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2026-05-30: Anti-wealth-inequality campaigner Gary Stevenson shows us how he became so rich - and what it cost him - in 'The Trading Game'

2026-05-23: 'More Money Than God' provides a comprehensive history of the hedge fund

2026-05-23: 📚 Finished reading Dracula by Bram Stoker. After watching Dracula: A Love Tale I realised I …

2026-05-05: 📚 Finished reading Witch Trial by Harriet Tyce. You may recognise the name of the author as having …

2026-04-26: Tim Marshall's 'Prisoners of Geography' may help you understand the world at least a little better

2026-03-27: Well this from O. Westin’s Micro SF/F Mastodon account is the most affecting 323-character …

2026-03-22: The 'OSINT Techniques' book is surely the bible for all things Open Source Intelligence

2026-03-22: 📚 Finished reading Cult of the Dead Cow How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the …

2026-03-19: 📚 Finished reading The Cut Throat Trial by S J Fleet. 3 boys are on trial for committing the brutal …

2026-03-08: 📚 Finished listening to V for Vendetta by Steve Moore. This V for Vendetta is the novelisation of …

2026-03-04: A GUI for the Substack archiving process

2026-02-26: 📚 Finished reading Julia by Sandra Newman. This is a retelling of George Orwell’s extremely …

2026-02-25: The inventor of the world wide web implores us to remember that 'This Is For Everyone'

2026-02-16: How to archive even paid Substacks - converting them into an eBook

2026-02-14: John Higgs presents the illustrious history of Doctor Who in his book 'Exterminate/Regenerate'

2026-02-03: In 'Artificial Wisdom', Humanity must choose between a deeply flawed politician and an AI to save the planet

2026-01-24: Harry Shukman goes undercover to discover what is really going on behidn the scenes of the British far right movement in his 'Year of the Rat'

2026-01-23: In Nexus, Harari explains the criticality of information networks - and why the rise of AI might endanger them, and hence humanity

2026-01-11: It looks like some clever coders have figured out how to remove DRM from newer Kindle books now. …

2026-01-11: Poverty Safari provides insights into the lived experience of poverty and what should be done to alleviate this social ill

2026-01-01: Books I read in 2025

2025-12-23: Professor Langdon returns in Dan Brown's gripping 'The Secret of Secrets' book

2025-11-23: 📚 Finished reading Deadline by Steph McGovern. Deadline or Dead line? Either would make sense. …

2025-11-08: Ash Sarkar busts the myths of 'minority rule', imploring us to work together against those who truly harm us

2025-11-05: Sarah Wynn-Williams' book 'Careless People' exposes the ethical horrors of how Facebook is run