Last full moon of 2024

Friday reminder: Complexity is your enemy. Anyone can make something complicated. It’s hard to keep things simple, but it’s absolutely necessary.

I highly recommend following @SusanChubb1.bsky.social she is a mine of important information that bulldozes the Chris Grey narrative that Starmer’s 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports are benign.

You may know about Project Gutenberg, which is an online repository of older, public domain works where copyright has expired. Its offshoot, Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing, lets authors upload their own modern works while retaining all rights. 💙📚

@davidmuttering.bsky.social how's this?

I thought I'd just do a quick newsletter today, but it got wildly out of hand. Book recommendations (not just my own book!), @bellingcat.com's geolocation challenge, Beethoven 9th. There was barely room for other interesting links but of course they're there too. open.substack.com/pub/mixture/...

This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

My career highlight as a journalist: being invited to the Rothschild's chateau in France; being seated next to Philippe Sereys de Rothschild at dinner. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @jonnelledge.bsky.social @yuanyiz.bsky.social sorry I'm just showing off at this point

Being a woman in public is having to change seats on a train because a creepy man won't stop staring at you.

Like a dream. #centralasia #mongolia #horse #nature #freedom #wildhorses #animals

Oh, Prague. Any recommendations, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @jonnelledge.bsky.social? I'm here for work but have some time off. #Prague

Made a saag aloo #veganbluesky

@europeanpowell.bsky.social please follow me back! Frances forbes-carbines, arts journalist

Amazing installation "Mars" by Luke Jerram at the Old Royal Naval College in #Greenwich #mars #moon @m1onlover.bsky.social #lukejerram

Book Cover of the Day:

My debut as New York Observer opera critic is up! Hope they don't think I was too hard on the director 😶 observer.com/2024/11/revi... #opera #classicalmusic #music

Playing the most angstily beautiful passage of #Beethoven with London Euphonia Orchestra #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #london

Playing the most angstily beautiful passage of #Beethoven with London Euphonia Orchestra #classicalmusic #violin #violinist #london

Another #ex-X #twitterquitter - arts journalist who plays the violin and has a sweet dog. #follow!

KSO smashing it out the park in a recording for an upcoming VERY exciting music project…. Hugest thanks to all those who gave up their Sunday afternoon and travelled far and wide in order to play… #livemusic #orchestra #recording #kso #kimichi

I wrote about Aspasia: the woman who taught philosophy to Socrates and yet passes virtually without mention, for Antigone Journal: antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what... #Classics

I wrote about Aspasia: the woman who taught philosophy to Socrates and yet passes virtually without mention, for Antigone Journal: antigonejournal.com/2023/03/what... #Classics

How do I stop seeing manga style drawings on here? Is it because I mentioned being an arts journalist? Really not my thing

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@easternblot.bsky.social do follow me (I'm not on twitter anymore!)

My dog, Wolfy (follow me!)

I'm off Twitter - or 'X' - and here instead. Who's about?

A quick message to new Blue Sky friends: We're entering the final week of our Short Story Prize submissions! Closing date = Saturday 30 (midnight UK-time). If you've a short story to share, we'd love to hear from you - and so would our amazing judges! Full details: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize