Barbara Nadel
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
Author of Cetin Ikmen crime novels, televised as 'The Turkish Detective' on BBC2 Also writes Hakim and Arnold crime novels plus occasional articles for The Guardian. Cat lover, ruin fancier, magic afficionado. Here for the weird. Agent: Watson, Little
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🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Sign the petition: save our BBC: don't let the likes of Trump and his UK cronies meddle with our public broadcaster
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect...
act.38degrees.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
🚨Our BBC is under attack 🚨 We can't let those that want to see it torn up & replaced by the likes of GBNews or Fox win. Sign the open letter now to demand the new BBC boss is someone that will protect the BBC, not let its enemies tear it down: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bbc-dg-o...
Re rain in the UK. Am going out the back to build an Ark. All animals may apply. Please note we are an Anaconda friendly organisation.
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Re rain in the UK. Am going out the back to build an Ark. All animals may apply. Please note we are an Anaconda friendly organisation.
This looks good.
My mom sent me a link to this bookshop website that curates interesting and unusual books. Great looking selection, here.
societyforunusualbooks.com
societyforunusualbooks.com
Society for Unusual Books | Online Bookstore | New and Preloved Books
The Society is a bookstore specializing in fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, nonfiction, and other genres. We place particular emphasis on small press and independently published titles. We also curat...
societyforunusualbooks.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This looks good.
Go for it Larry!
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)
February 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Go for it Larry!
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Glorious.
‘I cut out one little house at a time’: the trucker who spent decades building a tiny replica of NYC
Queens-born Joe Macken’s hyperrealistic model, made with wood, cardboard and glue, is now on view at the Museum of the City of New York
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February 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... Glorious.
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Just wow. Thank you, everybody. What a week.
February 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Just wow. Thank you, everybody. What a week.
For anyone who hasn't seen it yet THE TURKISH DETECTIVE will be on BBC 4 at 9pm on Saturday 21st February. If you have seen it, see it again! Go on, you know it makes sense.
February 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
For anyone who hasn't seen it yet THE TURKISH DETECTIVE will be on BBC 4 at 9pm on Saturday 21st February. If you have seen it, see it again! Go on, you know it makes sense.
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I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.
February 12, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I think the people of this country have had enough of tax-exile billionaires.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Truly marvellous telly. Also, for those who have read The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, is it just me or are there shades of that great book in here?
Small Prophets review – Mackenzie Crook’s magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure
Wonder lies below the surface of this truly fantastic sitcom from the creator of Detectorists. It’s an impossible marvel of TV making
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February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio... Truly marvellous telly. Also, for those who have read The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, is it just me or are there shades of that great book in here?
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A great (and hectic!) night on the town last night with lovely @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social , starting off at BookBar in Chelsea for the launch of my friend Louise Hare's extraordinary new book THE HOUSE OF FALLEN SISTERS
February 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
A great (and hectic!) night on the town last night with lovely @emreadsthebooks.bsky.social , starting off at BookBar in Chelsea for the launch of my friend Louise Hare's extraordinary new book THE HOUSE OF FALLEN SISTERS
Love today's outfit, Dr Mand. Can't go wrong with Skechers and that dress is gorgeous. Looking fab.
Today’s work “fit”.
Dress: Roksanda for George (via ebay)
Boots: old skechers
Dress: Roksanda for George (via ebay)
Boots: old skechers
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Love today's outfit, Dr Mand. Can't go wrong with Skechers and that dress is gorgeous. Looking fab.
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www.bloodybarnes.com/home Looking forward to speaking at this great festival tomorrow.
Bloody Barnes Literary Festival | Annual Crime Writing Festival
7-8 February 2026: Bloody Barnes Literary Ferstival is an exciting NEW Annual Crime Writing Festival at the OSO Theatre in Barnes London. Bringing murder, mystery and mayhem to the gentlefolk of Barne...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
www.bloodybarnes.com/home Looking forward to speaking at this great festival tomorrow.
I feel your pain.
Enough writing till Monday. Weekly word rate averaging around 7k which means first draft around the beginning of April. After which I’ll need to rewrite the whole thing top to toe in the hope of discovering what the hell it’s all about 🙏
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I feel your pain.
At the Grand Egyptian Museum www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Neal Spencer · At the Grand Egyptian Museum: New Pharaonism
The absence of critical or fresh perspectives on Egyptology and its history, or any of the decolonial approaches that...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
At the Grand Egyptian Museum www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.bloodybarnes.com/home Looking forward to speaking at this great festival tomorrow.
Bloody Barnes Literary Festival | Annual Crime Writing Festival
7-8 February 2026: Bloody Barnes Literary Ferstival is an exciting NEW Annual Crime Writing Festival at the OSO Theatre in Barnes London. Bringing murder, mystery and mayhem to the gentlefolk of Barne...
www.bloodybarnes.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
www.bloodybarnes.com/home Looking forward to speaking at this great festival tomorrow.
My name's Barbara Nadel and I support this message.
I am writing a new novel which reminded me people like to know how to write novels. This is my formula:
1 Come up with a good idea.
2 Work out a plot, what your character wants and their arc.
3 Research enough to write the 1st draft.
4 Start sketchy draft
5 Get to 30k. Realise there’s no point. Cry.
1 Come up with a good idea.
2 Work out a plot, what your character wants and their arc.
3 Research enough to write the 1st draft.
4 Start sketchy draft
5 Get to 30k. Realise there’s no point. Cry.
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
My name's Barbara Nadel and I support this message.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Good for Japan. When tourists behave really badly there must be consequences. And the camera thing! This festival is called 'looking at flowers' not photographing people pouting in front of flowers.
Japan cherry blossom festival cancelled because of unruly tourist ‘crisis’
Authorities scrap Arakurayama Sengen park cherry blossom festival near Mount Fuji because of tourists trespassing, littering and ‘defecating in private yards’
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February 6, 2026 at 8:11 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... Good for Japan. When tourists behave really badly there must be consequences. And the camera thing! This festival is called 'looking at flowers' not photographing people pouting in front of flowers.
BBC News: Chris Mason get off my TV. Always showcasing Farage. He runs a company NOT a political party.
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
BBC News: Chris Mason get off my TV. Always showcasing Farage. He runs a company NOT a political party.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Can we take this seriously now? Bannon on his mission to destablise European countries and turn them into right-wing hellscapes.
Epstein files shed more light on Steve Bannon’s efforts to influence European politics
Donald Trump’s former adviser told Epstein in 2019 that he was ‘focused on raising money for Le Pen and Salvini’ before European elections
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February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Can we take this seriously now? Bannon on his mission to destablise European countries and turn them into right-wing hellscapes.
www.theguardian.com/business/202... No. Tiny hands OFF Cornwall.
Trump administration expresses interest in Cornish tin mine
South Crofty site could reopen aided by potential $225m investment as US seeks to secure supply of critical metal
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February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
www.theguardian.com/business/202... No. Tiny hands OFF Cornwall.
To be so close to a flamingo must be an absolute joy.
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
To be so close to a flamingo must be an absolute joy.
Farage can't deal with any kind of scrutiny. An empty vessel clanking out his populist bullshit.
Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.
And Farage knows his candidate is weak as.
Hannah Spencer for the win.
And Farage knows his candidate is weak as.
Hannah Spencer for the win.
February 4, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Farage can't deal with any kind of scrutiny. An empty vessel clanking out his populist bullshit.
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe... Pie, mash and eels! I grew up with this stuff and still love it.
The pie and mash crisis: can the original fast food be saved?
There used to be hundreds of pie and mash shops in London. Now there are barely more than 30. Can social media attention and a push for protected status ensure their survival?
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February 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe... Pie, mash and eels! I grew up with this stuff and still love it.
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Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1
Bruce Springsteen releases ICE protest song “Streets of Minneapolis,” which quickly becomes a bestseller and takes over the iTunes Top Songs chart in the United States.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Protest Song Soars To No. 1