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Where to get CONFLICTED

In case you’d like to find out more about the book, I wrote a little piece about why I wrote it and what it’s all about here.

Mar 1, 2021

Mar 1, 2021

Books I read in 2020

For a slightly incomplete but annotated version of this, see my Twitter thread.

Dec 31, 2020

Dec 31, 2020

Books I think I read in 2019

An unreliable reading memoir

Jan 2, 2020

Jan 2, 2020

A Boxing Day Prayer

Fire me out of Christmas like a bullet from a gun

Dec 26, 2018

Dec 26, 2018

The books I think I read in 2018

I’m not very systematic about how or what I read, though I suppose this is a step towards that. Last year I left at least a couple of…

Dec 16, 2018

The books I think I read in 2018

Dec 16, 2018

Books of 2017. In Short.

Reading is hard when you’re encumbered by children and Twitter. I was quite proud of having got through 20+ books in 2017 until I…

Dec 17, 2017

Dec 17, 2017

A note on “Dunkirk”

Christopher Nolan’s epic is that rare thing, a blockbuster that doesn’t feature superheroes. I wanted to see it quite early in its run…

Jul 26, 2017

Jul 26, 2017

Unfight Club

Seven Ways to Make Twitter Safe for Politics

Jul 14, 2017

Unfight Club

Jul 14, 2017

Books I think I read in 2016

I’m not someone who keeps a catalogue of the books I read (though perhaps this is the start of one, in a half-arsed way). So I can’t say…

Dec 10, 2016

Books I think I read in 2016

Dec 10, 2016

So WTF Happened?

A reading/listening list for understanding November 8, 2016

Nov 20, 2016

So WTF Happened?

Nov 20, 2016

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Why We Need to Listen to Racists

How To Do Politics Without Preaching

Nov 11, 2016

Why We Need to Listen to Racists

Nov 11, 2016

When the plane went down

What it felt like to see Trump beat Clinton

Nov 9, 2016

When the plane went down

Nov 9, 2016

What should Hillary Clinton say tonight?

Thoughts on How to Make a Trump-Smiting Speech

Jul 28, 2016

What should Hillary Clinton say tonight?

Jul 28, 2016

A few thoughts on Mr Gove and Mr Johnson

Mr Gove first. Yesterday, a civil servant wrote to me about the time he was in the room when the former education secretary attended a…

Jul 1, 2016

A few thoughts on Mr Gove and Mr Johnson

Jul 1, 2016

Notes on Brexit and Blame

Who should we be angry at? I think anger among Remainers at the mess we’re in is understandable and justifiable, but much of it is…

Jul 1, 2016

Notes on Brexit and Blame

Jul 1, 2016

The People Have Spoken, the Bastards

How to think about Thursday’s vote if you were a Remainer

Jun 25, 2016

The People Have Spoken, the Bastards

Jun 25, 2016

Notes on Brexit

Let’s start with some righteous anger:

Jun 24, 2016

Jun 24, 2016

Seven Theories of Trump

Like you probably, I’m appalled and also fascinated by the irresistible rise of Donald Trump. There are a lot of interesting, persuasive…

Mar 15, 2016

Mar 15, 2016

You’re my favourite, I love you

The Meaning of Twitter’s Heart

Nov 4, 2015

Nov 4, 2015

What if great speeches were emails?

Why it’s difficult to do rhetoric in the digital age

Jan 28, 2015

What if great speeches were emails?

Jan 28, 2015

ian leslie

ian leslie

Author of 'CONFLICTED: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes’ (Faber/HarperCollins) Twitter: @mrianleslie Substack: The Ruffian https://ianleslie

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