On this day in 1989, The Simpsons officially premiered as its own series so here’s a short thread of language facts relating to the show, starting with this… In the Spanish version of The Simpsons, Bart’s “eat my shorts” catchphrase is changed to multiplícate por cero (“multiply yourself by zero”).

Happy World Walrus Day! The English word walrus probably comes from Dutch and means “whale horse.” The Albanian name for a walrus, lopë deti, means “sea cow.” And the Navajo word for a walrus is tábąąstííntsoh bideeʼ hólónígíí. It means “big otter that lies on the shore, with tusks”

The Indigo Press has acquired The Spinster Cookbook: Culture, Politics and Pleasure in the Single Woman’s Kitchen by Eli Davies. The book will be published on 11th June 2026 👇 #BookSky

'...a rich retelling of a haunting book' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ @fjmozley.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

ELMET (the play!) will be opening in Bradford tomorrow. Catherine Love has written about the process of bringing it to the stage. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

Whether you’re a fan of Hallowe’en or not, you have to give it credit for being the last line of defence against Christmas advancing even earlier into the year, a ragtag gang of goths holding the line against a battalion of baubled barbarians

Books to read on World Pasta Day (today)… •The Heart is a Cannelloni Hunter •Love in the Time of Carbonara •Farfalle from the Madding Crowd •The Merchant of Vermicelli •Silas Marinara •Remembrance of Things Pasta •Pi-gnocci-o •A Tale of Two Zitis •Fear and Loathing in Lasagne •Al Dente's Inferno

1/2 Congratulations to June Aming, one of our five 2024 Bocas Breakthrough Fellows, on being longlisted for the biennial @drfwritersaward.bsky.social Deborah Rogers Award for emerging writers!Aming is the only longlistee from the Caribbean 🔥 .../2

‘Epic with a capital E’: inside Elmet, a tale of violence and greed on haunted Yorkshire heath

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📚 The Divine Feminine: Women & the Rise of the Right Join authors Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for a vital talk on women’s roles in #farright movements, radicalisation & tradwife culture. 🗓 Mon 10 Nov 6.30-8pm 🎙 Chair: Dr Rachel O'Neill ✅ Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

John Murray Press is set to publish Booker Prize and Women's Prize nominee Fiona Mozley's third book. Awake, Awake will publish in in June 2026 👇 #BookSky

My Hummingbird Father is one year old today! Published 15 Sept 2024. I’d like to thank everyone who made it happen, who supported my first novel & especially all the readers & reviewers. Massive thanks @chrisemery.me and Jen @saltpublishing.com and to my agent @joncurzon.bsky.social

I think we should have more names for someone with an overinflated sense of their own importance in English. These are my top five suggestions... 5. Poseidon of the paddling pool 4. Samurai of the butter knives 3. Hannibal of the lectern 2. Lord of the ring binder 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Flowchart

A Swedish phrase about not having to work to get where you are (similar to “born with silver spoon in the mouth”) is att glida in på en räkmacka. It means “to slide in on a shrimp sandwich.”

In the Financial Times today I wrote about one of my favorite actors … the dark and terrifying Peter Sellers www.ft.com/content/f2fc...

Happy Publication day to the *literally classic now* #elmet @johnmurrays.bsky.social @fjmozley.bsky.social www.thebookseller.com/news/john-mu...

Elmet looking good @fjmozley.bsky.social

John Murray Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is set to launch its first classics list this month, including titles by David Attenborough, Jane Austen and Margaret MacMillan 👇

Shakespeare once wrote, “t’will beest the most valorous nay most exalted thing one can doth to buyeth a scribe’s volume at which hour tis their birthday, 'specially if thou admireth their vibes.” On an unrelated note, it’s my birthday today and details of where you can buy my latest book are here...

Today is Yorkshire Day so I'd like to give a shout-out to my lovely friend from Bradford, who is a proof-reader. She always says it's unsung but heroic work because she's out there, each and every day, fighting the the war on t'error

Today is Spoonerism Day so here’s a list of the top ten best celebrity names when spoonerized… 10. Lude Jaw 9. Bathy Kates 8. Parah Salin 7. Hatt Mancock 6. Sandy Ravage 5. Him Tenman 4. Bean Sean 3. Shartin Meen 2. Rid Kock 1. Cradley Booper

Happy Publication Day 📚🎉 to #rogerlewis and 'The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'! Read #stevecoogan's introduction here: www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

Happy World Shark Day! Here’s a list of words (and their meanings) for a shark in various languages… Morvleydh (Cornish) = sea wolf Kelb il-baħar (Maltese) = dog of the sea Ryklys (Lithuanian) = swallower کوسه (Persian) = beardless Łóóʼ hashkéhé (Navajo) = angry fish Cá mập (Vietnamese) = fat fish

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Lovely to hear #danelljones on Woolf! @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @joncurzon.bsky.social

ICYMI: It’s this level of time investment – the countless hours of reading, editing; the coffees and calls with clients – that lead to positive outcomes down the line, says Jon Curzon (‪ @joncurzon.bsky.social‬ ) on how agents become agents 👇 #BookSky

It’s this level of time investment – the countless hours of reading, editing; the coffees and calls with clients – that lead to positive outcomes down the line, says Jon Curzon (‪ @joncurzon.bsky.social‬ ) on how agents become agents 👇 #BookSky

Ten things I hated as a kid but love as an adult… 10. Buying stationery 9. Dark chocolate 8. Gherkins 7. Going to bed early 6. Naps 5. Wearing a coat 4. The end of school holidays 3. Getting vouchers for my birthday 2. Not being invited to parties 1. Being a kid

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Thank you for reading both! Makes it worthwhile

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2527208... @fjmozley.bsky.social

🎙️Kicking off Sunday with a bit of London history — Sandra Hempel is on the Robert Elms show on BBC Radio London now, sharing the riveting story of the first women to patrol Britain’s streets 👮‍♀️🚓🚨 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Not many people know this, but the Dalai Lama owns a sandwich shop called the Deli Lama. He has a happy hour where for the price of a single-ingredient sandwich he’ll make you one with everything.

Controlling Women: The Untold Story of Britain’s First Female Police Force is out now!🥳🚓🚨 ‘A pacy, probing account of women’s long fight to get into the police force, full of tangled feuds and fascinating characters.’ — @emmadonoghue.bsky.social 25% off w/code HEMPEL25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3b4y8peh

@theguardian.com @quercusbooks.bsky.social @fionasturges.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

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It’s been a while… I’m going to continue being very quiet while I prepare the first draft of the manuscript for my next book, which details the dysfunction at the heart of the criminal justice system. Here’s what I’ve been doing while living offline meanwhile ⬇️

What do you call an 80s tribute band put together by Elon Musk, Steven Bannon and David Walliams? A Flock of Sieg Heils

Great to see #theforeigninventionofbritishart featured by @bookshop.org @thamesandhudson.bsky.social @artfirstprimo.bsky.social

Happy Publication Day(!!) to both #sophiedavid and #leslieprimo @littlebrownbooks.bsky.social @thamesandhudson.bsky.social

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

This is tomorrow 5 June! I’ll be reading from Beast at the Purcell Room, South Bank centre for @outspokenldn.bsky.social with an incredible line-up, do come London friends. Book via this link, seats selling fast!: southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/out-s…

Why study art history? We posed this question to City Lit tutor Leslie Primo. This was his response! Leslie’s new book ‘The foreign invention of British Art’ is available for preorder. If you're interested in art history, head to our website 👇 www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/hist...

I like low key announcements to small audiences for big things. Here goes. I've got a book deal. My book 'Lunchman' will be out in a year.

On @thetraitors.bsky.social set 'old-school acting memoirs were a big source of discussion, especially... Erotic Vagrancy' @thetimes.com #rogerlewis www.thetimes.com/article/bdad...

An in-depth review of My Hummingbird Father up on the @wordfactoryuk.bsky.social website! Huge thanks to @cathygalvin.bsky.social for her deep read of my debut novel @saltpublishing.com thewordfactory.tv/review-of-my...

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It was the Busta Rhymes It was the Wusta Rhymes 🎵 To Beyoncé, or not to Beyoncé That is the question 🎵 O Chromeo, Chromeo Wherefore art thou Chromeo? 🎵 To die, to sleep To sleep, perchance to D:Ream 🎵 Do not go gentle into Beverley Knight Rage, rage against the dying of the Lighthouse Family