois' startling and disturbing images and conventional fluffy romance stories. #nwbooks https://t.co/QeYwm0ZaVq https://t.co/fk4Mrb6bsm https://t.co/zdpgwvdtCK
- Sat, 17:00: Walk to the End of the World / Motherlines, by Suzy McKee Charnas Book 1: horribly well-drawn dystopia where women are enslaved & brainwashed. Book 2: much in Book 1 is different from the other side of the gender divide. #nwbooks https://t.co/JrbeJ52SY9 https://t.co/EyZqt00A1T https://t.co/diy5WbqNrc
- Sat, 17:12: RT @lucykemnitzer: @nwbrux I was disappointed by this book also. I felt like it spent too much time telling my I should care about trees an…
- Sat, 17:20: Uprooted, by Naomi Novik I generally liked it - it's very well rooted in its home culture (Poland), the creepy horror of the ancient forest and evil tree magic is very well done, and the narrator is well-drawn. #nwbooks https://t.co/Pf2Cd2UKH5 https://t.co/R3wpyubYf0 https://t.co/KlDUAzA9CM
- Sat, 17:40: Ys, la l�gende, tome 1: Trahison I found it relatively standard Celtic fantasy, if rather well drawn. #nwbooks https://t.co/BD2PsSpT0G https://t.co/UnRz4PPwsE https://t.co/061yYz3hS7
- Sat, 18:00: "The Queen of Air and Darkness", by Poul Anderson This is a planetary romance, a rather uncomfortable mingling of several tropes. There is a lot of Jungian banter, and very little characterisation. #nwbooks https://t.co/fJFHuD5M2h https://t.co/hsQbnyAnQ7 https://t.co/ajdNXehZhQ
- Sat, 20:48: RT @Glenina57: Spotted on a Belgian ATM. https://t.co/TIrFGkTjgk
- Sun, 09:19: RT @LisaAbeyta: John Wilkes Booth was only at Ford's Theater to watch the play.
- Sun, 09:30: Whoniversaries 24 January https://t.co/S218PZ9snw