Next talk is at the beautiful House of Books and Friends in downtown Mancashire - booking and info at houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/luncht...

'He said that walking off the ship that afternoon holding his two cases, trying to understand what he had just done, was the most tragic moment of his life.' Read an excerpt of OUTSIDER EVERYWHERE by Mercedes Halfon, tr. Rahul Bery, in Lithub: lithub.com/argentina-th...

It’s the last day of Cottonopolis exhibition. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry. The city’s explosive industrial growth depended on links to India, Africa and America. Open 10am-5pm, free entry.

The Birth of the Ark Royal Taken in 1950 from Holt Hill, Tranmere, towards the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead. 📷 Edward Chambré Hardman In - Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World by Chris Moss (p86) #History #HistoryMatters

Are you ready for #MildMonth? This delicious duo are now both available in cask, plus a bumper bonus of Mild in 500ml cans ready for trade pals and webshoppers alike. Beat the Monday queues and order now! 📧 [email protected] ☎️ 0161 819 2694 🛒 marblebeers.com/product/marble-mild/

Every May @camraofficial.bsky.social branches across the UK celebrate #MildMonth , celebrating the mild beer style. CAMRA branches encourage local pubs to have at least one mild on the bar during the month of May. Let us know if you have spotted a mild available in one of Bromley's pubs!

MILD SAVED AGAIN! #MildMonth #BeeryMonthOfObligation

'Mercedes Halfon’s vivacious text, ably translated by Rahul Bery, leads its readers on a pleasurable search for clues around Buenos Aires....' - Chris Moss reviews OUTSIDER EVERYWHERE for THE MORNING STAR: www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gomb...

Neither forgetting nor forgiving - Argentinians commemorated the 50th anniversary of the military dictatorship that left 30,000 people killed or ‘disappeared.’ BERT SCHOUWENBURG reports morningstaronline.co.uk/article/neit...

'...not just an overdue survey, but an unusually enquiring one – an admirable examination of an incomparably important county' Derek Turner in Country Squire Magazine on Chris Moss's LANCASHIRE. @traveloguer.bsky.social countrysquire.co.uk/2026/03/25/t...

LANCASHIRE's Chris Moss on walking with the weavers 200 years after the Lancs uprising. @traveloguer.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Hey if you fancy a walk but you can’t get out, read this from @traveloguer.bsky.social It has the added charm of smashing industrial capitalism to bits along the way, and a photo that <so nearly> includes our childhood home www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

Walking with the Weavers - join the commemorative hikes on the bicentennial of the Lancashire Uprising - a great project. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

'Fascinating' - Morning Star's review of Chris Moss's LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World. @mstaronline.bsky.social @traveloguer.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cott...

Lancashire - first canals, first motorways, first factories, first mills, first working class authors, first professional football, first rugby professionals. Chris Moss on LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Love #Lancashire? You need this 👇 Lancashire: Exploring the historic county that made the modern world by Chris Moss www.tripfiction.com/exploring-la... "The research is fantastic and the writing style is very engaging.." @oldstpublishing.bsky.social #blueskybooks #booksky

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We're delighted to see Chris Moss's brilliant book LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World highlighted by @tripfiction.bsky.social @traveloguer.bsky.social 'A fitting tribute to the greatest county in England.' —David Swift, author of Scouse Republic

Join us on #Instagram Chatting #books and #travel www.instagram.com/tripfiction/ ...and much more #blueskybooks #booksky

David Keenan’s new book ‘Boyhood’ is astonishingly good and I’m VERY excited to be in conversation with him on Monday 13 April at Liverpool Waterstones. Come! @reversediorama.bsky.social @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social @waterstoneslpl.bsky.social DETAILS: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

From a BBC Radio Lancashire interview earlier this week, conducted by Sharon Hartley (also an author). Thanks to local media for their support for my book (coz London certainly isn’t going to be any help) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Friends of the Earth's own analysis of Environment Agency data shows that 2.4 million people across the UK are already at the highest risk of flooding. Find out if your home is at risk here: foe.uk/ay69f www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Really pleased to hear that the Guardian’s enchanting travel series, ‘where tourists seldom tread’, by Chris Moss @traveloguer.bsky.social will be published by Faber this year. Will make a great book to have around to enhance any incidental travel in this country.

#DirtyBusiness shows water privatisation has FAILED So why did the government's review of the industry ban the OPTION of public ownership? Steve Reed must release any messages with Peter Mandelson - whose company Global Counsel worked for privatised water insidecroydon.com/2026/02/25/m...

Bowland by bus - in the ipaper #lancashire inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

Thank you to the Book Stop in St Helens for a warm and enjoyable book launch for Lancashire: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World

Great to see Gateshead being recognised as one of Britain's top towns by Chris Moss at @telegraph.co.uk, with a mention for the Tyne Derwent Way. Read more in @thenorthernecho.bsky.social www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2584241... #TyneDerwentWay #Gateshead

Happy publication day to Chris Moss's wonderful LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that Made the Modern World.

New book on Lancashire out next week www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/2585316...

Is St Helens still Lancashire? Exploring the county that made the modern world

Happy paperback publication day to Old Street's first two GREAT EVENTS books: Sheila Fitzpatrick's The Death of Stalin and Linda Jaivin's The Cultural Revolution in China. Brilliant works exploring turning points in history - and all in 128 pages.

Alfred Wainwright, born into poverty on this day in Blackburn in 1907. He left school aged 13 and became an office boy in Blackburn Borough Engineer’s Department. At age 23 he took a holiday away from home, to the Lake District. It was love at first sight. A #Lancashire story:

Up the Rainbow Stairs. The Sacred Memory Bank. Kirkby Gallery. Works by Mike Badger and Jeff Young. Monday 19th January - Friday 27th March. Come and see us!

LANCASHIRE: EXPLORING THE HISTORIC COUNTY THAT MADE THE MODERN WORLD will be published Feb 17 by @oldstpublishing.bsky.social Three years in the making. History meets memoir meets travel. Food, sports, TV; Engels, The Fall, Bet Lynch… and all the other great "manufactures" that have come from here.

It was 30 years ago today that BBC Two transmitted the opening episode of Our Friends in the North - one of the greatest television dramas the BBC has ever made. For the anniversary, I've been down to Caversham to take a look through the show's files and explore some of the tales they tell...

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My review of Joanna Pocock's wondrous book Greyhound, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social - for Tribune tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/ride...

I missed the recent death of Gerry Gable, founder of Searchlight and legendary London anti-fascist. Here's an excellent obituary. leadenskies.substack.com/p/gerry-gabl...

El plan de Río Tinto para extraer litio en Chile podría amenazar las fuentes de agua, dicen las comunidades indígenas del pueblo Colla - mi artículo www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @criordor.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @gcabana.bsky.social @theguardian.com

“No footpath would be created as part of the “new” river walk”. Er… www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The north-south deride: Arsenal fans still doing “Feed the Scousers” after 40 years; Everton responds with foodbank support. dhttps://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6908128/2025/12/22/everton-feed-the-scousers-song/?source=twitteruk

The passing of this bill is incredible news for all fans of Raising Hare, and the result of a huge amount of sustained campaigning. Congratulations to all involved - but particularly the brilliant and tireless @chloedalton.bsky.social! #RaisingHare

It's an honour to have written a foreword for a new edition of perhaps my favourite novel (or is it a novella?), A Month In The Country by JL Carr. It's published by Quince Tree Press, now run by the Carr family. Do investigate their other wonderful wares. www.quincetreepress.co.uk

Got home to find this beautifully generous review of GREYHOUND in the current @thetls.bsky.social Thank you to Tom Lathan for engaging so deeply with the book: Tthe author deftly weaves together swathes of American history to lay bare the unsustainable nature — and stupidity — of modern life…. (1)

My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social: deskboundtraveller.com/my-books-of-....

Lancashire - England's most underrated county, argues Chris Moss in the @telegraph.co.uk @traveloguer.bsky.social Chris's LANCASHIRE: Exploring the Historic County that made the Modern World is out in February. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...

Lovely write-up of This Slavery for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social - written with affection and admiration for Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Lancashire that made her possible Thank you @traveloguer.bsky.social @selfmadehero.bsky.social www.tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...

New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry. 📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.

My review of the gorgeously gritty graphic novel This Slavery by Ethel Carnie Holdsworth and the Rickard Sisters - in Tribune magazine tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/reco...