BREAKING: Egypt's Sisi pardons activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah: state-linked media @AFP

Icymi, over the weekend I posted my review of Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan's engaging and thought-provoking book, 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow'. It's a story of #journalism in #Russia that should also be read as a warning to the West.

If you are looking for a book on what it means to be a reporter in a difficult environment, this sounds like it should be the top of your list.

New on my website, 'the story of a dying dream by those who witnessed its death.' My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended. jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...

See also 'special military operation' www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

New on my website, 'the story of a dying dream by those who witnessed its death.' My review of 'Our Dear Friends in Moscow: The Inside Story of a Broken Generation' by @andreisoldatov.bsky.social and Irina Borogan. Highly recommended. jamesrodgersauthor.com/our-dear-fri...

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Before the match, and on the way back after

This is absolutely superb--a hugely engaging read that also tells us much about our own times, and some of the last century's darkest days

There are still a few tickets left for this important discussion tomorrow evening. If you are in London, please come to join us if you can #Gaza #journalism

The Kramatorsk Diaries part 32 - return to Kramatorsk paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...

We analyzed leaked data for rare look at the winding journeys of more than 44,000 immigrants detained or deported by the Trump administration... and found that people are being moved around in unprecedented and irregular ways. w/ @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

If you're in London next week, please join us at The Frontline Club to discuss The New Censorship! We have stellar speakers on board - @jmacrodgers.bsky.social & @arwadamon.bsky.social - and more than enough explosive issues to cover! Tickets are selling fast, so get yours here 👉 shorturl.at/5Pbwc

The final draft of my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' has now gone to @yalebooks.bsky.social . I have added it to my Amazon author page for anyone interested in pre-ordering from there. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

The final draft of my next book, 'The Return of Russia: from Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin' has now gone to @yalebooks.bsky.social . I have added it to my Amazon author page for anyone interested in pre-ordering from there. www.amazon.co.uk/stores/autho...

Just finished this, years after it was published and rightly praised. What a book. I was led to it after reading Richard Flanagan's 'Question 7', a masterpiece of nonfiction. 'The Narrow Road...' has made such an impression I am already looking forward to reading it again.

The last evening match of the season @kiaoval.com earlier this week. Rain finally cleared so the Surrey vs Northants quarter final could go ahead. Victory for the visitors by seven runs on a dramatic evening on the field and in the sky above.

Falmouth and St Mawes, Cornwall

Nicotine-stained snowflake Nigel Farage, currently in the US proclaiming that the UK is restricting free speech, has just banned our New World mag from attending Reform's conference after we criticised him. Irony.

Are you in London on September 16? If so, please come to the Frontline Club where I will be in conversation with my colleague @panievsky.bsky.socialand @arwadamon.bsky.social about Ayala's book, 'The New Censorship'. More details and tickets on the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Today's Daily on Monocle Radio. @jmacrodgers.bsky.social and Julie Norman on the day's stuff, plus @anitariotta.bsky.social meets Ciaran Gaffney, founder of Irish storytelling platform Seanchoíche. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Are you in London on September 16? If so, please come to the Frontline Club where I will be in conversation with my colleague @panievsky.bsky.socialand @arwadamon.bsky.social about Ayala's book, 'The New Censorship'. More details and tickets on the link below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Early evening, late summer, high tide on the #Thames in west London

Evening in late summer, East Lothian

'Israel does not target journalists as such.' Then why is it killing so many? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This week I spoke to Paul Starobin for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, about my @bloomsburypol.bsky.social book, 'Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin.' More details and a link to listen here, in a new post on my website jamesrodgersauthor.com/new-books-ne...

20 All Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Euro Cup Adventure: jonathancampion.com/2025/08/06/2...

This week I spoke to Paul Starobin for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, about my @bloomsburypol.bsky.social book, 'Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin.' More details and a link to listen here, in a new post on my website jamesrodgersauthor.com/new-books-ne...

Israeli officials on #Gaza today echo the shameful words of Walter Duranty, who was trying not to offend Stalin, on Ukraine in 1933. ‘There is no actual starvation or deaths from starvation,’ he wrote, ‘but there is widespread mortality from diseases due to malnutrition.’

A thrilling evening's cricket at The Oval: Invincibles beat Rockets by 6 wickets--after a run chase that at one stage seemed all but impossible #Hundred

Good this is at least being talked about--even if the headline states the obvious. Technology continues to assist basic translation and interpretation. It cannot offer the cultural understanding that comes with language learning--vital for business, diplomacy, etc. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Is it possible to do independent journalism in today’s Russia? I was on the New Books Network with Paul Starobin to talk about this and the story of western correspondents in Russia, as told in my book 'Assignment Moscow' megaphone.link/NBNK5396581025

Is it possible to do independent journalism in today’s Russia? I was on the New Books Network with Paul Starobin to talk about this and the story of western correspondents in Russia, as told in my book 'Assignment Moscow' megaphone.link/NBNK5396581025

August 19, 1991: #otd hardline communists seize power in Moscow, hoping to undo Gorbachev's reforms. In this 2021 post, I remember reporting what followed, and ask, 'How different, really, would Russia be now if the plotters against Gorbachev had succeeded?' jamesrodgersauthor.com/reporting-th...

I wrote this back in February. Reposting it now as it is still relevant. theconversation.com/ukraine-peac...

A walk around the north end of the island of Fanø, off the west coast of Denmark--heathland, 20th century history, modern industry, sea and sky.

Matchday @esbjergfb.bsky.social, and I am on my way to the stadium by ferry: obviously not the first to make this trip.

'Rodgers, the author, said Putin has invested his political reputation and legacy in the war in Ukraine.' I spoke to Reuters about Putin's response to Trump's ultimatum. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

On Saturday 26 July, I received a message from a Palestinian journalist whom I have known personally for over two decades. 'The famine is devastating my family in Gaza, and I’ve truly become unable to bear the burden alone.' More on my website. jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

On Saturday 26 July, I received a message from a Palestinian journalist whom I have known personally for over two decades. 'The famine is devastating my family in Gaza, and I’ve truly become unable to bear the burden alone.' More on my website. jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

New on my website: THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much longer than that. There are still small ways in which we can help. This post explains one. jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

New on my website: THE PICTURE ABOVE is from Gaza. It was taken more than 20 years ago. The world’s shame at what is happening there now will last much longer than that. There are still small ways in which we can help. This post explains one. jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-story-my...

I posted briefly about this earlier this week, but the 'Unissued Diplomas' exhibition at #ICCEES2025 made such a big impression on me I wanted to write something longer. New on my website jamesrodgersauthor.com/simple-and-m...

I posted briefly about this earlier this week, but the 'Unissued Diplomas' exhibition at #ICCEES2025 made such a big impression on me I wanted to write something longer. New on my website jamesrodgersauthor.com/simple-and-m...

At #iccees2025, a simple but effective and moving exhibition: 'Unissued diplomas'--honouring the memory of students killed in the #RussiaUkraineWar.

New on my website, a note about the 'History Today' special issue on the #ColdWar. I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union jamesrodgersauthor.com/new-publicat...

To this @historytoday.com special edition, I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union, 'Aimed at fixing the faults in Soviet society, Gorbachev's policies emphasized them.' Looking forward to reading the rest of what looks like a really impressive publication.

To this @historytoday.com special edition, I contributed an article on the end of the Soviet Union, 'Aimed at fixing the faults in Soviet society, Gorbachev's policies emphasized them.' Looking forward to reading the rest of what looks like a really impressive publication.

The #ColdWar is a carefully curated, comprehensive selection of the best History Today articles on a global conflict which continues to shape the modern world. Find it in all good newsagents from today, or order yours directly from www.historytoday.com/cold-war-his...

'The fans’ commitment spoke of something more valuable than stands and concourses that could be fixed if the will and the cash were there.' Re-sharing this today, a year after my last visit to Oakland Coliseum--where I came to love baseball jamesrodgersauthor.com/the-oakland-...