Congratulations & best of luck to @willdalrymple.bsky.social. fingers and toes crossed. I have the hardcover and the Audible (with Dalrymple as narrator, who could resist?). fivebooks.com/best-books/2...

Hey, why is all access to the live stream only international @cnn.com ? I want the CNN US stream, not two international streaming channels.

A brilliant new series, and now with video! Huzzah!

@charliesavage.bsky.social Just read your excellent piece on the legal issues involved with Venezuela. I wonder what the experts think about the Charter of the Organization of American States. Particularly articles 19, 20, 21.

@cnn.com All-Access Streaming is not all-access if you need a TV provider. I want my money back!

Join the Club to listen to this bonus episode as William and Anita are joined by Murray Pittock, author of Scotland: The Global History, to discuss the life of the novelist, politician and historian, John Buchan. . Sign up directly at empirepoduk.com

Students Find Hope at This Makeshift School in Gaza www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

You all really need to subscribe to @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @anitaanand.bsky.social & @willdalrymple.bsky.social. The John Buchan bonus episode with Murray Pittock was great craic, as he & william went full clanjamfrie. Brilliant stuff. Buchan in the shopping cart.

I finished this miniseries and this morning, one of the perks of being a club member is you get to binge, and it's a typically brilliant mini. The final episode with Anna Funder is a revelation, and not always a pleasant one. Orwell in all his complexity.

And so it is: ethnic cleansing is now officially US foreign policy in Gaza. www.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p... @willdalrymple.bsky.social

Seriously? apnews.com/article/air-...

Donald Trump Just Cut All Foreign Aid to Ukraine and Most of the World newrepublic.com/post/190690/... via @newrepublic.com

Looks as if the second Trump presidency will begin the way the first Trump presidency ended: incompetent acrimonious chaos.

It's the brazen stupidity & ignorance that astounds me.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. @dseuss.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is the book to read, folks.

With all the guns in this country, I'm surprised this doesn't happen more frequently. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/n...

This Maverick Thinker Is the Karl Marx of Our Time www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...

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Absolutely wonderful miniseries from @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social on Babur. The @empirepoduk.bsky.social is unrivaled.

This and @willdalrymple.bsky.social's The Golden Road are my must-buy books of 2025. Very excited to get both.

So this is bluesky...not all the folk I followed & who graciously followed me back are here, but @willdalrymple.bsky.social @aestallings.bsky.social & @joriegraham.bsky.social are, so that's good enough for me -- though Simon Sebag Montefiore's absence stings.

Julia Baird Victoria the Queen, a brilliant read, quite the revelation, especially Albert. "Albert was a man surrounded by luxury and comfort, but he denied himself rest and allowed workaholism to undermine his health. Had he not, the century might have been better known as the Albertine age."

A fascinating if at times harrowing series on Pirates from @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social at @empirepoduk.bsky.social.

Inspired by his relationship with the Llewelyn Davies family, Barrie crafted Peter Pan as a tribute to these young boys who captured his heart. Yet, their lives would be marked by profound loss, shadowing the whimsy of the Lost Boys with tragedy.  2/4

Join @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social as they dive into the origins of Barrie’s Peter Pan and the history behind Neverland’s fictional pirates. 3/4