Published 22 May. This buried city: unearthing the real Pompeii, by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the archaeological park at Pompeii. I read it in proof & have been telling everyone to order it ever since www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gabri...

About to sample what has been touted as the best beer in the world!

Also, true story

An early tip for Eurovision 2025: Estonia open.spotify.com/track/3gWBWL...

"Si Roosevelt avait dit à Churchill de négocier la paix à n'importe quelles conditions avec Adolf Hitler et de céder les réserves de charbon de la Grande-Bretagne aux États-Unis en échange d'aucune garantie de sécurité américaine, cela aurait pu se rapprocher de ce que Trump a fait à Zelensky"

Kaiserschmarrn for pud last weekend.

Secured a crate of one of the most difficult to find beers. Keeping them for special occasions!

#fromourbookshelves The Invisible Web by Oliver Bottini TR: @jamiebulloch.bsky.social The Black Forest Investigations Book 5 www.tripfiction.com/thriller-set... A very satisfying read #blackforest #berlin #germany

Happy New Year, everybody! Let’s do our best to improve on 2024.

Rest in Peace President Carter.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

If you're not already listening to this, then do tune in for some of it. My favourite radio programme of the year: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

5kg puffball: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Read Sebastian Fitzek's "The Gift" tr. Jamie Bulloch. Fitzek never misses! Incredibly some of the material in this book was even darker than previous ones, but it was just as twisty & gripping. Even though I was expecting shocking reverses/revelations, I never came close to predicting how 1/3

Doing a bit of moonlighting this afternoon.

Occasionally I have the right glass!

Took a while for my author copy to arrive, happy to take 'Europe in British Literature and Culture' out for a Saturday evening drink! Published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Straßenbahnhaltestellecurrywurst. Ah, Leipzig, you've been amazing. I won't wait another 26 years to return.

Angela Merkel’s memoir is out today. But how is retirement treating her? Find out here…

This project looks great! I'm not a migration historian but -- !

Just received an advanced reading copy of this!

London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

Angela Merkel’s memoir is out today. But how is retirement treating her? Find out here…

Did…did a minotaur write this

This Leeds pub likes to dabble in #ecumenicalpours too, it seems. Actually having a pint of Hazy Jane.

Next up in our glorious FT annual round-up of the best books of the year: Martin Wolf shares his selection of must-reads from the world of economics. Lots of other goodies - from tech to crime - with more to come. And then all brought together print on Saturday. Dive in! Ft.com/booksoftheyear2024

winstonsdad.blog/2024/11/21/c... next year I’m just gone to read classics from around the world all pre 1939

Portsmouth's #WeShine festival of lights returns for 2024. Great things happen in #OurIslandCity

My first outing for #ecumenicalpours on this platform. None of the bitter aftertaste you get on TwiXter.

Wonderful observation from la Genberg’s ‘The Details’.

'Vom Eachtling zur Identität': why dialects are so important www.derstandard.de/story/300000... via @derstandard.at

i thought that was the point

Emerging Translators: Apply for the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Program. Mentorships offered in 18 languages. I will be serving as the Japanese mentor. Deadline November 30. Apply here 👇 www.literarytranslators.org/2025-mentors...

Really?

I can't be arsed scraping the windshield

How I arrived at Bluesky.

Amharic fiction coming in 2025 ! Baalu Girma's 'Oromay' coming from Soho Press in the US www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768953... and MacLehose in the UK www.hachette.co.uk/titles/baalu... 2/2025. This is fantastic ! (Basically nothing gets translated from Amharic, so this is big, big news.)

A writer called George Bernard Shaw Thought English spelling had many a flaw. “I know it sounds dotty, You can spell ‘fish’ as 'ghoti' But then it won't rhyme any more”.

A decade ago on ‘another platform’ poet Bill Herbert & I began a chat via the creaking doors of our ancestral sideboards. Now the Ghost Furniture Catalogue is a real project. Welcome to todays poem which flaps with foxed sheet music #poetry ghostfurniturecatalogue.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/k...

This is a wonderful Christmas present!

Heads-up for this charming cosy crime caper coming 26 November 2024 tripfiction.com/a-cosy-crime... Murder at the Castle: A Miss Merkel Mystery by David Safier TR: Jamie Bulloch One for fans of the novels by Richard Osman

Enjoying a dark beer at Daquise. Maybe the last time we’ll be here - sadly