Philip Gwynne Jones
@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social
Author of the Nathan Sutherland Venetian mysteries. Currently investigating "The Magus of Sicily" with Nedda and Calogero.
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
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Well now, we have some cracking offers with which to welcome in the New Year!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
Satisfactory 4 but drove me nuts getting there…#Wordle 1,663 4/6
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January 7, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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#NowPlaying Genesis, "Nursery Cryme". If the first two albums were the preliminary sketches, this is where the band properly emerges. Crucially, it's the first Hackett/Collins album. I'm not sure anything quite lives up to the opening "The Musical Box" but the good stuff here is very good indeed.
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
#NowPlaying Genesis, "Nursery Cryme". If the first two albums were the preliminary sketches, this is where the band properly emerges. Crucially, it's the first Hackett/Collins album. I'm not sure anything quite lives up to the opening "The Musical Box" but the good stuff here is very good indeed.
Snowed in Venice for about five minutes earlier today. No photos, as it was a bit (*) underwhelming.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Snowed in Venice for about five minutes earlier today. No photos, as it was a bit (*) underwhelming.
(* very)
(* very)
January 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
#NowPlaying Easing into the week with a little more from Herbie the K and the BPO, this time with Mozart 40 & 41.
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
#NowPlaying Easing into the week with a little more from Herbie the K and the BPO, this time with Mozart 40 & 41.
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 AM
January 4, 2026 at 8:48 AM
#Letterboxd stats for 2025. Joseph Losey, Michael Ripper, come up and collect your awards!
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
#Letterboxd stats for 2025. Joseph Losey, Michael Ripper, come up and collect your awards!
January 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
@hawkbinge.bsky.social are back, and In Your Area! What better way to start the New Year!
NEW EPISODE ALERT 💥💥💥
Nearly 2 hours of “In Your Area” deep-diving???
Right here. Learn what Matt made of this half live/half studio oddity. And see which very special guest they enlisted to help them through it...
Wherever you get your podcasts...
#Hawkwind
Nearly 2 hours of “In Your Area” deep-diving???
Right here. Learn what Matt made of this half live/half studio oddity. And see which very special guest they enlisted to help them through it...
Wherever you get your podcasts...
#Hawkwind
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 PM
@hawkbinge.bsky.social are back, and In Your Area! What better way to start the New Year!
Well now, we have some cracking offers with which to welcome in the New Year!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
January 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Well now, we have some cracking offers with which to welcome in the New Year!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
Both "Magus of Sicily" and "Venetian Game" are UK Kindle Monthly Deals throughout January at just 99p.
And for those of you in the US, there's a similar deal on "Venetian Gothic" at 99c.
Happy reading, all!
January 2, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Did the full roast dinner thing for New Year’s Day, and if you want a roast chicken recipe you can’t do better than Simon Hopkinson’s. Crispy, savory skin and the flesh still moist.
Mimi approved as well, as chicken is her favourite thing.
Mimi approved as well, as chicken is her favourite thing.
January 1, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Did the full roast dinner thing for New Year’s Day, and if you want a roast chicken recipe you can’t do better than Simon Hopkinson’s. Crispy, savory skin and the flesh still moist.
Mimi approved as well, as chicken is her favourite thing.
Mimi approved as well, as chicken is her favourite thing.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Happy New Year, my friends. It’s a pleasure to be here and talk nonsense with you. I hope 2026 is kind.
December 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Happy New Year, my friends. It’s a pleasure to be here and talk nonsense with you. I hope 2026 is kind.
The time has come. And, gotta say, this is magnificent!
December 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The time has come. And, gotta say, this is magnificent!
Overplayed? Certainly. Old-fashioned? Possibly, whatever that means. But I don't care. I'm seeing in the New Year with RVW...
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Overplayed? Certainly. Old-fashioned? Possibly, whatever that means. But I don't care. I'm seeing in the New Year with RVW...
Go on, my son!!!
Watch Soulemane Kone from Ivory Coast score his first ever try for "Briganti Librino" under-18s rugby team in Catania. When he arrived in Sicily on a migrant boat two years ago, alone aged just 15, he didn't even know what rugby was.
Dalla Costa d'Avorio a Librino: la storia di Soule, in meta verso la libertà
YouTube video by La Sicilia
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December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Go on, my son!!!
Sausage time!
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sausage time!
A seasonal short story for you, in which Nathan is faced with a very Italian problem on New Year's Eve.
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Deep Red
One of the pleasures of the annual Festive story, is the chance to fill in a little more back story for Nathan and friends. As I always say, they’re canon if you want them to be. This particular st…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A seasonal short story for you, in which Nathan is faced with a very Italian problem on New Year's Eve.
philipgwynnejones.com/short-storie...
philipgwynnejones.com/short-storie...
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Ah, here's another one...no, it's not "effortless" for me, as you want me to pay you $120. And so you can, frankly, sod off.
December 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ah, here's another one...no, it's not "effortless" for me, as you want me to pay you $120. And so you can, frankly, sod off.
#NowPlaying I was in the mood for a bit of Beethoven, and so it's "Fidelio". Karajan's studio recording with Vickers and Dernesch, and ever so good as you might imagine.
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#NowPlaying I was in the mood for a bit of Beethoven, and so it's "Fidelio". Karajan's studio recording with Vickers and Dernesch, and ever so good as you might imagine.