It’s India publication week .. and I am very happy to also say that ‘Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence’ will be published in Canada in September. Some online reviews below. Thank you to everyone who has read, and responded.

'I read it as one would a thriller' Dame Joanna Lumley

Praise for BROKEN THREADS from Mishal Husain!

Out now 🧵

Before, during and after the on air #pmdebate - images by BBC photographer ⁦Jeff Overs⁩

The debaters are in the building and we are live at 8.15 this evening - a reminder that you can listen on your local BBC radio station, plus of course watch ⁦BBC One⁩ ⁦BBC iPlayer⁩. Or follow online, where BBC Verify will be assessing what’s said on stage as we go

Huge night tonight. And it’s a huge privilege to be guiding radio listeners through the evening.

I’ll have the build up live from the spin room as journalists & politicians arrive, the debate in full and on-the-spot analysis afterwards.

Listen on your BBC Local station 7-10pm

Tonight - the PM Debate on the BBC. And I’ll be on @bbcr4today 0820, live from the venue 🔽 bbc.com/news/articles/…

'I'm not used talking about Julian free in the present tense.'

As Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves the UK after agreeing a plea deal with the US, his wife Stella says she is 'elated' and that she hasn't told their children yet.

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What greater honour this election campaign but to draw the final tombola for ⁦Evan Davis⁩ ⁦⁦BBC Radio 4 PM⁩ Caption should prob be ‘Can she not crack on with leaving the studio, we have bongs coming’

‘A triumph of a book’ - thank you i newspaper for making it your June non-fiction pick.

A thrill to see this in print today, in fine company. Speaking of which, WW2 is a significant part of the ‘Broken Threads’ story - Shahid’s searing experience of Burma from December 1941 to April 1942 and Mumtaz’s eyewitness account of the transformation in field medicine

My first sight of the India edition

Thank you Zehra for this thoughtful 🧵 responding to ‘Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence’. It was in exactly this period 77 years ago, between June and August, that millions made decisions that changed the lives of future generations. And yet the sequence of

And for those who have read the book already .. I decided to wear the shawl with which the book begins, edged with a border from a sari dating back to a 1940 Aligarh wedding

Podcast from ⁦Intelligence Squared⁩ - the recent conversation about ‘Broken Threads’ with ⁦Razia Iqbal⁩ … the audience came to it with so much feeling and interest, I was really moved 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mis…

Very happy to say that ‘Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence’ is being published in India on 25th June. You can listen to an audio sample below, beginning with what I found in my grandmother Tahirah’s tapes and writing 🔽 HarperCollins⁩

Ignore Callum, future journalists - stick to this version of the vibe for a briefing chat

The morning part of ‘election night’ on BBC Radio 4 Today for me .. this was tremendous fun and also fascinating to see how a cover shoot works. Kay Burley - didn’t we earmark the gold skirt for emily m even before she arrived?

Thank you Julia for finding the will to speak publicly about the ongoing situation of someone so close to you - part of our focus this morning on hospitals. ‘I don’t blame the staff, I blame the system’ she said

‘Broken Threads - My Family From Empire to Independence’ is in ⁦The Bookseller⁩ top 20 hardback non-fiction. Thank you readers! And booksellers, of course

'I wonder if you think this was a good time for an election?'

Mishal Husain asks Grant Shapps, Defence Secretary, who says it was a decision for the prime minister.

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