The pursuit of food, wine, arts, travel, literature and music in civilised company … especially in Italy, India, England and France
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Bruce Palling retweeted
My piece on the fall of Saigon in today's Financial Times. This month is the fiftieth anniversary. Please RT.
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My book of 2025, the foreign adventures of the great travel writer Norman Lewis, superbly edited & collected by the founder of Eland Books, John Hatt, who has done more than anyone to resurrect Lewis from the dusty unread. Eland is still incapable of publishing a dud book.
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Again -always been thus. Israel&Zionist fighting forces never see/saw (since pre 48) Arabs (unless they need to ie to count enemy)don’t/didn’t see Arabs at all at 1st that is core of problem always was its a form of racism. Well done @piersmorgan for exposing todays version of it
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My brother, the writer Vikram Seth, was recently scammed by Amazon. It is appalling and here’s the story in his words. @amazonindia #amazonwoes #vikramseth
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This morning: 'Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us...' Wilfred Owen MC, poet, 1893-1918, inspired by Keats (and by Yeats, who later knived Owen's reputation) bbc.in/3fb93yO 9am @BBCRadio4
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1.35pm Remembering Andrew Edmunds with @Bruce_Palling
1.45pm OTG in X with @
2pm Taster of Jo Brand on my Books to Live By Podcast
2.45pm Oliver Darkshire on the misadventures of a rare bookseller @deathbybadger
Bruce Palling retweeted
This lady?
"she was reportedly accused of ‘terrorising’ staff who criticised her extravagant lifestyle and lavish spending. She reportedly claimed expenses for taxis, business class flights and expensive school fees of more than £120,000"
tatler.com/article/who-is-an…
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Hundreds of jobs to go as BBC announces World Service cutbacks theguardian.com/media/2022/s…
Punching below our weight...
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This is seriously worth watching - Russia isolated, Ukrainian forces more motivated to fight, NATO expanding and arming Kyiv. Brutal strategic assessment of Putin’s war on Russian TV
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I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.
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Why the West is such a disastrous failure in dealing with Putin. Brilliant piece written by @anneapplebaum that dissects our leader’s inability to stand up to the most dangerous thug we’ve seen in decades. I agree with every word in this article theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Hey guys, what a tweet to send me! A little extreme don’t you think? Have a good Sunday too x
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Before leaving for holiday I was engrossed by this (free) exhibition of virtuoso baroque lime wood carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721).This is a cravat he carved to remind us wood is no hinderance if you have the tools and the wherewithal. Horace Walpole wore it! @bonhams1793
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“...we have regressed to becoming a hate-filled, medieval society where we take pride in superstition and celebrate prejudice.” @virsanghvi writes of a new age of disappointment with India’s best and brightest fleeing in droves. Essential reading. hindustantimes.com/opinion/t…
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Must read: Trump will never go quietly; impeachment won’t happen; best unleash the criminal justice system like happened to Berlusconi by @bill_emmott billemmott.substack.com/p/cr…
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China blocks WHO team sent to probe Covid’s origins ft.com/content/7e9ce61d-7b72…