Gregory Dowling
@gregorydowling.bsky.social
Taught American literature at Ca' Foscari University, Venice. Translator, literary critic, crime-fiction writer.
Comment I saw on a BBC video on YouTube: "it's like having Jimmy Savile as PM and half the country supporting him."
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Comment I saw on a BBC video on YouTube: "it's like having Jimmy Savile as PM and half the country supporting him."
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November 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Well, it wasn’t an obvious one.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Well, it wasn’t an obvious one.
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Reposted by Gregory Dowling
Phew indeed.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Phew indeed.
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A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Reposted by Gregory Dowling
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
A short seasonable poem by Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
www.youtube.com/shorts/re_51...
www.youtube.com/shorts/re_51...
Thomas Hood "No!"
YouTube video by Gregory Dowling
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A short seasonable poem by Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
www.youtube.com/shorts/re_51...
www.youtube.com/shorts/re_51...
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Should have got there sooner but wasted some opportunities…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Should have got there sooner but wasted some opportunities…
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Well, not too bad.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Well, not too bad.
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Hooray
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November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hooray
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The Penguin Bk of Romantic Poetry. Why did the editors mangle the poem?
Byron gives the refrain in Greek, 'Zoë mou, sas agapo' - and puts the English in a footnote. Substituting the translation for the original Greek ruins both metre & rhyme.
They don't even give the Greek in their own end-note.
Byron gives the refrain in Greek, 'Zoë mou, sas agapo' - and puts the English in a footnote. Substituting the translation for the original Greek ruins both metre & rhyme.
They don't even give the Greek in their own end-note.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Penguin Bk of Romantic Poetry. Why did the editors mangle the poem?
Byron gives the refrain in Greek, 'Zoë mou, sas agapo' - and puts the English in a footnote. Substituting the translation for the original Greek ruins both metre & rhyme.
They don't even give the Greek in their own end-note.
Byron gives the refrain in Greek, 'Zoë mou, sas agapo' - and puts the English in a footnote. Substituting the translation for the original Greek ruins both metre & rhyme.
They don't even give the Greek in their own end-note.
Nothing to brag about here.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Nothing to brag about here.
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Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Welp — @davidhogg.bsky.social to Scott Jennings: "People are tired of being lectured by men with Rolexes on CNN about affordability in this country. That’s why Zohran is resonating."
Not so smug today…
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November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Not so smug today…
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From Richard Holmes's new biography of Tennyson, "The Boundless Deep": A. E. Stallings's championship of 'New American Formalism' is presented as the way to 'recover the 'lost delights' of metrical forms for the 21st century.
@aestallings.bsky.social
@aestallings.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
From Richard Holmes's new biography of Tennyson, "The Boundless Deep": A. E. Stallings's championship of 'New American Formalism' is presented as the way to 'recover the 'lost delights' of metrical forms for the 21st century.
@aestallings.bsky.social
@aestallings.bsky.social
Reposted by Gregory Dowling
Just back from the Venice Noir press conference at the Hotel Monaco. And what a lovely day we had for it!
November 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Just back from the Venice Noir press conference at the Hotel Monaco. And what a lovely day we had for it!
Reposted by Gregory Dowling
“the third novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini to be published by the excellent Bitter Lemon Press.. This handsome paperback is very welcome.”
An early review in The Critic Magazine for 'An Enigma by the Sea'.
bit.ly/47Eoqaj
English translation by
@gregorydowling.bsky.social
An early review in The Critic Magazine for 'An Enigma by the Sea'.
bit.ly/47Eoqaj
English translation by
@gregorydowling.bsky.social
Murders for November | Jeremy Black | The Critic Magazine
This is the season for Xmas thrills, or at least the cosiness of dark evenings, reading indoors, and thinking about the murder of others, although how will these stories appear with climate change…
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November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“the third novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini to be published by the excellent Bitter Lemon Press.. This handsome paperback is very welcome.”
An early review in The Critic Magazine for 'An Enigma by the Sea'.
bit.ly/47Eoqaj
English translation by
@gregorydowling.bsky.social
An early review in The Critic Magazine for 'An Enigma by the Sea'.
bit.ly/47Eoqaj
English translation by
@gregorydowling.bsky.social
Good start to the afternoon (I nearly always do Wordle after lunch).
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November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good start to the afternoon (I nearly always do Wordle after lunch).
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Absolute steal and if you happen to be in Venice next month around the 14th you can hear Anna talking about it. #venicenoir
The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.
www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Absolute steal and if you happen to be in Venice next month around the 14th you can hear Anna talking about it. #venicenoir
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November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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