David Finkelstein
@finkelsteind.bsky.social
Business & Cultural Historian, personal capacity blurbs. Co-Editor, The Edinburgh Companion to British Colonial Periodicals, https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edinburgh-companion-to-british-colonial-periodicals.html
Hello Barcelona!
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hello Barcelona!
What a lovely gem of a book.
October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What a lovely gem of a book.
This week's Hebridean flotsam and jetsam
October 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This week's Hebridean flotsam and jetsam
New look Edinburgh Filmhouse screen 1 ready to go!
June 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New look Edinburgh Filmhouse screen 1 ready to go!
Tonight's sunset view
June 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Tonight's sunset view
This week's reading. Let's see what all the fuss was about.
May 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This week's reading. Let's see what all the fuss was about.
Hello Oxford! Today's task, rummaging through old newspapers in the Bodleian Library.
May 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Hello Oxford! Today's task, rummaging through old newspapers in the Bodleian Library.
Hello Berwick-upon-Tweed
May 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Hello Berwick-upon-Tweed
Looking forward to reading this cracker of a novel.
April 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Looking forward to reading this cracker of a novel.
A great read. Complex, keenly observed and startling in its conclusions.
April 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A great read. Complex, keenly observed and startling in its conclusions.
This week revisiting this novel published almost 25 years ago. Still a great read!
March 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
This week revisiting this novel published almost 25 years ago. Still a great read!
A busy couple of days in store for me in Florence. Grateful for the invitation to be here.
March 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A busy couple of days in store for me in Florence. Grateful for the invitation to be here.
Interesting and compelling study of an energetic set of journalists who reported on and shaped our understanding of the world in the mid-20th century
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Interesting and compelling study of an energetic set of journalists who reported on and shaped our understanding of the world in the mid-20th century
Nicely researched historical novel set in Elizabethan London theatre world. Good pacing, from co-founder of 1990s supergroup Suede, Mat Osman
January 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Nicely researched historical novel set in Elizabethan London theatre world. Good pacing, from co-founder of 1990s supergroup Suede, Mat Osman
Last Hebridean walk of winter season. Hello curious seals!
January 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Last Hebridean walk of winter season. Hello curious seals!
Hebridean calmness 2025
January 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Hebridean calmness 2025
Happy new year 2025 to all!
January 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Happy new year 2025 to all!
Hebridean flotsam and jetsam
December 27, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Hebridean flotsam and jetsam
A beautifully written narrative, set in small town Ireland of 1962, seasonally appropriate, of love, loss, redemption and words unsaid.
December 13, 2024 at 7:59 AM
A beautifully written narrative, set in small town Ireland of 1962, seasonally appropriate, of love, loss, redemption and words unsaid.
Hoolie in the Hydro, bringing fab collection of trad Scottish bands to play over the evening in Glasgow. Super group Capercaillie kicking up a storm!
December 7, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Hoolie in the Hydro, bringing fab collection of trad Scottish bands to play over the evening in Glasgow. Super group Capercaillie kicking up a storm!
Latest read. A hefty, engrossing narrative of tangled and close to the bone dystopian urban existence, like encountering an Irish version of Anthony Burgess and Cormac McCarthy.
December 4, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Latest read. A hefty, engrossing narrative of tangled and close to the bone dystopian urban existence, like encountering an Irish version of Anthony Burgess and Cormac McCarthy.
Last night's cultural viewing. Great sets, entertaining evening.
November 17, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Last night's cultural viewing. Great sets, entertaining evening.
Just finished this novel. Short but hefty. Sounds contradictory, but short novel hides an overpowering compression of action and brutal crunch to language and dialogue.
November 16, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Just finished this novel. Short but hefty. Sounds contradictory, but short novel hides an overpowering compression of action and brutal crunch to language and dialogue.
Lovely to see Rura play last night. Great gig!
November 15, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Lovely to see Rura play last night. Great gig!