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King's Cross, London
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btw everyone i will be speaking to Emile Chabal about this book at @HousmansBooks on October 13th! Really looking forward to it, tickets available here: housmans.com/event/book-laun…
Eric Hobsbawm was a master of what he self-deprecatingly called haute vulgarisation, Oxbridge-inflected confident generalization based on selectively chosen data.
He combined this elite education with popular appeal in a way few had done before. jacobin.com/2026/10/hobsbawm…
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V excited for this exciting panel coming up at Housmans in Nov, feat: @AmeliaHorgan @JacobinBen @Oliver_Eagleton
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The Hobsbawm roadshow continues in October in St Andrews, London and Edinburgh! Links below.
* 1 October, 19:30, @ToppingsStAs
* 12 October, 17:30, @ihr_history
* 13 October, 19:00, @HousmansBooks
* 30 October at 19:00, @ToppingsEdin
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This event is now sold-out but will be doing lots more in London including Dominion Centre in Southall, @HousmansBooks, @_TheWhitechapel, @FourCornersE2 and with my friends at @_VashtiMedia!
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thanks to everyone who SOLD OUT the event in @Foyles later this month with @ZackPolanski and @AvaSantina
there’s still some tickets for the event in @HousmansBooks on 23rd Sept with the amazing @m00dyjonas - but not many! get them quick!
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Next Tuesday: @CeciliaRikap launches The Rulers: Corporate Power in the Age of AI and the Cloud — in conversation with The Guardian's Aisha Down.
How Amazon, Microsoft and Google came to plan the economy from the cloud.
📍 @HousmansBooks
🗓️ 15 Sept, 7pm
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BOOK TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
British South Asians have a long tradition of radical political activism. In his debut book, @Taj_Ali1 tells the inspirational story of how the community organised against racism in the past and how it continues to fight in the present.
Tickets on sale for select dates, keep an eye on our Events page for updates (link in bio).
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In this normative interpretation of Marx, Lazarus integrates recent moral philosophy with a historically specific analysis of capitalism as a social form of life.
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📍Housmans, London
🗓️ 15 June 2026, 7-8pm
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We are delighted to be hosting the official launch for 'Kill Billionaire' (The Riotous Revenge Caper You’ve Been Waiting for) by Anders Lustgarten, published by @ChattoBooks !
TICKETS: housmans.com/event/book-laun…
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Join us for the launch of 'Privatising humanity' by @kmbayliss at @HousmansBooks on 10th June, powerful exposé of how finance turns our basic human needs into assets.
Kate will be in conversation with Adrienne Buller, author of The Value of a Whale. Tickets here: housmans.com/event/book-laun…
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Publishing today!
Water 💧
Energy ⚡️
Housing 🏠
Virtually every aspect of our lives are now targeted by someone seeking to make a profit, our basic needs turned into assets. Kate Bayliss exposes the harmful consequences of this model in her new book, 'Privatising humanity'.
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The Plot is on Fire | @commonecologies w/ @maxhaiven | London | May 27 | @HousmansBooks
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Our event tomorrow night with D.K. Renton and @BarnabyRaine has now SOLD OUT. To be added to a waiting list please email shop@housmans.com
@haymarketbooks
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We’re delighted to highlight an upcoming event featuring Christine Donovan, who will be discussing her new novel Deriveville at Housmans Bookshop on 22nd April 7.00pm - 8.30pm
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Join us at @HousmansBooks to hear musician and researcher Lambros Fatsis discuss the criminalizing of black culture, music and youth, with fellow author Adèle Oliver.
15th April @ 6:30 pm
Tickets and information here:
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Radical Justice | Nani Janson Reventlow | Bristol | May 5 | bookhaus
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