Toby Mundy

Very excited about the launch of this. We have some brilliant guests in future episodes #BGPodcast Plus of course the peerless @raziaiqbal

.@tiffanyjenkins’s new book is so tremendous, I strongly recommend that you grab it! She charts the cultural evolution of privacy. Besides explaining the great intellectuals, she also shows how ordinary people’s lives & ideas have changed. Bravo! Bravo!!

Wonderful review of STRANGERS AND INTIMATES, ⁦@tiffanyjenkins⁩ “magisterial” history of private life by Cordelia Fine in ⁦@TheTLS⁩ ⁦@picadorbooks⁩ ⁦@AevitasUK⁩

Beautifully argued, desperately needed.' Malcolm Gladwell In How to Disagree, bestselling author @mrianleslie reveals how we can reap the benefits of diverse viewpoints in an era that feels more divided than ever. Out now in a new paperback edition🐕🐈 faber.co.uk/product/978057…

The town of Weimar gave name to an interwar tragedy. What happened there between the two world wars has occupied my mind for the last three years. The result is a book called WEIMAR, which will be out in Spring 2026. I have just submitted my manuscript! 📚📚📚

Author @PatrickMcGee_ puts Apple’s $55 billion yearly investment in China into perspective

JOHN AND PAUL by @mrianleslie returns for an encore on the @NYTbooks Bestseller List! 🎶 Thank you to every reader, bookseller, and Beatles fan who continue to love this book!

This is packed with fascinating insights about who Keir Starmer is - well worth a read

Truly penetrating & beautifully crafted profile of our Prime Minister by @TomMcTague in the new @NewStatesman

Incredible profile/interview of Sir Keir, by my former colleague (now New Statesman editor) @TomMcTague newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…

“Apple in China is a masterpiece,” says @benthompson of @stratechery (best analyst in the biz) “It’s one of the best books about Apple ever written, one of the best books about China ever written, and absolutely belongs in the canon of essential books about the tech industry.”

Surreal, best experience of my career.

Full interview with @PatrickMcGee_: youtu.be/NAj9zB4vaZc

TONIGHT: Author of "Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company," @PatrickMcGee_ , joins Jon Stewart

“Apple inadvertently became the largest supporter of ‘Made in China 2025,’” says @PatrickMcGee_: cnb.cx/44J5K9x

This is a splendid edition of @BBCRadio4 #bbcstw. @tds153 introduces 2 of my favourite, most original thinkers, in @tiffanyjenkins & Geoff Dyer, & strengthens my connection with a third, in @Lanre_Bakare. Where the personal intersects the historical bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The brilliant Tiffany Jenkins has an extremely timely & important new book out - Strangers & Intimates While the Private sphere is being encroached upon with Surveillance & interference ever more are we able to be truly Public or Private these days…? google.com/search?q=stran…

Big extract in today’s Sunday Times mag from the phenomenal APPLE IN CHINA by @PatrickMcGee_ , described as “‘a once-in-a-generation read’ by Robert Kaplan. Publishing May 13th; available for pre-order. (@simonschusterUK @AevitasUK)

I reviewed @mrianleslie's excellent new book on Lennon and McCartney. In terms of analysis, this is among the very best on the Beatles.

Much looking forward to this coming out. Going to be a fabulous read and couldn't be more timely. 🍎🇨🇳👊🔥

Six days until APPLE IN CHINA hits the shelves :) I pitched this book 2+ years ago. Spent months terrified I couldn’t pull it together. Countless hours finding people to speak with. I interviewed, sometimes interrogated and argued with, 200+ people. I had short moments of…