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38 HOURS LEFT TO BACK BLACK! An exciting autobiography from Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith- insights into a slice of that's rarely been explored. https://t.co/f9c9QzFgpH

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2021-09-15

47 HOURS LEFT TO BACK BLACK! An exciting autobiography from Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith- insights into a slice of that's rarely been explored. https://t.co/f9c9QzWROh

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2021-09-15

BLACK documents a slice of a young British black man's life in the vein of Steve McQueen’s recent Uprising and Small Axe. But it's also a celebration of words and pictures and their power to elevate us. https://t.co/f9c9QzWROh

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2021-08-20

We're at 50% for BLACK. Thank you for all your support so far- really, thanks!

If you can share this tweet or help us get there please do. It means a lot that folks care about this funny, uncompromising book https://t.co/f9c9QzFgpH

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2021-08-18

'The Anatomist Overtaken by The Watch'

Love the rattle that the watchman has in this picture
(and the knobbly knees)

📸 Wellcome Images

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2021-08-13

Born 2Jun1840 English novelist Thomas Hardy was a Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot and was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain.

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2021-06-02

May 10, 1940: Winston Churchill began his first term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV

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2021-05-10

Some excellent books for children being referenced, including many written by our panelists - all available from

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2021-04-29

Captain may have been the most famous pirate executed at but he was far from the only one. Hundreds of others, mostly forgotten, shared the same fate over the four centuries of Dock's existence. https://t.co/JmPMWTURd9

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2021-03-21