David Hewson
@davidhewson.com
Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
www.davidhewson.com
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Dyson has a net worth of more than £20 billion. I doubt his family are worried about being skint though he clearly is aghast he might have to pay more tax.
How much money does one man need?
How much money does one man need?
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Dyson has a net worth of more than £20 billion. I doubt his family are worried about being skint though he clearly is aghast he might have to pay more tax.
How much money does one man need?
How much money does one man need?
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AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025
AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025
Elon Musk’s net worth increased by nearly 50% to $645bn with founders of Google and Amazon also seeing huge wealth gains
A stock market boom in artificial intelligence companies has added more than half a trillion dollars to the wealth of America’s tech barons in the past year, data shows.
The top 10 US founders and bosses of some of the world’s largest technology companies saw their finances swell to nearly $2.5tn, up from $1.9tn, in the year to Christmas Eve, according to figures from Bloomberg. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
AI boom adds more than half a trillion dollars to wealth of US tech barons in 2025
The Countryside Alliance used to be known as the British Field Sports Society and campaigns for hunting and shooting. Its chair is right wing Tory and 🦊 hunting fan Nick Herbert a former master of the Newmarket Beagles.
They speak for no one but people who like killing wildlife.
They speak for no one but people who like killing wildlife.
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Poll released by group as people gather for traditional Boxing Day hunts finds 76% of voters believe Labour prioritises urban issues over rural ones
Keir Starmer’s government has been told it has “alienated rural people” as traditional Boxing Day hunts gathered across the UK ahead of plans to ban trail hunting.
The warning came from the Countryside Alliance pressure group, which released a poll suggesting 65% of voters think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Countryside Alliance used to be known as the British Field Sports Society and campaigns for hunting and shooting. Its chair is right wing Tory and 🦊 hunting fan Nick Herbert a former master of the Newmarket Beagles.
They speak for no one but people who like killing wildlife.
They speak for no one but people who like killing wildlife.
As someone who grew up in a pit village and lost a miner uncle to pneumoconiosis can I just say coal is neither clean nor beautiful.
December 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
As someone who grew up in a pit village and lost a miner uncle to pneumoconiosis can I just say coal is neither clean nor beautiful.
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Happy Christmas everyone!
There are some lovely people in the world. Sometimes with all that’s going on it’s easy to forget, but there is good to be found. Merry Christmas.
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Happy Christmas everyone!
Merry Xmas everyone from the English Riviera.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Merry Xmas everyone from the English Riviera.
A book also opens like a book. Never needs an update. Battery doesn’t run out. No need for a WiFi or app.
DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like a Book
DIY E-Reader Folds Open Like a Book
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A book also opens like a book. Never needs an update. Battery doesn’t run out. No need for a WiFi or app.
Hard to believe I know but there was a time the Mail was regarded as a half serious newspaper
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hard to believe I know but there was a time the Mail was regarded as a half serious newspaper
I do love a good Swords and Sandals. Shame Ray Harryhausen isn’t around
Take a look at this video, 'odyssey trailer' share.google/GBIrouRwgjy8...
Take a look at this video, 'odyssey trailer' share.google/GBIrouRwgjy8...
share.google
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I do love a good Swords and Sandals. Shame Ray Harryhausen isn’t around
Take a look at this video, 'odyssey trailer' share.google/GBIrouRwgjy8...
Take a look at this video, 'odyssey trailer' share.google/GBIrouRwgjy8...
Just to be clear… a NATO member that has been a friendly host to US military forces for decades having to make clear America isn’t going to seize his country.
If I’d put that in a book a few years back I’d have been laughed out of the room.
If I’d put that in a book a few years back I’d have been laughed out of the room.
GREENLAND UPDATE: 🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱🇬🇱
Message from the Premier of Greenland
Message from the Premier of Greenland
December 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just to be clear… a NATO member that has been a friendly host to US military forces for decades having to make clear America isn’t going to seize his country.
If I’d put that in a book a few years back I’d have been laughed out of the room.
If I’d put that in a book a few years back I’d have been laughed out of the room.
Amazing to think that little more than a year ago I was juggling options about when I’d next return to America.
And now I feel almost cool with the idea I’ll never go there again.
The world got reset in 2025. Who knows what’s next?
And now I feel almost cool with the idea I’ll never go there again.
The world got reset in 2025. Who knows what’s next?
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Amazing to think that little more than a year ago I was juggling options about when I’d next return to America.
And now I feel almost cool with the idea I’ll never go there again.
The world got reset in 2025. Who knows what’s next?
And now I feel almost cool with the idea I’ll never go there again.
The world got reset in 2025. Who knows what’s next?
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#ColosseoForiImperiali station has something rare for #EpigraphyTuesday: a wine #amphora with a painted #inscription, a "titulus pictus" in faint red paint (here artificially clarified). It says "A CL P SER COS", or "Appius #Claudius (Pulcher) and P. Servilius consuls", 79 BCE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#ColosseoForiImperiali station has something rare for #EpigraphyTuesday: a wine #amphora with a painted #inscription, a "titulus pictus" in faint red paint (here artificially clarified). It says "A CL P SER COS", or "Appius #Claudius (Pulcher) and P. Servilius consuls", 79 BCE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.
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A man needs a hobby…
Picked up the Christmas veg, and delighted to be supporting Scottish agriculture and crime writing @ianrankin1.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A man needs a hobby…
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
They should do what Trump would do to anyone saying this about America.
Put him on the first plane back never to return.
Put him on the first plane back never to return.
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
They should do what Trump would do to anyone saying this about America.
Put him on the first plane back never to return.
Put him on the first plane back never to return.
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If you’re following Bloodhound Books some news… their Facebook page got hacked and they need to start afresh. You’ll now find them here www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
What kind of jerk does this stuff?
What kind of jerk does this stuff?
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
If you’re following Bloodhound Books some news… their Facebook page got hacked and they need to start afresh. You’ll now find them here www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
What kind of jerk does this stuff?
What kind of jerk does this stuff?
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I’ve stayed at a few of these. I very much approve of this list.
I have discovered the best value for money hotels in Venice
I have discovered the best value for money hotels in Venice
I have discovered the best value for money hotels in Venice
www.independent.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve stayed at a few of these. I very much approve of this list.
