Terry Stiastny
@terrystiastny.bsky.social
Author of Believable Lies, a story of wartime propaganda and fake news, out in June from WH Allen. Discussing politics and more on Times Radio and Monocle Radio. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994/believable-lies-by-stiastny-terry/
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BOOK NEWS! It’s a true story of wartime fake news, with secret radio stations, huge political rows, intrigue and scandal. It’s also a serious look at the risks you run when you create deliberate lies. My first non-fiction book, BELIEVABLE LIES is out in June.
Hello to all my new followers. I’m not sure how you’ve found me but good to see you. Expect sardonic comments and weird British political references as well as some history x
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Hello to all my new followers. I’m not sure how you’ve found me but good to see you. Expect sardonic comments and weird British political references as well as some history x
Is the Christmas dress code this year ‘1980s Laura Ashley’, because it certainly seems like it in the shops.
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Is the Christmas dress code this year ‘1980s Laura Ashley’, because it certainly seems like it in the shops.
‘They say Islington is coming up.’
‘It is, they’ve turned the greengrocer’s into an antique shop and the pub does salad.’
Prick Up Your Ears, Alan Bennett
‘It is, they’ve turned the greengrocer’s into an antique shop and the pub does salad.’
Prick Up Your Ears, Alan Bennett
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
‘They say Islington is coming up.’
‘It is, they’ve turned the greengrocer’s into an antique shop and the pub does salad.’
Prick Up Your Ears, Alan Bennett
‘It is, they’ve turned the greengrocer’s into an antique shop and the pub does salad.’
Prick Up Your Ears, Alan Bennett
Ah, the Book Tokens game. Love being reminded of great books like The Fruit Blanket and The Seasonal Holidays.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ah, the Book Tokens game. Love being reminded of great books like The Fruit Blanket and The Seasonal Holidays.
Calling for a full independent inquiry and resignations over why I can’t reliably get BBC Sounds to play on my laptop.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Calling for a full independent inquiry and resignations over why I can’t reliably get BBC Sounds to play on my laptop.
If anyone says ‘give it to [X] till the end of the season’ I will slap them.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If anyone says ‘give it to [X] till the end of the season’ I will slap them.
Jeopardy: doing a broadcast Zoom call with a broken desk chair that is liable to make me sink rapidly out of view at any point.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Jeopardy: doing a broadcast Zoom call with a broken desk chair that is liable to make me sink rapidly out of view at any point.
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. Includes our obituary for Dick Cheney, discussion of his life and legacy and the day's other stuff with @terrystiastny.bsky.social and Robin Brant, and @claireyorke.bsky.social on her new book on the value of empathy in politics. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Dick Cheney dies: a look back at his towering influence on Republican politics - Monocle
We discuss the life and legacy of former US vice-president Dick Cheney.
monocle.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. Includes our obituary for Dick Cheney, discussion of his life and legacy and the day's other stuff with @terrystiastny.bsky.social and Robin Brant, and @claireyorke.bsky.social on her new book on the value of empathy in politics. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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Remember remember the 5th of November, which is traditionally the day we put that guy Faulks on top of the Bonfire (of the Vanities) 🔥🎇
#BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
#BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Remember remember the 5th of November, which is traditionally the day we put that guy Faulks on top of the Bonfire (of the Vanities) 🔥🎇
#BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
#BonfireNight #GuyFawkes
Top line of the Connections grid at start today: ‘Only Connect olive branch’ !
October 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Top line of the Connections grid at start today: ‘Only Connect olive branch’ !
Yeah, that’s me, she said, emptying the dishwasher and putting the milk bottles out.
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yeah, that’s me, she said, emptying the dishwasher and putting the milk bottles out.
Lupin strikes again
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Lupin strikes again
Order James’s book now so that in the New Year you’ll be able to understand how we got here!
An insightful and deeply researched study of what went wrong with Russia and the west’s reaction to the country after the optimism of the 1990s.' - @terrystiastny.bsky.social
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
My next book, 'The Return of Russia', out in January.
Now available for pre-order, with 25% off at Waterstones today only.
October 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Order James’s book now so that in the New Year you’ll be able to understand how we got here!
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That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!
Oh Canada! This week we're chasing Nazis from the Atlantic to the Pacific as we watch Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning 49th Parallel. Will @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social crash the pod simply to annoy @RobertHutton.co.uk? Will @terrystiastny.bsky.social be able to make peace?
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!
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If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry Rée's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
October 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry Rée's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!
Oh Canada! This week we're chasing Nazis from the Atlantic to the Pacific as we watch Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning 49th Parallel. Will @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social crash the pod simply to annoy @RobertHutton.co.uk? Will @terrystiastny.bsky.social be able to make peace?
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!
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Oh Canada! This week we're chasing Nazis from the Atlantic to the Pacific as we watch Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning 49th Parallel. Will @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social crash the pod simply to annoy @RobertHutton.co.uk? Will @terrystiastny.bsky.social be able to make peace?
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Oh Canada! This week we're chasing Nazis from the Atlantic to the Pacific as we watch Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning 49th Parallel. Will @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social crash the pod simply to annoy @RobertHutton.co.uk? Will @terrystiastny.bsky.social be able to make peace?
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If you read one thread on Bluesky today, make it this - amazing!
It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you read one thread on Bluesky today, make it this - amazing!
Reappointed PM at 10pm on a Friday night. Who’d be in politics?
🔴 Premier ministre, Premier ministre démissionnaire et... de nouveau Premier ministre, tout ça en pile un mois ! #Lecornu
October 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Reappointed PM at 10pm on a Friday night. Who’d be in politics?
Woburn deer: as fearsome now as they were in WW2 #BelievableLies
October 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Woburn deer: as fearsome now as they were in WW2 #BelievableLies