Books that changed the way I look at the world that I've read this year : Your Life is Manufactured @timminshall.bsky.social Less is More @jasonhickel.bsky.social Entangled Life -Merlin Sheldrake What the wild sea can be -Helen Scales Island -Aldous Huxley No Fair Maidens -Kim Willis

Thanks @nocto.social.lol.ap.brid.gy - it certainly was interesting timing … and we definitely remain in interesting times for manufacturing

My main pick for summer reading is Tim Minshall’s Your Life is Manufactured, particularly for those economists who like to promote the fantasy world of a ‘services-based’ economy www.innovationaus.com/relax-your-2... @timminshall.bsky.social

#autonomousdriving #AI #innovation #cambridge giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Can Wayve make London a self-driving city?

Thanks Heffers Bookshop for putting ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ in a giftbox … and in the shop window! #books #Christmas2025 #giftideas #cambridge @faberbooks.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social

Thank you, @suelibrarian.bsky.social! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. #booksky #books #nonfiction #manufacturing #christmas @eccobooks.bsky.social

Is China winning the innovation race? Is China winning the innovation race? via @FT Well worth a read, IMHO. #manufacturing #innovation #china on.ft.com/4rmPe7P

From @cnn.com: Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are being saved www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

“The greatest books of 2025” - that’s quite a claim … but I am delighted that “Your Life is Manufactured” is on the list! #manufacturing #bookrecommendations @faberbooks.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/8174406...

Fascinating guests and wildly different books. I'll be reading @timminshall.bsky.social's "Your Life is Manufactured" ASAP; inventions + supply chain stuff are amazing. Yes, people need to know a LOT more about how their world works (+ helping explain it is my job too!). Thanks as always! #librarian

Today at 3pm, Hayaatun Sillem joins BBC Radio 4’s A Good Read to discuss Tim Minshall (@timminshall.bsky.social)’s YOUR LIFE IS MANUFACTURED. 🎧 Listen live or catch up here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Delighted to be having this discussion on the eve of #NationalEngineeringDay! Tickets: www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/ @churchillcol.bsky.social @eng.cam.ac.uk @ifmcambridge.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

Very excited to be talking about ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ next week with Professor Sharon Peacock at the @churchillcol.bsky.social Master’s Book Club. www.chu.cam.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Delighted to see ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ on this list. Many thanks @waterstones.bsky.social! #booksky #books #bookrecommendations www.waterstones.com/blog/the-bes...

Very much looking forward to discussing my book ‘Your Life is Manufactured’ with the wonderful Professor Sharon Peacock on 4th November at Churchill College. Tickets are free -book via www.chu.cam.ac.uk/event/10570/ #booksky #making #manufacturing @churchillcol.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social

Superb.

“Tim” tops the most popular author first name leaderboard at this year’s Wells Festival of Literature. #booksky #bookfestivals

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #cambridge #oxford #innovation #growth

Really looking forward to speaking at the Wells Festival of Literature this Saturday #booksky #nonfiction #festivals wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/events/2025-...

Thanks @sixsimon.bsky.social!

My favourite #manufacturing process. #baking #wellbeing #weekend

<sound on> Simple #autumn pleasures

#autumnleaves @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social

Xmas wish list is sorted thanks to the @royalsociety.org Trivedi Science Book Prize! royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Well - that was great fun! Many thanks to @royalsociety.org, and congratulations to all the other shortlisted authors - and especially to @masudhusain.bsky.social for winning the award for his excellent book “Our Brains, Our Selves” #booksky #nonfiction

Many thanks to @BBCRadio4 Inside Science for having me on to talk about #manufacturing on #nationalmanufacturingday #NMD2025 @ifmcambridge.bsky.social @churchillcol.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @unitedagents.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📘 Your Life Is Manufactured by @timminshall.bsky.social has been longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year 2025! Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social a brilliant deep dive into how the things we use every day are made. #FTBookAward #UnitedAgentsBooks

We’re delighted to see Tim Minshall’s Your Life Is Manufactured shortlisted for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors 🎉

'An eye-opening journey through the world of manufacturing.' Congratulations to Tim Minshall, author of Your Life Is Manufactured, which has been longlisted for the FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025: www.ft.com/bookaward

This week we were very happy to announce the shortlist for this year's Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. From the hidden world of manufacturing to botanists under siege during the Second World War find out more about the six superb books: #SciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: How can we manufacture a better world? ISEP CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE sat down with @timminshall.bsky.social @ifmcambridge.bsky.social to discuss: 🎙️ His personal & professional journey 🎙️ The critical need for industrial sustainability in manufacturing 🎙️ And more pod.fo/e/313357

'Your Life Is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better' by Tim Minshall traces the hidden world of manufacturing from mega-factory floors to supermarkets and our own homes, and explores the seismic impact this has had on our lives: royalsociety.org/medals-and-p...

Very surprised and extremely flattered to find my book on this shortlist! #booksky #books @faberbooks.bsky.social @unitedagents.bsky.social @eccobooks.bsky.social

Extraordinary impact of #Apple’s decision to invest so heavily in #manufacturing in #China from the early 2000s.

Delighted to be speaking at this year’s #Cambridge #Alumni #Festival 2025 on 27th September web-eur.cvent.com/event/b02398...

“The book is unapologetically nerdy, though more technical details are smoothed over by humour and human insight.” Thanks @irishtimes.com for the review www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... #booksky #bookrecommendations #summerreading

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.

Current reading pipeline #booksky

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.

“That meagre 16% still equates to nearly a million women working in engineering and technology in the UK today. We have about 20,000 primary schools, so that is 50 women as engineering role models for every primary school!“ www.ingenia.org.uk/articles/rol...

Thanks to the team at the Felixstowe Book Festival for giving me the chance to come back to #felixstowe for a great discussion … and a chance to be given another glimpse of this key node in our global manufacturing network. @faberbooks.bsky.social #manufacturing #supplychains #books #booksky

Still fresh! Thanks @waterstones @faberbooks.bsky.social #manufacturing #innovation #sustainability #books #booksky

Thanks @charnwoodstoves.bsky.social - glad you found it interesting.

Great evening to celebrate the launch of David Cleevely’s book ‘Serendipity’ that explores the power of networking to support innovation. #innovation #networking #cambridge

'An expert and highly enthusiastic tour around the business of making things.' Your Life is Manufactured by Tim Minshall is one of the the FT's Best Summer Books of 2025: www.ft.com/content/025b...

Many thanks to the team at #TEDXLondonBusinessSchool for editing this video of my talk on #manufacturing and why it matters to us all, now more than ever. @faberbooks.bsky.social @ifmcambridge.bsky.social @churchillcol.bsky.social youtu.be/krSDJJ0blIs?...

Thanks! #books #booksky #recommendedbooks #nonfiction 💙📚

Best summer books of 2025: Business Thanks @financialtimes.com - surprised and delighted to see my book on this list. #manufacturing #sustainability #supplychains #books #booksky @faberbooks.bsky.social on.ft.com/3FSdzj8

newbooksnetwork.com/how-things-a... #books #booksky #nonfiction 💙 📚 @eccobooks.bsky.social