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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 4d

🌟“Traditions liberates us from fashion and its transitory tyrants.” Quentin Letts

💥Out today👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/pomp-a...

Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 4d

From the majesty of the coronation to the joy of a village fête, Britain’s rituals tell a timeless story.

📚In Pomp & Circumstance, @pennymordaunt.bsky.social and Chris Lewis celebrate the values that have carried Britain through centuries of change.

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · 7d

Lots of Thatcher stuff coming today, to mark her 100th birthday. Here's one of mine.

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 7d

💙Celebrate 100 years since Margaret Thatcher’s birth with a special 2-for-1 offer! 🛍️Two books for £20 👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/margaretthatcher

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 11d

💖 “This book comes from a place of both love and knowledge.” Alan Smith

⚽ What went wrong for Arsenal in its 2024/25 season? Plenty. But Alex Fynn and Kevin Whitcher want us to look at what went right, too.

💥Out 21 October

Preorder now👉 amzn.eu/d/25iTr1b

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Peter Just @expremiers.bsky.social · 15d

📘 Published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social in July, 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street' has had endorsements from Andrew Roberts, Iain Dale, Matthew Parris, and Anthony Seldon.

💥 Right now, it's on special offer:
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“This very well-researched, well-written and fascinating book explodes a large number of myths about the post-Downing Street life of Britain’s greatest peacetime premier of the twentieth century. A joy to read.” Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny, on 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'.

“This fascinating and entertaining study of Margaret Thatcher’s life after Downing Street shines a revelatory spotlight on the character, conduct and consequence of Lady Thatcher as a former Prime Minister and illustrates why she remained and remains an unrivalled political force.” Iain Dale, broadcaster and author of Margaret Thatcher on 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'

“There were always two Thatchers: Margaret, and the idea of Margaret. She herself was apt to confuse them. With great thoughtfulness and much research, Peter Just pursues both through the years that – as he shows – were not the twilight we had supposed.” Matthew Parris, The Times on 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'

“Margaret Thatcher spent twice as long as a post-premier as she did in Downing Street. No one since Churchill has commanded so much presence on the world stage after they retired or been such a presence in British politics. This lively and stimulating book is long overdue.” Anthony Seldon, author of The Impossible Office? The History Of The British Prime Minister on 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · 14d

"Whale interviewed a large number of whips and ex-whips, enabling him to write an accurate and sympathetic account"

📚 Lord George Young reviews @sebwhale.bsky.social 'The Usual Channels: Inside the Mysterious World of Political Whips' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'A serious piece of work': Lord Young reviews 'The Usual Channels'

Sebastian Whale has produced a well researched and accurate account of how the whips’ office works

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Toby S. James @tobysjames.bsky.social · 14d

📣 Out now!

Second editions of the British Labour Leaders and British Conservative Leaders books

Edited alongside Charles Clarke, @timbale.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond for @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 20d

📚Get your copies of British Conservative Leaders and British Labour Leaders now 👉

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 20d

💥Out today: the essential guides to understanding British political history and governance

🗣️Featuring detailed personal biographies by Matthew d’Ancona, Tim Bale, Anthony Seldon, John Rentoul and many more, plus interviews with party leaders such as Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · Aug 30

Was pleased when I got this gag into the House magazine in the first place. Even more pleased to see it reappear in The Times...

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Philip Cowley @philipjcowley.bsky.social · Aug 27

"It's almost good enough to make you wish for a stomach bug".

Very grateful for this piece on the book, by @stephenkb.bsky.social, in his FT round up of new politics books.

Link here: on.ft.com/3Jy31XP

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 26d

@sebwhale.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the whips’ office in his latest book, The Usual Channels.

💥Out tomorrow 👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-us...

Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · 26d

🌟“A magnificent achievement. Whale has delivered the authoritative book on the most mysterious pillar of Westminster’s power structure – the whips’ office. Packed with insight and colourful anecdotes from inside the Houses of Parliament, this is a political junkie’s dream.” Jack Blanchard

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Seb Whale @sebwhale.bsky.social · 27d

Few better feelings!

A special moment shared with Jeremy Hughes, a close friend and illustrator extraordinaire, who designed the cover.

The Usual Channels is out on Thursday! tinyurl.com/yc2hdkar

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · Sep 18

Cats! Cats and politics! Cats meeting presidents and delaying press conferences and attending Cobra meetings - all while utterly failing to catch mice!

Also dogs! Dogs used in diplomacy and counter-espionage!

And alligators! And even a duck-billed platypus!

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How much is that doggy worth to No 10?

A new non-fiction book reveals the fascinating forays into how pets shape politics

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · Sep 10

"I challenge any parliamentarian – however nerdish – not to discover new facts which help explain why our democracy operates as it does and how it is changing"

📚 Lord Dick Newby reviews @philipjcowley.bsky.social 'The Smallest Room in the House' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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'Not just for nerds': Lord Newby reviews 'The Smallest Room in the House'

Suffused with wit, forensic detail and shrewd political judgement, Philip Cowley has produced a valuable book

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 9

🛒Get your copy today 👉 www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-sm...

The Smallest Room in the House

Based on Philip Cowley’s entertaining columns in The House magazine, this collection of political oddities and fascinating research, discussing the politics of fights, cockroaches, riots, pothol...

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · Sep 9

💥Out today🎉

📚The Smallest Room in the House: 50 political oddities to read in more than one sitting by @philipjcowley.bsky.social

🌟*BEST NEW POLITICS BOOKS*🌟
“A compendium of musings on political facts and trivia.” Financial Times

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · Aug 19

Love words? Love weirdness? Then you’ll love The Little Book of Second Mentions.

Born from the iconic @secondmentions.bsky.social account, this collection celebrates the glorious, witty and inventive ways journalists avoid repeating words.

“A very funny book” @mattchorley.bsky.social

Out today!

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Spencer Vignes @spencervignes.bsky.social · Aug 12

Nice double page spread in today's Daily Express on George Robledo, the first overseas star of English football, and my book about him called 'Postcards From Santiago', published by @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

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Peter Just @expremiers.bsky.social · Jul 16

🥳 Great to have launched @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social's 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'. Especially great to have had speeches from two of my former bosses - @lordnortonlouth.bsky.social & Iain Dale - who did so much to make the book happen and to whom I'm very grateful.

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Three men - Lord Norto of Louth holding a copy of 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street', Iain Dale, and Peter Just.

Two men - Lord Norton of Louth and Peter Just.

A man (Peter Just) in front of a pile of 'Margaret Thatcher: Life After Downing Street'.

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Sally Dawson @sallydawson.bsky.social · Jul 15

Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement its public service reforms

📚 Lord Francis Maude reviews @mlclem.bsky.social's 'The Art of Delivery' | @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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Lord Maude reviews 'The Art of Delivery'

Michelle Clement has produced a brilliant account of the creation of the No 10 Delivery Unit and the travails of the Blair government to implement ...

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Biteback Publishing @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social · Jul 10

What makes the war in Ukraine unique?

Bob Seely reveals how Russia fights with drones, lies and fear.

His indispensable new book explains it all.

Out today 👉 amzn.to/46wg71a

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Dr Michelle Clement @mlclem.bsky.social · Jul 7

📣 Catch up: Fantastic to see my book ‘The Art of Delivery’ reviewed in @financialtimes.com by @stephenkb.bsky.social

📰 on.ft.com/3G1PoPn

📕 Buy the book and let me know what you think 💭 amzn.eu/d/615RqYr

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