Mary Novakovich
@marynovakovich.bsky.social
Travel writer, journalist, author of award-winning My Family and Other Enemies: Life and Travels in Croatia's Hinterland. Words in Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Independent, i, CNN Travel, etc.
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Eight years ago, I wrote a news story for @theipaper.com about the last French soldier to die in the First World War, which I'm reminded of again this Armistice Day.
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The French WWI soldier who died 15 minutes before peace
The morning fog was smothering the River Meuse near the village of Vrigne-Meuse, almost exactly as it had done 99 […]
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Eight years ago, I wrote a news story for @theipaper.com about the last French soldier to die in the First World War, which I'm reminded of again this Armistice Day.
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
Chris Mason talking about Robbie Gibb on the news and outlining his CV while neglecting to mention Gibb’s connection with GB News. Sterling work as usual, Mason.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Chris Mason talking about Robbie Gibb on the news and outlining his CV while neglecting to mention Gibb’s connection with GB News. Sterling work as usual, Mason.
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@theobserveruk.bsky.social points the finger👇
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
@theobserveruk.bsky.social points the finger👇
Heart in mouth after latest episode of #RiotWomen. Bloody hell.
November 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Heart in mouth after latest episode of #RiotWomen. Bloody hell.
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Speaking as a recently-retired BBC journalist who is still self-censoring his opinions on social media: Well.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Speaking as a recently-retired BBC journalist who is still self-censoring his opinions on social media: Well.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...
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Fabulous.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fabulous.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
Time for my monthly @the-independent.com round-up of holiday ideas, this time for December, including where to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve. @101holidays.bsky.social
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The best holidays to book for December 2025
Winter is coming, and whether you fancy skiing in Austria, a beach escape in Goa or a walk in the North York Moors, we’ve something to inspire you
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Time for my monthly @the-independent.com round-up of holiday ideas, this time for December, including where to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve. @101holidays.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/travel/inspi...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/inspi...
I know there are more important things to worry about, but I could really do without being bombarded by Black Friday press releases. Give it a rest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I know there are more important things to worry about, but I could really do without being bombarded by Black Friday press releases. Give it a rest.
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Yes. Bizarre that the mistakenly released prisoners are being treated by the media as the result of Labour policy, when everyone knows perfectly well that a year ago the prison system was in deep, deep crisis because of Tory budget cuts.
“Austerity” = the missing word in all the panic over failing prisons
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Yes. Bizarre that the mistakenly released prisoners are being treated by the media as the result of Labour policy, when everyone knows perfectly well that a year ago the prison system was in deep, deep crisis because of Tory budget cuts.
Timeline cleanse – my travel feature for @theguardian.com on a wonderful few days in Évora, feasting on fabulous Alentejo food and wine and falling for this gorgeous part of Portugal. @travwriters.bsky.social
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Autumn in Alentejo: ancient city sites and golden vineyards in Portugal
Despite its world heritage site status and plethora of tourist attractions, Évora, the capital of the Alentejo region, retains a laidback charm and boasts wonderful food and drink
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Timeline cleanse – my travel feature for @theguardian.com on a wonderful few days in Évora, feasting on fabulous Alentejo food and wine and falling for this gorgeous part of Portugal. @travwriters.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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This a thousand times.
This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This a thousand times.
Some good news for a change.
Huge wins for the Democrats in state elections across the US last night.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
Chaotic authoritarianism is not popular.
A 15-point win for VA gov. A 5-point win for VA AG in a race he was expected to lose. A 13-point win for NJ gov, in a race that was expected to be close. An outright majority in NYC in a three-way race. A 30-point win for Prop 50 in CA. #BlueWave #Election2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Some good news for a change.
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The sheer grifting determination of these ghouls knows no bounds. Even as we hear the man charged is a British national who lives in Peterborough with police suggesting no obvious terror link, they cling desperately to the idea this is somehow linked to immigration. Shameless stuff.
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The sheer grifting determination of these ghouls knows no bounds. Even as we hear the man charged is a British national who lives in Peterborough with police suggesting no obvious terror link, they cling desperately to the idea this is somehow linked to immigration. Shameless stuff.
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
This is the best news I've heard all year. Blessed are the cheesemakers.
Researchers found that regular cheese eaters were 24 per cent less likely to develop the condition over three years compared with non-cheese eaters.
Eating cheese once a week may lower dementia risk, study suggests
Researchers found that regular cheese eaters were 24 per cent less likely to develop the condition over three years compared with non-cheese eaters.
l.euronews.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is the best news I've heard all year. Blessed are the cheesemakers.
👏👏👏
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
👏👏👏
Any other authors being bombarded with spam emails offering free Amazon audits for your books? I get these often, but just now I've had half a dozen within a few minutes.
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Any other authors being bombarded with spam emails offering free Amazon audits for your books? I get these often, but just now I've had half a dozen within a few minutes.
Oh.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Oh.
Absolutely.
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Absolutely.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
This is outrageous. How can an airline treat a passenger so appallingly? Definitely not in a rush to fly with Turkish Airlines. Disgraceful behaviour. Full story on the Facebook post below, and thanks @rorycj.bsky.social for bringing it to our attention. @simoncalder.bsky.social
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is outrageous. How can an airline treat a passenger so appallingly? Definitely not in a rush to fly with Turkish Airlines. Disgraceful behaviour. Full story on the Facebook post below, and thanks @rorycj.bsky.social for bringing it to our attention. @simoncalder.bsky.social
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A good thread but this is a particularly important point.
Even with all the favourable exposure they get, Reform *still* aren't very popular. They're nowhere near the majority.
The BBC/Sky need to give the rest of us more of a voice.
Even with all the favourable exposure they get, Reform *still* aren't very popular. They're nowhere near the majority.
The BBC/Sky need to give the rest of us more of a voice.
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A good thread but this is a particularly important point.
Even with all the favourable exposure they get, Reform *still* aren't very popular. They're nowhere near the majority.
The BBC/Sky need to give the rest of us more of a voice.
Even with all the favourable exposure they get, Reform *still* aren't very popular. They're nowhere near the majority.
The BBC/Sky need to give the rest of us more of a voice.