David Hewson
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Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
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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.”'
‘Hermann Göring loved his kids. That’s what’s terrifying’: James Vanderbilt, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon on Nuremberg
Russell Crowe has a malevolent charm as the Nazi on trial in a compelling new film. His co-stars and director explain how they understood this monster – and the persistence of evil today
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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.”'
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About a century's worth of physicists started hitting their head against a wall at this point
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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 😁
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
My favourite breakfast spot in Venice. Al Canton, Santa Marta. Back there very soon 😁
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See also, current UK govt.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
See also, current UK govt.
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I had a superb time talking about Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires even though the vampire stuff might not be strictly speaking … true. www.vampirevideos.co.uk/126-planet-o...
126. Planet of the Vampires (1965) with John Bleasdale
[13x6] The second half of Season XIII gets underway with an away mission to outer space, for Mario Bava's seminal 1965 sci-fi horror Planet of the Vampires . In thi…
www.vampirevideos.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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!
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!
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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!
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!
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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...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
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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/...
"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/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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/...
"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?
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Can we now all stop pretending Donald Trump is a friend of the UK? Or indeed anyone who isn’t one of his cronies?
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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?
Lawyers for Donald Trump say the BBC must retract the Panorama documentary Trump: A Second Chance? by Friday (i.e. remove it from iPlayer etc) or face a $1bn lawsuit. I hope the BBC doesn't cave in to this legal sabre-rattling.
Trump threatens BBC with legal action over edit of speech in documentary
Leaked BBC report said film had ‘completely misled’ viewers by splicing two parts of January 6 speech together
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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?
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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!
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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!
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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.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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.
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What’s going on in Chicago beggars belief. Fascism alive in America. To think the BBC bowed to the man who did this.
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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”
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“We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again”
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‘America Must Save Britain’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
GB News’ new programme broadcast live from Washington DC features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner telling ‘MAGA’ politicians ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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...
“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...
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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?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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?
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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...
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...
Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism
Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism [Hough, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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...
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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✨ Venice, lived not visited.
Discover the city beyond the postcards — through my personalized Venice Consultations and Cicchetti Food Tours.
Authentic, slow, and deeply Venetian. 💫
www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice #VeniceTours #VeniceConsultation #CicchettiTour #SlowVenice
Discover the city beyond the postcards — through my personalized Venice Consultations and Cicchetti Food Tours.
Authentic, slow, and deeply Venetian. 💫
www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice #VeniceTours #VeniceConsultation #CicchettiTour #SlowVenice
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
✨ Venice, lived not visited.
Discover the city beyond the postcards — through my personalized Venice Consultations and Cicchetti Food Tours.
Authentic, slow, and deeply Venetian. 💫
www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice #VeniceTours #VeniceConsultation #CicchettiTour #SlowVenice
Discover the city beyond the postcards — through my personalized Venice Consultations and Cicchetti Food Tours.
Authentic, slow, and deeply Venetian. 💫
www.monicacesarato.com
#Venice #VeniceTours #VeniceConsultation #CicchettiTour #SlowVenice
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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
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Looking forward to seeing the ducks shortly.
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On to number 2. I will hold off on number 3 and make that my book to read on Venice trip.
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On to number 2. I will hold off on number 3 and make that my book to read on Venice trip.
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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)
November 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Only just realised NaNoWriMo is no more victim of financial troubles and ‘community vitriol’. The internet killing what it made possible.
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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...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...