@mathewlyons.bsky.social
Writer, historian. FRHistS. Recent work: History Today, The Spectator, Slightly Foxed, New Humanist, Engelsberg Ideas.
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialI heard Ollie talking about the book last night as it happens. It’s such a brilliant topic. Hard to believe no-one has covered it before!
@ollie-randall.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialThrilled to be featured in The Writer's Bookshelf - on publication day, no less!
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialThis morning's guest on the Writer's Bookshelf is the wonderful @ollie-randall.bsky.social, whose latest book, Lord's and Maharajas: Cricket, Empire and India's First Test Tour, is published by @fairfieldbooks.bsky.social this week. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
@bcdreyer.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialNo one who's ever read this book on my recommendation hasn't been blown away by it. (Or they're afraid to tell me.)
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialTonight’s viewing. There is a connection.
@lordbonkers.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialLiberal England... "A chap on his own gets a bit cracked sometimes": Michael Powell on Mr Colpeper and A Canterbury Tale
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialAnd then an essay exploring Louis MacNeice's Autumn Journal, one of the great long poems of the twentieth century. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/louis-macn...
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialSome weekend reading from me. First up, the latest edition of the Writer's Bookshelf with the incomparable Andrew Graham-Dixon.
mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialIt’s not a *great* film but we enjoyed watching it.
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialI didn’t know that!
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialYes!
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialYes!
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialGosh. What a story!
@wired.comReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialMore than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
@andrewmale.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialBack on Twitter, when autumn proper arrived I would always post the video someone made for Sandy Denny's No End (Demo) by holding a camera phone up against the train window. By popular request (well, from @robinallender.bsky.social) I'll start doing that here.
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialNow watching…
@savetoreuse.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.social🚨Breaking: SAVE has written to
@citywestminster.bsky.social urging it to reject massive redevelopment plans in the Leicester Square Conservation Area that would demolish eight historic buildings and replace them with a giant LED screen bit.ly/4y7XfQb
@emmadarwinwriter.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialLovely news. @persephonebooks is opening a London shop in the building that was Pollock’s Toy Museum. I had a Saturday job there in the toyshop–Marguerite Fawdry, toy history guru, cooked lunch in the basement and Barry the toy theatre expert did wonderful shows upstairs. Persephone the perfect fit!
@adamchapman.bsky.socialReposted by @mathewlyons.bsky.socialAvailable now: new draft text on some of the (very many), medieval religious foundations, including the chapel of Exeter castle; Benedictine foundations including the nuns of Polsloe; a host of hospitals, almshouses and minster churches and much, much more.
@mathewlyons.bsky.socialMaybe I'm just in a bad mood, but this has to be one of the lamest spam emails I've ever received.
