Elegy: 'After the Morning Bell', for the girls of #Minab Elementary School, and for thousands of children killed or abused by Christians, Jews and Muslims, in Europe, UK, USA, #Gaza, #Ukraine, #Iran. robinsaikia.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/e...

Look at that ridiculous man. The absolute king of whataboutery. The crown prince of entitlement. The Emperor with no clothes.

Poem: 'A Letter to #Spinoza from #Venice'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1Db

Poem: 'Appropriation', a meditation on the circular motifs on the façade of the #PalazzoDario in #Venice. Painting from 'The Unwritten Book' by Katia Margolis. wp.me/p8xhwX-1C9

Poem: The Fourth Crusade #Crusades #Venice #Venetophiles wp.me/p8xhwX-1C4

Poem: 'Clock Watching' (on public executions in #Venice). wp.me/p8xhwX-1AQ

Poem: 'Holiday Romance'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1AN

Poem: 'Portrait of a Nice Girl in #Venice'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1AE

Poem: 'Unmeasured Time; A #Venetian Postcard to #Proust'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1AH

Elegy for #AlexPretti.. wp.me/p8xhwX-1Au

Sonnet: 'Confessions of an Amateur Pianist'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1Ap

Poem: 'A #Venetian Postcard to #ErnestDowson' wp.me/p8xhwX-1zz

Poem: 'Larkin's Typewriter'. A footnote to this poem: about 35 years ago I showed the first two-and-half lines of it to Larkin's friend, Kingsley Amis, over a drink in The Flask. He was very complimentary and urged me to finish it. Finally, decades later... wp.me/p8xhwX-1zq

Poem, 'On Mariano Fortuny'. wp.me/p8xhwX-1xI

28 of my Venetian poems #venetophiles. I do hope you enjoy them! share.google/UF9BcXcYQSrN...

Poem: 'Torcello' #Venetophiles wp.me/p8xhwX-1xD

'A Trial of Four Seasons', my last and most ambitious poem of the year, wishing everyone happy festivities, and later reunions in #Venice. ##venetophiles wp.me/p8xhwX-1ve

Poem: Song for a Dying Gondola wp.me/p8xhwX-1v9

Edward Gibbon reflects on #Farage 😀 wp.me/p8xhwX-1v0

20 Venetian Poems. #Venice #Venetophiles Robin Saikia share.google/nl7TNTgJXkr7...

An away day near Monti Compatri in the Roman hills.

Great chat with friend and colleague, the author #DavidHewson, in advance of the US/Canada release of Drink & Think Venice on August 27. You can hear the podcast here: robinsaikia.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/d...

Super review of my book by David Hewson! www.davidhewson.com/news/robin-s...

Drink & Think Venice by Robin Saikia. “The barfly’s dream guide book.”(The Oldie) “This is a glorious book, compact but packed with useful information, inside-track knowledge, glorious anecdotes, wit, history, good taste. Tom Doorley (columnist, Sunday Times Ireland) robinsaikia.wordpress.com

#RishiSunak Speaking as a fellow #Wykehamist and a fellow British Indian, I think you are a disgrace, both to our old school and to the inclusive traditions of Britain.

King and PM in crucial talks at #COP28 👇

Reading aloud (the whole thing) and discussing, with one of my pupils, The Picture of Dorian Gray. A delight. I find myself increasingly homing in on the "lifestyle" features of this book - e.g. this not at all bad drink favoured by Lord Henry Wotton 👇

Venice Lido dreams (painting by #KatiaMargolis, plus Doggie)

A cat in Maine seems reasonably pleased to have received my Lido book 😀👇

Ha! 👇

Anna Magnani and James Mason at the Venice Film Festival, 1956.

'A Very Fine Cat Indeed' - a dramatic monologue in which Samuel Johnson reminisces about his cat, Hodge. www.abebooks.com/978190574296...