Philip Curnow
@philipcurnow.bsky.social
Lived, studied & worked across 3 continents before settling in Rome to co-found @Deliciousitaly. Television production, qualitative ad researcher, travel author (Hurst), linguist & Arabist. BlueSky is my daily jotter, but a pencil is always close to hand.
AI Mode or Depeche Mode? 🎶
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
AI Mode or Depeche Mode? 🎶
"E’ stato azzerato tutto, in nome della fisicità, della tattica e degli schemi che fanno venire il mal di testa ai bambini di dieci anni." ⚽
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"E’ stato azzerato tutto, in nome della fisicità, della tattica e degli schemi che fanno venire il mal di testa ai bambini di dieci anni." ⚽
Like searching the www in its formative years via Altavista. But some wonderful forgotten stuff in there.
archive.org/details/Fiat...
archive.org/details/Fiat...
Fiat Tempra 'Designed For Life' Advert : Fiat : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An advert for Fiat Tempra from 1991
archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Like searching the www in its formative years via Altavista. But some wonderful forgotten stuff in there.
archive.org/details/Fiat...
archive.org/details/Fiat...
"The pretty walkable city is best in Europe to visit in 2026"
The Daily Express demonstrating that some newspapers have a way with words, while others no have way!
The Daily Express demonstrating that some newspapers have a way with words, while others no have way!
The pretty walkable city is best in Europe to visit in 2026
Step into a city where cobbled streets whisper tales of history, and every corner reveals a new culinary delight. Discover the charm of a walkable European gem.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"The pretty walkable city is best in Europe to visit in 2026"
The Daily Express demonstrating that some newspapers have a way with words, while others no have way!
The Daily Express demonstrating that some newspapers have a way with words, while others no have way!
Often described as an ‘outlier of the Neolithic monuments of the White Peak’, the Bridestones, lying along the line of the Cheshire-Staffordshire border is undoubtedly Cheshire’s most impressive and well-known ancient monument.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Often described as an ‘outlier of the Neolithic monuments of the White Peak’, the Bridestones, lying along the line of the Cheshire-Staffordshire border is undoubtedly Cheshire’s most impressive and well-known ancient monument.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
Reposted by Philip Curnow
“Scrolling has become a form of ambient dissociation, half-conscious, half-compulsive, closer to scratching an itch than seeking anything in particular. People know the feed is fake, they just don’t care.”
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
www.noemamag.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Scrolling has become a form of ambient dissociation, half-conscious, half-compulsive, closer to scratching an itch than seeking anything in particular. People know the feed is fake, they just don’t care.”
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
— @jamesosullivan.bsky.social
"Contemporary social media content is more often rootless, detached from cultural memory, interpersonal exchange or shared conversation. It arrives fully formed, optimized for attention rather than meaning, producing a kind of semantic sludge that says almost nothing."
via @noemamag.com
via @noemamag.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Contemporary social media content is more often rootless, detached from cultural memory, interpersonal exchange or shared conversation. It arrives fully formed, optimized for attention rather than meaning, producing a kind of semantic sludge that says almost nothing."
via @noemamag.com
via @noemamag.com
Reposted by Philip Curnow
Whitby: 'I own a 105-year-old bookshop - but I'm not really a reader'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Whitby bookstore Holman's celebrates 105th birthday
Bookshop has a long and eclectic history and occupies one of the town's oldest buildings.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Whitby: 'I own a 105-year-old bookshop - but I'm not really a reader'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Philip Curnow
Israel is advancing a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Israel is advancing a bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
Cartoon by Carlos Latuff.
The best @internazionale.it I've read since I've been buying it. Not least for the old Bari ladies fresh orecchiette tourism scam. Well done Angela Giuffrida of @theguardian.com.
La caduta della città di Al Fashir, in Darfur, è stata uno degli episodi più sanguinosi di due anni di guerra civile. Foto in copertina di Guy Peterson (Afp/Getty Images). Leggi il sommario del nuovo numero di Internazionale: intern.az/1OI0
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The best @internazionale.it I've read since I've been buying it. Not least for the old Bari ladies fresh orecchiette tourism scam. Well done Angela Giuffrida of @theguardian.com.
A masterpiece. Time to watch the full film again.
youtu.be/CoM-L62peIo?...
youtu.be/CoM-L62peIo?...
Waltz With Bashir | Official Trailer (2008)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A masterpiece. Time to watch the full film again.
youtu.be/CoM-L62peIo?...
youtu.be/CoM-L62peIo?...
A worrying frontpage by the Economist. Especially, the visual hint that it could happen during the Winter Olympics. I went to our local market and asked them. Apparently, the chicory is still buoyant and a bumper apple crop is pulling punters in. But red wine has tanked. So a mixed bag from Rome.
November 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A worrying frontpage by the Economist. Especially, the visual hint that it could happen during the Winter Olympics. I went to our local market and asked them. Apparently, the chicory is still buoyant and a bumper apple crop is pulling punters in. But red wine has tanked. So a mixed bag from Rome.
We are living through interesting times. Not only AI writers, but AI editors.
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
We are living through interesting times. Not only AI writers, but AI editors.
FOR SALE. Olympic Village. One owner. Used once. Ideal for ski loving Arab Sheikh with large family (snow permitting). Possible golf driving range conversion in summer.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
All'asta il Villaggio olimpico di Sestriere: in passato non l'ha voluto nessuno, e ora il costo è raddoppiato (35 milioni di euro)
Tre aste, negli anni scorsi, sono andate deserte: ora ci si riprova, ma la sensazione è che nessuno voglia la struttura imponente di Sestriere
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
FOR SALE. Olympic Village. One owner. Used once. Ideal for ski loving Arab Sheikh with large family (snow permitting). Possible golf driving range conversion in summer.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
#Semitic
From 1797 to denote the major language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc., which are distinguished by triliteral verbal roots and vowel inflection. From 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from the Medieval Latin 'semiticus.
From 1797 to denote the major language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc., which are distinguished by triliteral verbal roots and vowel inflection. From 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from the Medieval Latin 'semiticus.
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#Semitic
From 1797 to denote the major language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc., which are distinguished by triliteral verbal roots and vowel inflection. From 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from the Medieval Latin 'semiticus.
From 1797 to denote the major language group that includes Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Assyrian, etc., which are distinguished by triliteral verbal roots and vowel inflection. From 1826 as "of or pertaining to Semites," from the Medieval Latin 'semiticus.
www.internazionale.it/notizie/2025...
Plan to move 300k Masai from north Tanzania to 'protect' the natural park and dedicate it for tourists. A scandal which smells of UNESCO.
Plan to move 300k Masai from north Tanzania to 'protect' the natural park and dedicate it for tourists. A scandal which smells of UNESCO.
Dalla redazione di Internazionale
Questa settimana. Leggi
www.internazionale.it
November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
www.internazionale.it/notizie/2025...
Plan to move 300k Masai from north Tanzania to 'protect' the natural park and dedicate it for tourists. A scandal which smells of UNESCO.
Plan to move 300k Masai from north Tanzania to 'protect' the natural park and dedicate it for tourists. A scandal which smells of UNESCO.
AirBnb in Italy? Well, content yourself that you are helping to ruin not only historic city centres by hollowing them of citizens, but also enriching stay away owners to the tune of 9 billion euros a year. That's 11,700 euros per structure.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
Affitti brevi: dietro la nuova tassazione un business da 9 miliardi di euro
La proposta di aumentare la cedolare secca dal 21% al 26% divide il governo, ma gli esperti la ritengono insufficiente per regolare il fenomeno
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AirBnb in Italy? Well, content yourself that you are helping to ruin not only historic city centres by hollowing them of citizens, but also enriching stay away owners to the tune of 9 billion euros a year. That's 11,700 euros per structure.
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/11/14/a...
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A timely documentary. And is there a public inventory of all the items in the museum.
A timely documentary. And is there a public inventory of all the items in the museum.
The Marbles (2025) UK Trailer
YouTube video by Strike Media
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November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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A timely documentary. And is there a public inventory of all the items in the museum.
A timely documentary. And is there a public inventory of all the items in the museum.
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A copy of Homer's Odyssey or a crank Celebrity Horoscope 2026 paperback to guide us through the labours to come.
A copy of Homer's Odyssey or a crank Celebrity Horoscope 2026 paperback to guide us through the labours to come.
Homer’s “Odyssey” offers lessons for navigating 2026
Christopher Nolan’s version of Homer’s “The Odyssey” opens in July. The story offers advice to those navigating the ups and downs of 2026
click.e.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
click.e.economist.com
A copy of Homer's Odyssey or a crank Celebrity Horoscope 2026 paperback to guide us through the labours to come.
A copy of Homer's Odyssey or a crank Celebrity Horoscope 2026 paperback to guide us through the labours to come.
More from Kelner. This time a visit of the garden city of Wakefield.
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Martin Kelner in Wakefield
YouTube video by Kelner TV
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November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
More from Kelner. This time a visit of the garden city of Wakefield.
youtu.be/L58BxYMhXk4?...
youtu.be/L58BxYMhXk4?...
#Settler
From 1620, with the sense of "establish a permanent residence". But an older meaning of "reconcile" (a quarrel etc.) is perhaps referenced from the Middle English 'sahtlen', which ultimately comes from the Old Norse 'satt', again meaning "reconciliation".
From 1620, with the sense of "establish a permanent residence". But an older meaning of "reconcile" (a quarrel etc.) is perhaps referenced from the Middle English 'sahtlen', which ultimately comes from the Old Norse 'satt', again meaning "reconciliation".
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#Settler
From 1620, with the sense of "establish a permanent residence". But an older meaning of "reconcile" (a quarrel etc.) is perhaps referenced from the Middle English 'sahtlen', which ultimately comes from the Old Norse 'satt', again meaning "reconciliation".
From 1620, with the sense of "establish a permanent residence". But an older meaning of "reconcile" (a quarrel etc.) is perhaps referenced from the Middle English 'sahtlen', which ultimately comes from the Old Norse 'satt', again meaning "reconciliation".
Tieing up some loose ends of sorts. #1
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Martin Kelner, Freelance Journalist
YouTube video by Leeds Trinity University
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November 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Tieing up some loose ends of sorts. #1
youtu.be/zUo_ObpvpqQ?...
youtu.be/zUo_ObpvpqQ?...