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i'd heard many times about generation z switching from vapes to pipes but hadn't paid it much mind - until today, when i overheard a group of youngsters cackling over the fact that anyone would be so passe as to pick up a "lost mary", and debating the relative merits of blue ridge and condor tobacco

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It's a great pleasure to welcome back T.J. Clark this evening to discuss his new book THOSE PASSIONS with Caroline Arscott We'll have signed copies after the event; order yours here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/those-... @thamesandhudson.bsky.social

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trying to remember the name of a song. can anyone help? if i remember correctly, the song's named after a boat, on which the singer and his grandfather have come, and around nassau town they did roam. after drinking all night, they get into a fight, and lament their situation

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basement jaxx was not a fan of lazy bricklayers. "where's your hod at", he would bellow

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"as kingfishers catch fire" i'm going to stop you there gerard manley hopkins. kingfishers catch fish. clue's in the name

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open to correction, but pretty sure that julian barnes is the only UK author with his own literary festival

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can anyone think of any west coast hip-hop featuring 19th-century germ theory pioneer john snow? the only song which comes to mind at the moment is cypress hill's "hand on the pump"

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Our Book of the Week is the Penguin Book of Pirates, edited by Katherine Howe - a fantastic compilation of primary sources from the golden age of high-seas banditry. Order your copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-pe...

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Surprise your lover with a dressed Cromer crab delivered to their workplace -- by drone! The Dressed Cromer Crab Drone Company are shipping today, with a Valentine twist. London postcode area only. Use the code LRBSAINTVAL to claim your free delivery.

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the king sat in dunfirmline town, drinking the blood-red wine, saying "where can I get a good sailor to sail this ship of mine?" the courtiers crowded round with suggestions, but the king did not think much of any of them.

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‘What gets me off is male hierarchy and my place near the bottom of it.’ On the blog today, read an extract from Jackie Ess’s debut novel DARRYL: lrb.me/0m3

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Emily Callaci discussing WAGES FOR HOUSEWORK with Helen Charman here this evening You can order a signed copy here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/wages-...

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signed copies of Measures of Weather now available at @lrbbookshop.bsky.social

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New podcast alert!! Vigdis Hjorth & Lauren Oyler discuss If Only lrb.me/8m3

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no idea how much money goes to alan ahlberg when we sell one of his books, but 25p seems reasonable - if so, we have sold enough ahlberg's today that he can upgrade from the regular sainsburys grana padano to the "taste the difference" grana padano riserva. and i hope he does so, he deserves it

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astonished to discover that all the interior scenes for the film bridget jones: mad about the boy (dir. michael morris, 2025), were filmed in the putney bridge branch of waterstones

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celebrity bear hunt could be drastically improved by sticking closer to its source material. michael rosen leads a trio of celebrities across a treacherous landscape full of things they can't go over, can't go under, but have to go through

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Our current bestsellers 🌍⁣ lrb.me/6jh

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Our friend Mahmoud Muna has been arrested, he runs bookshops, wonderful places of curiosity and knowledge. With love and solidarity to the Muna family x www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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We are alarmed and shocked by the arrest and detainment of our author and colleague Mahmoud Muna, along with his nephew Ahmad Muna, owners and booksellers of Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop. Please share our statement below widely.

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It's 14.42 and nobody has brought us a hazelnut, so today's "challenge of the day" ends with NO WINNER - apologies to the three teams we know are in progress, please come in with your hazelnuts all the same. and watch out next week for the next......... "challenge of the day"

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it's time for.......... "challenge of the day". the time is now 13.36. you have one hour and five minutes (1hr 5 mins), e.g. until 14.41, to get a single hazelnut to whichever bookseller is at the till. winner will receive a blue "stabilo boss" highlighter, and a place on the "Wall of Fame"

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Weekend listening: @sineadgleeson.bsky.social & Douglas Stuart talk about Hagstone lrb.me/yp3

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Our Book of the Week is Pankaj Mishra's The World After Gaza: order signed copies here www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-wo...

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christ was crucified between two thieves. that is why, to this day, a bishop doesn't go anywhere without a crook

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A packed house at the shop this evening to hear Pankaj Mishra discussing THE WORLD AFTER GAZA with Gareth Evans We'll have signed copies of the book; order yours here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-wo...

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this bangs

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imagine being a driver on the tube, heading to work looking forward to a lively day on the rails, and you look on the board to see what you're down for and it's the Waterloo and City line. ye gods it would be cross-making

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New podcast alert!! Helen Charman and Lola Olufemi talk about Mother State lrb.me/4p3

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honoured to announce we will be providing an onstage bookstall at the black sabbath final show (featuring the original lineup of geezer butler, tony iommi, ozzy osbourne and bob ward) on saturday 5th july at villa park, birmingham

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