Oh my goodness I’m reading this delight on the train & it is impossible not to laugh out loud! An utter joy 🧡much needed food for the soul. I love you Nina 🧡#OneDayIShallAstonishtheWorld
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Reasons to be cheerful by Nina Stibbe, one of the original and delightful writers at work today.
Enjoy reading The winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
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Resisted idea of a kids book on empire - I didn't want to sanitise the history. But think I've found way of doing it. Stolen History: the Truth About British Empire, with illustrations by Jen Khatun, is out next year. Preorders: https://bit.ly/3cjfO04#StolenHistory#EmpireLand
’s latest? And how is is possible to evoke so much wonder and tenderness in such crisply funny sentences? Her least autobiographical and best novel yet.
, I am not offering enough aid to gender-critical women who feel threatened for their beliefs. I can't believe I have to say this again, but here goes.
Raymond Briggs has died. Earlier this year we made this show to salute his courage, his humour and his genius. Please listen, you will laugh and cry. #RIP
A new Brexit delivery unit.
Reviewing every EU law on our statute book.
Starting in my first 100 days.
Let’s keep Brexit safe#Ready4Rishihttp://Ready4Rishi.com
At the battle of Bosworth in 1485 Richard III sent urgent messages to Lord Stanley whose troops were lurking nearby. Stanley waited to see who would win, & intervened decisively when Henry Tudor looked a sure bet.
He was rewarded, becoming the Earl of Derby & Lord High Constable
This time ten years ago I was heading back to the Olympic stadium reading a letter in the Metro saying that the Olympic Opening Ceremony was going to make us a laughing stock. "Glad it's happening in London, signed Paul, Leeds."
's gloriously funny One Day I Shall Astonish the World, all about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime...
Read all about it here: https://bit.ly/3zknYhs
'All hail a book that's funny!' Barbara Trapido
From the author of One Day I Shall Astonish The World, discover a brilliantly sharp novel about one family's fall from grace.
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Here I am with my @BestsellerAwrds silver award for having sold 250,000 copies of An Offer You Can’t Refuse - this is my lavishly fake-tanned proud writer face! Thank you so much, @NielsenBook and all the booksellers, bloggers and reviewers who helped this book on its way!
It’s #InternationalParamedicsDay! 13 years ago, I saw an advert in the newspaper for a Student Paramedic after being made redundant from my legal assistant job & thought I’d give it a go. Now a Team Leader & still #ProudToBeAParamedic🚑#IPD2022