Pete Langman
@elegantfowl.bsky.social
Writer, editor, historian, cricketer and Parkinsonian. YOPD, OED, PhD. Co-author of Spycraft. petelangman.com
Wanted: Spycraft from @YaleBooks has escaped from the Tower disguised as a paperback ... track it down at a bookseller near you today!
September 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Wanted: Spycraft from @YaleBooks has escaped from the Tower disguised as a paperback ... track it down at a bookseller near you today!
John 'Fingers' Fingleton's MCC jacket left on his customary seat at Lord's in tribute ...
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
John 'Fingers' Fingleton's MCC jacket left on his customary seat at Lord's in tribute ...
Obviously, I have no recollection of where I found them being referred to by that name (typical, right?), but it took a long time to find anything about them - at least, I think that's what this is!
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Obviously, I have no recollection of where I found them being referred to by that name (typical, right?), but it took a long time to find anything about them - at least, I think that's what this is!
Very happy to be in both the acknowledgements and the footnotes of this fine volume!
April 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Very happy to be in both the acknowledgements and the footnotes of this fine volume!
Dutch pharmacy goes the extra mile following difficulties obtaining my usual order ... jury currently out on this new brand's efficacy! All meds are not equal.
March 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Dutch pharmacy goes the extra mile following difficulties obtaining my usual order ... jury currently out on this new brand's efficacy! All meds are not equal.
At last, I can add 'auteur' to my list ...
December 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
At last, I can add 'auteur' to my list ...
What a line-up @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Yuval Noah Harari, @misswalsingham.bsky.social @soniapurnell.bsky.social @questingvole.bsky.social 🥂 Excited that my book #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social , co-written with Nadine Akkerman, is included in SUCH good company by @economist.com !
December 8, 2024 at 8:52 AM
What a line-up @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Yuval Noah Harari, @misswalsingham.bsky.social @soniapurnell.bsky.social @questingvole.bsky.social 🥂 Excited that my book #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social , co-written with Nadine Akkerman, is included in SUCH good company by @economist.com !
What's this I see? Early modern espionage on the cover of the TLS? What Spycraftiness is this?
August 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM
What's this I see? Early modern espionage on the cover of the TLS? What Spycraftiness is this?
While one might not, under normal circumstances, believe anything that appears in the Daily M, the Irish version has a point, as Alexander Glover describes #Spycraft
as ‘Enlightening’!
as ‘Enlightening’!
August 14, 2024 at 8:05 AM
While one might not, under normal circumstances, believe anything that appears in the Daily M, the Irish version has a point, as Alexander Glover describes #Spycraft
as ‘Enlightening’!
as ‘Enlightening’!
Nowt like a young moorhen on the catwalk!
July 30, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Nowt like a young moorhen on the catwalk!
It's breakfast time in grebeland
May 15, 2024 at 7:40 AM
It's breakfast time in grebeland
A pair of Leiden grebelings hitching a lift ...
May 12, 2024 at 5:48 PM
A pair of Leiden grebelings hitching a lift ...
Ok. Grebes. How is it that this most graceful, beautiful and elegant of birds has a call that sounds as though it hasn't changed since the Jurassic period?
February 10, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Ok. Grebes. How is it that this most graceful, beautiful and elegant of birds has a call that sounds as though it hasn't changed since the Jurassic period?
Oh lawks! #Spycraft goes to press in (begins countdown) ... ten days! Not too late to preorder and get your limited edition glow-in-the-dark cover ...
February 9, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Oh lawks! #Spycraft goes to press in (begins countdown) ... ten days! Not too late to preorder and get your limited edition glow-in-the-dark cover ...
Nice to see a resurgence of pre-orders for #spycraft as we near the end of the proofs ... first edition glows in the dark (also includes Tudors and toads) - amzn.to/3GCOENa
January 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Nice to see a resurgence of pre-orders for #spycraft as we near the end of the proofs ... first edition glows in the dark (also includes Tudors and toads) - amzn.to/3GCOENa
Here's a morning Grebe for your delectation!
December 24, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Here's a morning Grebe for your delectation!
Seeing as I missed Robin day yesterday, here's last year's model!
December 22, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Seeing as I missed Robin day yesterday, here's last year's model!
Thrilled to be included in this majestic tome with my first co-authored piece with @misswalsingham - also available open access ... the next will be published in June! #Spycraft
December 21, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Thrilled to be included in this majestic tome with my first co-authored piece with @misswalsingham - also available open access ... the next will be published in June! #Spycraft
Is it Sunday yet? Yes? Excellent ... the perfect time to think about how you need more #Spycraft in your life. What's that you say? The cover even glows in the dark? What trickery is this? @YaleBooks amzn.to/3GCOENa
December 17, 2023 at 8:50 AM
Is it Sunday yet? Yes? Excellent ... the perfect time to think about how you need more #Spycraft in your life. What's that you say? The cover even glows in the dark? What trickery is this? @YaleBooks amzn.to/3GCOENa
Psst – can you keep a secret? We can't - we've got a new book on the way, and here’s proof! @YaleBooks Pre-order now: £20 guarantees you an exciting summer of #spycraft ... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
December 12, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Psst – can you keep a secret? We can't - we've got a new book on the way, and here’s proof! @YaleBooks Pre-order now: £20 guarantees you an exciting summer of #spycraft ... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
One of my favourites!
December 7, 2023 at 6:17 PM
One of my favourites!