Is it finally #spring ? Can't believe it.

🥁Drumroll please!!🥁

We have exciting news here at the Children’s Bookshop. To celebrate our 50th anniversary we’re launching a story writing competition for 8-15yos. The winner and runners-up can win fabulous book prizes.

Tell your friends and family!
childrensbookshoplondon.com/competition

Dropped by to say hello to #NoorInayatKhan this afternoon. The #bluebells were out, and it all looked so pretty. The stand with the QR code was next to the memorial, put up by Camden Council last December. Just made me happy. 🙂

Loved the #RanjitSingh exhibition at the #WallaceCollection . The paintings were beautiful, especially this rare one of the 25-year-old Maharaja meeting Holkar of Indore. And these turbans stacked with their weapons of war! Thank you, Davindar Toor, for doing this. #SikhHistory

After a day of bucketing rain, it was lovely to see the #EasterSunday procession in the night in #Seville . The candles, the incense, and the float going through through the narrow cobbled streets was really atmospheric.

Shrabani Basu Your contribution to Dan Snow’s History Podcast is superb. The best history of India during British occupation of all. Thank you.

Some of the beautiful floats from #Seville for the #Easter parade. The weather was dreadful so they kept them in the churches for people to see. Absolutely stunning.

📣📣FPA Statement on the attack against Pouria Zeraati of Iran International English

I'm in #Seville for the #EasterWeekend , and it's raining! Still, the St Julian Church looked beautiful last night.

Shrabani Basu Dan Snow Loved listening to them both. Thank you

Was lovely to attend the launch of Rick Stroud's book I Am Not Afraid Of Looking Into The Rifles at Flanders House last night. The forgotten story of the women of the resistance in #Belgium in #WWI An important story so well told. Simon & Schuster UK

Was wonderful recording a two-part history of the British in India with the fantastic Dan Snow Dan Snow
Do listen to both the episodes.
1. play.acast.com/s/dansnowshist…
2. play.acast.com/s/dansnowshist…

Day 2 of the Event to celebrate the life of #NoorInayatKhan was beautiful. Music, a play, a film and a panel discussion. Thank you Maya Dasgupta and Sandra Chatterjee for inviting me. So good to see how Noor brings people together. #sheinspiresme #WomensHistoryMonth2024

Lovely event last night in #Munich to celebrate the life of #WWII heroine #NoorInayatKhan . Dance, music, poetry and installations in the lovely #PathosTheatre . My talk went very well with lots of great questions. #sheinspiresme #WomensHistoryMonth

My favourite doll from the #ToyMuseum in #Munich today. I think this little one has a lot to say. 🙂

Adding Karnagie Sharp Rupa Jha Shalu Yadav Karishma Vaswani Shrabani Basu Nisha Pahuja Gurinder Chadha OBE 💙 MeeraSyal💙 #NidaManzoor and the kickass cast of We Are Lady Parts Amma Asante Yousra Elbagir Arti Shah - you’ve all inspired me hugely!

Shrabani Basu She was such a brave woman.

I know it's just a road sign, and ordinary people live there now, but just seeing this chills me. #Dachau
I'm in #Munich for a weekend celebrating #WWII heroine #NoorInayatKhan through music and theatre, but there's no getting away from her tragic end. #SpyPrincess #GeorgeCross