Blake Brooks

@IfBooksPod this feels so right for the pod! instagram.com/reel/DMpOVDthh…

Oh and before I forget, it is true, Anna Travis is back - Lx

A lazy Sunday reminder you can, and I hope will, follow me at Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/blakeb… and on Insta at instagram.com/blake.books?ig… and that I will be leaving this site soon.

In light of … ~ gestures at the world ~ i’ve pretty much departed X and moved to Bluesky. You can find me there at bsky.app/profile/blakeb…

This week’s cover PERSON OF THE YEAR 2025 Gisèle Pelicot

The real person of the year.

Only in a year where #GiselePélicot holds 50 men who raped her to account does a rapist President get named Person of the Year (for the second time). The message is clear: misogyny rewards power, while survivors like Gisele fight to ensure #ShameMustChangeSides.

I have a friend looking for a children’s book for her young daughters about multi-heritage families with a South Asian parent and a white parent. It would be so great if anyone can recommend anything?

“Definitely worth buying, and buying for others, in the lead up to Christmas” What a great review! Don’t just take our word for it – Getting Away with Murder is the perfect Christmas gift. Get your copy now at: loom.ly/2D-9E5Y Posted by Bonnier Books UK

Lynda always knew who her Jack Warr would be: Star of #Rivals, Alex Hassell. And he even narrates the audiobook! Now you know her dream casting, who else would you cast in the Jack Warr series? Let us know in the comments. -BBUK

So much misinformation around today on who will be affected by changes to inheritance tax - and lobbyists pretending the data isn't clear to obfuscate. We have detailed data on estates so the truth is in fact very clear if you care to look 🧵

This is the truth about Labour's Budget and farmers.

A reminder that I am now on Bluesky and as I like it so very much I may migrate there more permanently. If you’d like to join me, here I am: bsky.app/profile/blakeb…

Great to see so many publishing people on BSky. First time an alternative to X has really seemed viable. Hope more join soon 🙂

Now also on BSky please find me there @blakebrooks.bsky.social

Amazing evening with @heyjasperai meeting talented marketeers and discussing the opportunities and challenges working with AI brings. Incredibly stimulating evening. As a lifelong Londoner I also really enjoyed the novelty of being on the top floor of The Gherkin - what a treat!

I’ve started the inevitable migration to Threads where i’ll be intermittently posting as @blake_brooks. If you’re on there, and do not wish to be square, come find me.

BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 Our Book of the Year changes how we think about music memoirs...it tells us what it is to be creative and sustain this over a long period, and of a particular indefatigable individual who will go further than anyone else... Discover our favourite books of 2024! blog.roughtrade.com/gb/uk-books-of…

Elon Musk is one of the most powerful men in the world. But for someone so public, there’s one part of his life that’s less well known. Elon’s Spies, our latest podcast series, looks into the billionaire’s use of private investigators. Listen now: lnk.to/ElonsSpies