Dominic Sandbrook

Thanks for all the lovely comments about the first three episodes of @bookclubpodhq. Here's what's coming up next! 10 March HAMNET 17 March 1984 24 March THE SECRET HISTORY 31 March FRANKENSTEIN 7 April NORTHERN LIGHTS 14 April NORMAL PEOPLE 21 April EAST OF EDEN

@FionaSturges This is a truly excellent column.

Friends/pod peeps. The FT canned my pod column last Nov after 10 years (a good innings for any column, tbh) but happily BBC Culture has decided now is a good time to start running pod reviews. So here they are & here I am. Pls share to get the word out! bbc.co.uk/culture/articl…

On @TheRestHistory, our epic EIGHTEENTH CENTURY JOHNSON series reaches its thrilling climax. THE SHADOW OF THE MADHOUSE As Johnson's mental health demons gather for the final showdown, he must face his most terrifying adversary yet - a WELSH WOMAN. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 linktr.ee/restishistory

Thank you so much @FionaSturges for the lovely review of The Book Club! bbc.co.uk/culture/articl…

Tabby and Dominic reveal the one author they’d most want to join them on The Book Club… 👀📚 What's your answer? 🧐

Today on @TheRestHistory, Boswell's rivals for DR JOHNSON's heart: - Hester Thrale, who provided a home away from home for Johnson - but did she provide something more? - Francis Barber: the son Johnson never had - Hodge: a cat linktr.ee/restishistory

Stop scrolling - because this is the best story you’ll hear today. #hilarymantel #shockingstory #likenothingyouveeverheardbefore

@christian_gale @bookclubpodhq @14 But is she not very explicitly talking about NOVELS there?

@dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Your response made my week, -thank you Dominic. (even if it is only to point out my error) To be specific @14:54, RTWPier between Aspidistra & Coming Up For Air.

Today's @bookclubpodhq episode is a cracker - an extended deep dive into George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR. We explore Orwell's life and death; Spain, Stalin and the Cold War; Winston Smith's Oceania; Big Brother; the rise of surveillance culture. 🎧 linktr.ee/thebookclub

@christian_gale @bookclubpodhq Thanks - but we did mention it.

@dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Mentioned most of his other works, but ‘Road to Wigan Pier’ didn't get a mention. Perhaps it’s significance lost on posh southerners. Otherwise a wonderful listen. 😎😎

@youngsm1th @bookclubpodhq You still alive?

@bookclubpodhq @dcsandbrook So good. Chris Floyd is a bloody genius

Get ahead while you can 👀📚

Big Brother is watching… but what did you think? 👁️📕 Is 1984 by George Orwell still hitting as hard today, or does it feel too bleak? Share your thoughts in the replies👇 The latest episode is out now, listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧📺

@francessmith @bookclubpodhq 24 March THE SECRET HISTORY 31 March FRANKENSTEIN 7 April NORTHERN LIGHTS 14 April NORMAL PEOPLE 21 April EAST OF EDEN 28 April THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES 4 May A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES probably

@dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Can we have another list update now, please. 😊

Thanks for all the lovely comments about the first three episodes of @bookclubpodhq. Here's what's coming up next! 10 March HAMNET 17 March 1984 24 March THE SECRET HISTORY 31 March FRANKENSTEIN 7 April NORTHERN LIGHTS 14 April NORMAL PEOPLE 21 April EAST OF EDEN

@TonyBang554307 @bookclubpodhq Yeah, an insane verbal slip from me - just checking you were awake!

@bookclubpodhq @dcsandbrook Did Dominic state in the episode that when in Spain “Orwell was shot in the neck and killed…….he took a lot from this experience” or did I not hear it properly?

🚨NEW EPISODE OUT NOW🚨 What was George Orwell trying to warn us about in 1984? Dominic and Tabby examine the origins of Big Brother, the political ideas behind the novel, and why Orwell’s dystopia continues to shape how we think about power, surveillance, and government today.

@BurnsideWasTosh @bookclubpodhq He did his best work posthumously. Actually an insane verbal slip which nobody picked up on in the edit - thank you!

@dcsandbrook @bookclubpodhq Disappointed to hear he was shot and killed in 1936.

@needhamchicago @GoalhangerHQ @southbankcentre We’re doing two Rest is History shows at the same event.

@dcsandbrook @GoalhangerHQ @southbankcentre Have @dcsandbrook broken up with Tom Holland?

Book Club listeners! Tabby & I are doing our first live event on Saturday 5 September, as part of @GoalhangerHQ's weekend festival at the @southbankcentre. We would love to see loads of people (or indeed any people) for a FUN LITERARY EVENING. TICKETS 👇 southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/the-b…