Verona Campione
@rickhough.bsky.social
Author of Verona Campione, Verona at War and Notes from Verona. Optimistic Hellas Verona season ticket holder with a passion for the past. And wine. Also beer. Some whisky too.
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Verona Campione
@rickhough.bsky.social
· Apr 17
The amazing underdog story of how Hellas Verona conquered the giants of Italian football to become Serie A champions.
Available now to preorder>
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/verona-...
Available now to preorder>
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/verona-...
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We will be flogging mags, t-shirts, totes, badges and more this Saturday.
Come and find our table at Brixton Library. 12pm kick off. Pints after, probably.
Come and find our table at Brixton Library. 12pm kick off. Pints after, probably.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We will be flogging mags, t-shirts, totes, badges and more this Saturday.
Come and find our table at Brixton Library. 12pm kick off. Pints after, probably.
Come and find our table at Brixton Library. 12pm kick off. Pints after, probably.
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Domenica Bastardi — Game 9 of 38 (Pisa Away)
Rain. Ticket chaos. Fan ban.
Ended up sitting in Pisa’s Curva Sud, freezing, silently celebrating every Lazio attack. 🤐💙
www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore...
#DomenicaBastardi
#SSLazio
www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore...
#DomenicaBastardi
#SSLazio
Domenica Bastardi Game 9 of 38: Rain, chaos and resilience as Lazio battle to a point in Pisa - TIBS News
After recovering — or at least trying to recover — from the madness of the robbery, it was time for Pisa. A new ground for me, and the first time I can remember Lazio facing Pisa in any competition. ...
www.tibsnews.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Domenica Bastardi — Game 9 of 38 (Pisa Away)
Rain. Ticket chaos. Fan ban.
Ended up sitting in Pisa’s Curva Sud, freezing, silently celebrating every Lazio attack. 🤐💙
www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore...
#DomenicaBastardi
#SSLazio
www.tibsnews.co.uk/calcio-amore...
#DomenicaBastardi
#SSLazio
Tuesday morning rush hour
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Tuesday morning rush hour
My late father in laws work permit to come and work on the Duke
Of Argyll’s estate in 1957.
Issued by the Questura of Lucca and the Ministry of Labour.
The beginning of a remarkable journey!
🏴🇮🇹
Of Argyll’s estate in 1957.
Issued by the Questura of Lucca and the Ministry of Labour.
The beginning of a remarkable journey!
🏴🇮🇹
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
My late father in laws work permit to come and work on the Duke
Of Argyll’s estate in 1957.
Issued by the Questura of Lucca and the Ministry of Labour.
The beginning of a remarkable journey!
🏴🇮🇹
Of Argyll’s estate in 1957.
Issued by the Questura of Lucca and the Ministry of Labour.
The beginning of a remarkable journey!
🏴🇮🇹
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Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Joyce Carol Oates may be the best poster of our time.
In case you missed it last week...
Not long to go now to Venice Noir!
Really looking forward to heading through to Venice on Friday to meet some amazing authors and fellow book lovers in the world's greatest noir setting!
Not long to go now to Venice Noir!
Really looking forward to heading through to Venice on Friday to meet some amazing authors and fellow book lovers in the world's greatest noir setting!
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In case you missed it last week...
Not long to go now to Venice Noir!
Really looking forward to heading through to Venice on Friday to meet some amazing authors and fellow book lovers in the world's greatest noir setting!
Not long to go now to Venice Noir!
Really looking forward to heading through to Venice on Friday to meet some amazing authors and fellow book lovers in the world's greatest noir setting!
First in a series of short posts about my writing back catalogue...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
First in a series of short posts about my writing back catalogue...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
Notes from Verona.
A 'must-read' account of lockdown life in Italy!
www.amazon.com/Notes-Verona...
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Was reminded yesterday of the kind author blurbs I got for this book.
For a while these projects take over your life. Then they just seem to gather dust until something reminds you of all the hard work and toil that went into them!
www.amazon.com/Ritas-War-wa...
For a while these projects take over your life. Then they just seem to gather dust until something reminds you of all the hard work and toil that went into them!
www.amazon.com/Ritas-War-wa...
Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism
Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism [Hough, Richard] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Rita's War: From wartime Italy a true story of resistance and heroism
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November 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Was reminded yesterday of the kind author blurbs I got for this book.
For a while these projects take over your life. Then they just seem to gather dust until something reminds you of all the hard work and toil that went into them!
www.amazon.com/Ritas-War-wa...
For a while these projects take over your life. Then they just seem to gather dust until something reminds you of all the hard work and toil that went into them!
www.amazon.com/Ritas-War-wa...
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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Damascus has long been on my list of cities that I want to visit. It’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Damascus has long been on my list of cities that I want to visit. It’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
Ravenna Commonwealth War Ceremony a couple of years ago to visit the grave of my namesake.
#remembrance
#remembrance
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ravenna Commonwealth War Ceremony a couple of years ago to visit the grave of my namesake.
#remembrance
#remembrance
On the road with the u19s but should be able squeeze in the first half of Lecce v Hellas.
Small town Italy never disappoints!
Small town Italy never disappoints!
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On the road with the u19s but should be able squeeze in the first half of Lecce v Hellas.
Small town Italy never disappoints!
Small town Italy never disappoints!
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Even two out of three is good 💪
Read books
Lift weights
Fight facists
Lift weights
Fight facists
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Even two out of three is good 💪
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@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
How the Rise of Fascism Impacted the 1938 FIFA World Cup
In late March 1938, around ten weeks before the World Cup was due to begin, the Austrian soccer federation sent a telegram to FIFA. “Sorry to cancel World Cup enrolment,” it read. “Austrian footbal…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@jonawils.bsky.social explores the political and personal upheavals at the center of the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
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🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
From Valpollicella to Glasgow…
Plenty of column inches for my home town in today’s papers
Plenty of column inches for my home town in today’s papers
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
From Valpollicella to Glasgow…
Plenty of column inches for my home town in today’s papers
Plenty of column inches for my home town in today’s papers
Trying to stay regular with my Notes from Verona column for the Gentleman Ultra.
For all your football news from Verona with a hefty dose of nostalgia!
You can find the full archive here:
www.gentlemanultra.com/category/ser...
For all your football news from Verona with a hefty dose of nostalgia!
You can find the full archive here:
www.gentlemanultra.com/category/ser...
Notes from Verona Archives -
All the latest Italian football news, views and opinions with a hefty dose of nostalgia with Richard Hough, author of Verona Campione, the Miracle of 85.
www.gentlemanultra.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Trying to stay regular with my Notes from Verona column for the Gentleman Ultra.
For all your football news from Verona with a hefty dose of nostalgia!
You can find the full archive here:
www.gentlemanultra.com/category/ser...
For all your football news from Verona with a hefty dose of nostalgia!
You can find the full archive here:
www.gentlemanultra.com/category/ser...
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This was a lot of fun to do! Many thanks @rickhough.bsky.social . Join @davidhewson.com and me, as we discuss Venice Noir, writing, Italy and the challenges of reading HP Lovecraft in Welsh…
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This was a lot of fun to do! Many thanks @rickhough.bsky.social . Join @davidhewson.com and me, as we discuss Venice Noir, writing, Italy and the challenges of reading HP Lovecraft in Welsh…
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🎙 Ep. 2519 of the Italian Wine Podcast.
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
In conversation with @davidhewson.com and @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social to discuss their lives as crime writers and the festival they inspired, Venice Noir.
🎧 Listen: loom.ly/rVE1lPk
🔗 For more info about Venice Noir visit: www.venicenoir.it/
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
For the first time in Italy!
Back-to-back games at the Bentegodi!
I’m in!
Back-to-back games at the Bentegodi!
I’m in!
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
For the first time in Italy!
Back-to-back games at the Bentegodi!
I’m in!
Back-to-back games at the Bentegodi!
I’m in!
After Vinitaly, the Fieracavalli (horse fair) is one of the biggest events in Verona’s calendar.
I took a quick canter around during my lunch break.
I took a quick canter around during my lunch break.
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
After Vinitaly, the Fieracavalli (horse fair) is one of the biggest events in Verona’s calendar.
I took a quick canter around during my lunch break.
I took a quick canter around during my lunch break.