The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

This was a great chat! Tune in now on my YouTube channel. youtube.com/live/c6P5FVC...

You can watch the full recorded interview here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6P5...

About to go live with @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social if anyone would like to come say hello! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6P5...

I'm excited to have @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on my YouTube channel this Thursday for a livestream chat about Thomas More. Join us at 11:00 a.m. ET!

So lovely to see @drowenemmerson.bsky.social and @drjoannepaul.bsky.social today at Hever. After I spoke about my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, Owen interviewed Joanne about her fabulous biography of Thomas More #womenwhoruledtheworld #thomasmore #hevercastlre

A reminder that Stephen Colbert’s favourite film is “A Man for All Seasons”, and there’s a reason why. youtu.be/Bst0LgSY43I

Listening to Womanizer on the radio this morning and remembering that I had a dream last night where it was announced that Britney was taking over producing SIX the musical and honestly I've heard worse ideas.

A busy few days! Great talk @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social from @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on Cromwell and Thomas More. Full of fascinating information. The book has zinged to the top of my TBR pile.

On my way to @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social to talk about Thomas Cromwell. Hero or villain? In company with @drjoannepaul.bsky.social Brooding clouds over @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social

Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout: 1. you have works published in or before 2022 2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov 1/2

3 Sept 1516: Thomas More sends a copy of his 'Utopia' to Desiderius Erasmus #otd

SEPTEMBER SPECIAL! Back to work today, but with the happy news that THE ROADS TO ROME is only 99p on Kindle all month so you can get away from it all in virtual fashion and enjoy the ancient routes. www.amazon.co.uk/Roads-Rome-H...

I've just put the finishing touches to my talk on Thomas Cromwell, Hero or Villain? for @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social event bit.ly/3TAQTqU on 11 Sept, organised by @thetudortimes.bsky.social My fellow speakers will be @drjoannepaul.bsky.social & @drowenemmerson.bsky.social Get your tickets now!

📣 Quentin Skinner Lectureship 2025–26 Are you an early-career scholar in modern intellectual history since c.1500? Join our research community as a Visiting Fellow and deliver the Quentin Skinner Lecture 2026 with @camhistory.bsky.social Apply by 1 Oct 2025 buff.ly/tQABBo4

Steve Donoghue reviews Joanne Paul’s wonderful new biography of Thomas More, out from Pegasus Books: openlettersreview.com/posts/thomas...

I spoke to NewsTalk Radio about the life and legacy of Thomas More, alongside Prof Lucy Wooding, Dr Alexandra Gajda, and Prof Richard Rex. You can listen here - www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

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TODAY ONLY! You can get (and gift) Thomas More on Kindle for *only 99p* ENDS AT MIDNIGHT! www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-More-...

"the most entertaining, involving 600 pages on More ever written." openlettersreview.com/posts/thomas...

One for your calendars! On Sunday evening at 7pm I'll be discussing Thomas More with Prof Richard Rex, Prof Lucy Wooding and Dr Alexandra Gadja on NewsTalk. You can also listen on catch up after that date here- www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Updated the events page of my website with upcoming autumn talks: 11 Sept - @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social with Tudor Times 17 Sept - Gloucester History Festival 20 Sept - Hever Castle History Festival with @drowenemmerson.bsky.social 1 Oct - Warwick Words Links to book at joannepaul.com/events!

Amazing analysis of #HenryVIII & his queens on film from @drjoannepaul.bsky.social & History Hit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig5d... #Tudors #history #movies

Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ and buy "Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England" by @drjoannepaul.bsky.social ! 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... Listen now 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #History #Podcast

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Curious about the real Thomas More? Join us as we explore the Tudor period with @drjoannepaul.bsky.social who shares insights from her new book. 🔍🔥 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post... 🎧 #ThomasMore #HistoryRage #JoannePaul #TudorHistory

An indenture from the 1570s by Robert Dudley, featuring his heraldic "bear and ragged staff". [TNA C 147/670]

🚨 THIS WEEK ON PATREON & APPLE 🚨 ⚠️ Even the most brilliant minds can fall to fear. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explores how Thomas More’s ideals warped into cruelty — and why it’s a lesson for today. 🎧 History Rage pulls no punches. www.patreon.com/post... #JoannePaul #TudorHistory

🚨 THIS WEEK TO SUBSCRIBERS🚨 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Thomas More wasn’t just a statesman — he was a devoted dad. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social shares how he championed his daughters’ education in a world that didn’t. 🎧 History Rage tells the untold story. www.patreon.com/post... #ThomasMore #JoannePaul

What a joy it was to discuss Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England with Dublin City FM - www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi...

It was a pleasure to chat with @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social on Not Just The Tudors about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, a history of the idea of "human" from antiquity to the present. 🧵 💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH podfollow.com/not-just-the...

I'm really looking forward to having @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on my YouTube channel for a livestream discussion about Thomas More. I hope that you will join us on September 25th at 11:00 am ET (4 pm GMT)! Hit that Notify Me bell on the event page so you don't miss it www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6P5...

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 🌍 Everyone thinks Utopia is a perfect-world fantasy… @drjoannepaul.bsky.social shows it’s actually a warning against greed, ego, and selfishness. 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #ThomasMore #HistoryRage #JoannePaul #Utopia #TudorPhilosophy

I'm very moved by this thoughtful review of Thomas More: A Life from Law & Liberty. Touching on themes of tyranny & power, ceremony & symbolism, it is worth reading in full. lawliberty.org/book-review/...

I'm so excited to be at Gloucester History Festival this September. Both in person *AND* live stream tickets are now available! www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/thoma...

As a parent of 2 under 2 with a busy work life, I struggle to read for pleasure. I love the idea of doing your 'five [pages] a day'. How do all you busy people out there carve out time to read?

What a lovely mention in this @telegraphnews.bsky.social article about reading for pleasure. The speaker recalls More's own complaint that, as a busy lawyer with a family, “the day, the month, the year slip away", so "when, then, can we find time to write?" www.telegraph.co.uk/books/news/b...

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBS🚨 🚫 Think Thomas More died for the Pope? Think again. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social uncovers the real, political reasons behind his execution—far from the story you’ve heard. 🎙️ Listen 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #ThomasMore #HistoryRage #TudorHistory #MythBusting

Read about some of our findings on Thornton and her four manuscripts in this @ukri.org post on our #AHRC funded project: www.ukri.org/news/ahrc-pr...

Book Review: “Thomas More: A Life” by Joanne Paul adventuresofatudornerd.com/2025/08/04/b...

Relatable content.

Having spent the morning with the unmatched and unmatchable @drowenemmerson.bsky.social, I am even more excited about joining him in conversation about Thomas More at Hever Castle History Festival in September. Book now! www.heverfestival-tickets.co.uk/event_descri...

Last week I joined an extremely knowledgeable panel discussing the life and legacy of Thomas Cromwell on @newstalkfm.bsky.social's Talking History. Listen below - www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

As you put together your reading lists over the summer, do remember that a new edition of Utopia has just hit the shelves from @oxfordunipress.bsky.social! global.oup.com/ukhe/product... Utopia - Paperback - Thomas More, Joanne Paul - Oxford University Press

Delighted to share (with permission) Alex Borucki's photo of the "New & Recommended History" bookcase at @powells.bsky.social! Thanks go to Alex, and to the staff and Powell's! HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is lurking on the top shelf. 💙📚 🗃

Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England, by Dr Joanne Paul ;The definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century." tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/07/thom... @drjoannepaul.bsky.social #Tudors

Church seeks to exhume skull of Thomas More for 500th anniversary An Anglican parish in Canterbury wants to open a vault to retrieve the remains of the Catholic martyr in time for the anniversary of his execution

Thrilled by this thorough and thoughtful review in the @wsj.com "This book beautifully captures both the life of a fascinating man and the fading world that he died trying to preserve." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

His willingness to stand firm and speak truth to power is an important lesson for us all, says Joanne Paul – who draws many parallels between Henry VIII and today’s autocrats. ✍️ Elizabeth Goldring buff.ly/Hgk2OcC

📖 “Thomas More” by Joanne Paul: 4-star review The truth about Thomas More, Henry VIII’s brutal enforcer Paul Scofield, Hilary Mantel, step aside – this fastidious biography restores More’s ideas and work to their full range of colour #BookchatWeekly #History #Tudors

Dr Joanne Paul has a way with words in reminding us why history is important for today. A great read.