the ribble valley police force are known as "the dibble on the ribble"

everyone seems to be in agreement that temperature rises with pressure. so in theory, if you made a tall enough club sandwich, the pressure of the higher levels should be able to toast the lower levels. then simply rotate the sandwich 180° (it should be assembled inside an insulated hollow column)

Our book of the week is CONSIDER THE ANCHOVY by Sudi Pigott, rare, delectable food writing that swims the tiniest subject to unpredictable reaches of the globe. Athens to Amalfi. Rossellini to Mattise. History, community, beyond. Find out more here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/consid...

Such a delight to welcome Eli Davies and Rebecca May Johnson this evening for a discussion about Eli’s book THE SPINSTER COOKBOOK. We have plenty of signed copies available in store and on our website: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-sp...

google maps' account of the boundary of Holborn is very strange. it bisects the british museum (so the aztec stuff is in holborn but the sutton hoo treasure isn't), takes in a segment of about 1/5 of russell square, cuts the imperial hotel in half

i'm starting to suspect the only reason colm tóibín and stewart home were chosen as presenters on the world cup podcast was so they could use the tagline "football's colm & home"

in retrospect, it's a good thing that the fog on the tyne belongs entirely to alan hull because it would be impossible to divide up if it had multiple owners

Rachel Long reading from her wonderful new collection SPARROW ON THE ROOFTOP and discussing the poems with Sarah Howe, her editor at Chatto, at our sold-out event this evening Signed copies are available here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/sparro...

always astonished when promoters call us up, asking to book us as support on the rolling stones' 2027 europe tour. i always tell them "we're a bookshop not a band". but sometimes i wonder, what if we said yes, just for one date to see how it went

New on the podcast 🎧 Anouchka Grose discusses her climate anxiety, activism and introspection in her book, THE REVOLUTION WILL BE INTERNALISED: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

A pleasure to have Michael Bracewell and Leo Robson in the shop, discussing Michael's novella *The Smiths* - signed copies available here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-sm...

New on the podcast 🎧: Amber Husain talks with Emily LaBarge about her book, TELL ME HOW YOU EAT: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Our bestsellers this week! You can find out more here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/ou...

Our Book of the Week is HUMAN GEOGRAPHY by @simonarmitage_official, a new, signed and limited edition of the Poet Laureate’s first ever collection, in beautiful “cow-cud green”. 🌱🐄 Find our more here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/human-...

q. why doesn't jay gatsby support "west ham" a. because he lives in "east egg"

New on the podcast 🎧: Rebecca Perry talks with K Patrick on her debut novel MAY WE FEED THE KING Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

had that charlie bingham in the shop, the very expensive ready meals gent. he came up to the counter to assure us that he wasn't wearing pyjamas, it was just that both his trousers & top had vertical stripes. it hadn't struck me before but when he mentioned it they did look quite a bit like pyjamas.

only realised today that the name of the rapper Hodgy Beats (mellowhype / odd future) is a reference to the Thomas Hardy poem "Drummer Hodge"

on the way into work passing through st james park i heard a swan cough

Our Author of the Month for June is Andrew Sean Greer, whose comic masterpiece​ LESS was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. Published this month, ​VILLA COCO, a gloriously bonkers picaresque tale set in the hills of Tuscany. You can pre-order it here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/villa-...

New on the podcast 🎧: Chantal Joffe talks with Olivia Laing and Emily Labarge on PAINTING, WRITING, TEXTING Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

Overrated: Bagels Underrated: chlebíčky

Our bestsellers this week! You can find out more here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/ou... Bestselling John of the Cross appropriately pictured here with a coffee from St. John's cafe.

Overrated: Gail's; whatever 'wildfarmed' is supposed to mean Underrated: a Sainsbury's white boule

Overrated: artisan sourdough. £3.75 for a collection of holes inside a granite casing.

Overrated: soda bread, all dense black forms of bread. Underrated: Pistolets.

Overrated: sourdough in sandwiches Underrated: plain old sliced white bread (the best for grilled cheese)

Overrated: vollkornbrot Underrated: bauernbrot

Overrated: baguettes (all crust and not enough soft part) Underrated: German bread: best bread in the world

it's time to play.......... "overrated / underrated". this week's topic, is bread

we're used to paleolithic art being awe-inspiring and glorious, but look at this 12500-year old reindeer from cathole cave on the gower peninsula. it's no good at all, i could carve a better reindeer in my sleep

In a live episode of the ​​LRB podcast ​​Aftershock, Daniel Soar and contributors discuss the long aftermath of 9/11 and the War on Terror, from Iraq and Afghanistan to drone strikes, mass surveillance and the weaponisation of the financial system. www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...

Holly Pester and Luke Roberts will be at the shop Thursday 2 July to discuss CAFÉS, an elegy for lost communal space, and a stylish political intervention. Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/holly-pest...

Our Book of the Week is AN ARMY OF LOVERS CANNOT FAIL by Hélène Giannecchini, whose writing is currently on display in The Photographers' Gallery 📷🩷 AN ARMY OF LOVERS CANNOT FAIL is a liberating, photographic reunion of queer ancestors.

New on the podcast 🎧: Juliet Mitchell talks to Frances Morris about her seminal PSYCHOANALYSIS AND FEMINISM (in a new edition by @versobooks.bsky.social) Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

Sara Baume and Emily LaBarge will be at the shop Wednesday 1 July to discuss OPENING NIGHT, Sara Baume's memoir about the power of art. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sara-baume...

NEW PODCAST 🎧 Marie-Laure Bernadac & her translator Lauren Elkin on the life and work of Louise Bourgeois. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

NEW PODCAST 🎧 Jeannette Winterson on her latest book, an exploration of storytelling via the legend of Shahrazad. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

Our bestsellers this week! Find out more here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/ou... We are open today from 10am to 6.30pm. The bookshop is nice and cool, perfect day for a bit of browsing!

will smith and dj jazzy jeff were in the shop! they were after a copy of the current lrb. i rang it up on the till. "sorry sorry - could i also get a copy of 'sweet days of discipline', if you've got one?" we did! I ran to get it. "i'm getting jaeggy with it", Smith explained

Siri Hustvedt kindly stopped by today to sign some copies of GHOST STORIES, the tender memoir of the forty-three years Siri Hustvedt spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster. Signed copies available here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/ghost-...

Our Book of the Week is VOCAL BREAK by Lauren Elkin, a dazzlingly original reassessment of the power and plurality of women's singing voices. We have plenty of signed copies available in the shop and on our website: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/vocal-...

absolutely fuming about this. the walkers max "punchy paprika" packet assures purchasers that the crisp on the front is not actual size when in fact it is almost exactly actual size

Colin Grant and Michael Rosen will be at the shop on Tuesday 23 June to discuss WHAT WE LEAVE WE CARRY, which explores questions about assimilation, identity, belonging and the emotional cost of migration in twenty-first-century Britain. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colin-gran...

overjoyed to discover that eric newby was fond of a wanda

ye gods there are some extremely good bands on this list en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-T...

"your hand can't hit what your eyes can't see", claimed muhammad ali, but this is not the case. i just knocked a load of books off the counter while gesticulating to demonstrate where our natural history section was and i definitely did not have them in view at the time

New on the podcast 🎧: Michèle Roberts talks to Alice Blackhurst about her Bookshop bestsellers, FRENCH COOKING FOR ONE and FRENCH COOKING FOR TWO. (Both published by @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social) Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...