Excited to be back in Venice for #VeniceNoir. Have just checked into our hotel and now going out to explore. I’ve been here over 30 times but there’s always something new to see.

Well worth a read. Get it here plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/pro...

I dunno. You find the perfect Xmas present then look at the price tag….😱

The Venice Noir troops are ready to greet you tomorrow

We don’t like to overdo the signage.

Christmas is coming to Venice

📚 Stories behind their novels set in Italy and beyond 🕵️‍♂️ How Venice became perfect backdrop for crime fiction 📖 Favorite books, literary influences & travel tips for mystery lovers 🍝 From Osteria ai Pugni to La Castradina - Venetian secrets off the page 🎧 Listen to the full episode: loom.ly/8GL9MQA

🔎 Wine and crime! 🍷 🎙️ Ep. 2519 – In this episode of #BookClub, Richard Hough sits down with acclaimed crime writers David Hewson and Philip Gwynne Jones to talk about their thrilling careers and the festival they inspired: Venice Noir, taking place on 14–16 Nov 2025.

Wintry breakfast in Santa Marta before joining the Venice Noir prep team.

Last photo from #Venice tonight. Tomorrow we start preparing for Venice Noir and I hope to show you what that means and some of the wonderful people who’ve made this happen.

Tonight in #Venice

Lots of very happy and somewhat pissed young people wandering around Venice with laurel wreaths on their heads and singing ‘Dottore, Dottore…’ Graduation day I guess

Either I’m getting bigger or plane seating is getting smaller.

Current state of British politics according to me…. Tories are now UKIP UKIP have transformed into Reform which is really UKIP with jackboots Labour are now old Cameron style Conservatives. Aka we’re doomed.

Done and dusted. Number 3 primed in hand luggage.

Boy are they predictable. The BBC could never do as good a job of making this shower look bad as the one they’re doing themselves.

On my way to Venice Noir shortly.

In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel! www.bbc.com/news/article...

God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'

About a century's worth of physicists started hitting their head against a wall at this point

My favourite breakfast spot in Venice. Al Canton, Santa Marta. Back there very soon 😁

See also, current UK govt.

In case you missed it last week... Not long to go now to Venice Noir! Really looking forward to heading through to Venice on Friday to meet some amazing authors and fellow book lovers in the world's greatest noir setting!

First in a series of short posts about my writing back catalogue... Notes from Verona. A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy! www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Can we now all stop pretending Donald Trump is a friend of the UK? Or indeed anyone who isn’t one of his cronies?

Isn't this just going to embolden people to rip this documentary from the iPlayer using technical wizardry before it gets pulled on Friday (because of course it will) and then put it up on literally every other online platform so that it will always be one step ahead of the White House?

Flying to Italy this week fo #VeniceNoir! Grazie to @davidhewson.com, @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social and everyone else for organising this crime fiction festival in the city where my latest historical thriller CARNIVAL OF LIES is set!

More Venice Noir coverage and a very old photo of me😂 gvperte.genteveneta.it/venezia-si-t...

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

What’s going on in Chicago beggars belief. Fascism alive in America. To think the BBC bowed to the man who did this. archive.ph/2025.11.08-2...

If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US “We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again” subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/a...

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Was reminded yesterday of the kind author blurbs I got for this book. For a while these projects take over your life. Then they just seem to gather dust until something reminds you of all the hard work and toil that went into them! www.amazon.com/Ritas-War-wa...

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Excited to be heading to Venice later this week for #VeniceNoir. Looking forward to talking about causes of death in crime novels and to meeting some of my favourite authors. @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social @davidhewson.com @annamazz.bsky.social @ianrankin1.bsky.social @tombenjamin.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing the ducks shortly.

On to number 2. I will hold off on number 3 and make that my book to read on Venice trip.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)

Only just realised NaNoWriMo is no more victim of financial troubles and ‘community vitriol’. The internet killing what it made possible.

Perhaps try reading this, written by Sharon Begley in 2021 before she died, as a counter to all the "Oh, Watson wasn't really sexist or racist. His denigration of Franklin was a bit to show that biology was fun, and hey, he went to Africa!" hagiographies. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...

Torture chamber, the Doges Palace #Venice

"Rome was a national disgrace, with photos of piles of rubbish shared on websites all over the world” – the mayor said – “In three years, we have achieved a lot. Our reputation has changed, and foreign newspapers are back talking about the beauty of Rome."

There are dolphins in the Bacino San Marco. Some tips on how to keep them safe. a8g8g6.mailupclient.com/f/rnl.aspx/?...

Saint Christopher, The Doges Palace last March. #Venice

Train at Parma station. Now I've posted this I guess I never will get back to the US.

Trying to stay regular with my Notes from Verona column for the Gentleman Ultra. For all your football news from Verona with a hefty dose of nostalgia! You can find the full archive here: www.gentlemanultra.com/category/ser...

Inside the Doge's Palace #Venice last March