Jonathan Campion
@jonathancampion.com
Central Asia news editor | Cricket | Author of 'Getting Out', about the Ukrainian cricket team 🇺🇦🏏 | Norfolk and Caucasus too.
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Jonathan Campion
@jonathancampion.com
· Nov 17
Getting Out: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War
Getting Out tells how Ukraine's cricketers escaped from Russia's invasion in February 2022, including first-hand accounts of the war. As the foreign-born players fled the bombings, the team’s Ukrainia...
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🇺🇦🏏 | My book 'GETTING OUT: The Ukrainian Cricket Team's Last Stand on the Front Lines of War' is the story of some tough and eccentric sportspeople – and how they saved many of those around them from Russia's invasion in 2022.
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Details | Where to buy 💙📚
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www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/getting-out
'SILK MIRAGE: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan' by @joannalillis.bsky.social is out today with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. It's a brilliantly written account of how the country's two 21st century leaders have shaped the lives of Uzbekistan's fearless, remarkable people. Order it here ⬇️
Coming soon: my new book! Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in #Uzbekistan delves into the politics, economics, history and culture, through my 24 years of experience living in/reporting from/travelling there. Pre-order from Bloomsbury, Amazon or bookshops www.bloomsbury.com/uk/silk-mira...
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
'SILK MIRAGE: Through the Looking Glass in Uzbekistan' by @joannalillis.bsky.social is out today with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. It's a brilliantly written account of how the country's two 21st century leaders have shaped the lives of Uzbekistan's fearless, remarkable people. Order it here ⬇️
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Hard to keep up with the absurd news coming out of Kyrgyzstan. Tashiev, the head of national security, just unilaterally banned cafes and restaurants from being open past 10pm. Anyone who doesn’t respect these quiet hours will have their electricity cut off
kaktus.media/doc/535201_p...
kaktus.media/doc/535201_p...
"После 22:00 отключить им свет". Ташиев запретил кафе и ресторанам работать в ночное время
Камчыбек Ташиев возмутился тем, что закон о тишине не работает, и запретил кафе и ресторанам работать. В противном случае им отключат свет.
kaktus.media
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Hard to keep up with the absurd news coming out of Kyrgyzstan. Tashiev, the head of national security, just unilaterally banned cafes and restaurants from being open past 10pm. Anyone who doesn’t respect these quiet hours will have their electricity cut off
kaktus.media/doc/535201_p...
kaktus.media/doc/535201_p...
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Kazakh retiree Askar Ospanov takes up long distance swimming at 60 inspiring others with his open water achievements across the world https://ow.ly/uPpj50XqChu #Kazakhstan #Sports #Inspiration #Swimming #Health #ActiveAging
Retired Kazakhstani, 66, Finds Calling as Long-Distance Swimmer - The Times Of Central Asia
Askar Ospanov, a retired police major general in Kazakhstan, decided to become a serious swimmer relatively late in life, around the age of 60. Inspiration
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November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Kazakh retiree Askar Ospanov takes up long distance swimming at 60 inspiring others with his open water achievements across the world https://ow.ly/uPpj50XqChu #Kazakhstan #Sports #Inspiration #Swimming #Health #ActiveAging
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I'm please to say that I'll be joining Season 7 of the @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social podcast! 🌌 What a cool lineup of books and authors to be part of. 🙂
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I'm please to say that I'll be joining Season 7 of the @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social podcast! 🌌 What a cool lineup of books and authors to be part of. 🙂
📷 'Life in Central Asia: Photographs from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.'
Twenty-five of my best photographs are available to buy as high-quality wall prints – or as digital files for businesses and agencies to use:
jonathancampion.com/2025/01/07/l...
Twenty-five of my best photographs are available to buy as high-quality wall prints – or as digital files for businesses and agencies to use:
jonathancampion.com/2025/01/07/l...
Life in Central Asia: Photographs from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Some of my photographs from Central Asia can be purchased through my store on Picfair. The collection is called Life in Central Asia. The 25 scenes – from cities and rural locations in Uzbekistan, …
jonathancampion.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📷 'Life in Central Asia: Photographs from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.'
Twenty-five of my best photographs are available to buy as high-quality wall prints – or as digital files for businesses and agencies to use:
jonathancampion.com/2025/01/07/l...
Twenty-five of my best photographs are available to buy as high-quality wall prints – or as digital files for businesses and agencies to use:
jonathancampion.com/2025/01/07/l...
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Latest from our Stephen M. Bland the November 6 C5+1 summit in Washington brings Central Asian leaders together with the US to advance cooperation on critical minerals connectivity and regional security https://ow.ly/xTeb50Xo9sa #USA #CentralAsia #Geopolitics #Trade #C5Plus1Summit
Deals, Not Declarations: U.S.–Central Asia Cooperation at Summit Crossroads - The Times Of Central Asia
A landmark summit between the United States and the five Central Asian republics is scheduled for November 6 in Washington, D.C., bringing together the
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November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Latest from our Stephen M. Bland the November 6 C5+1 summit in Washington brings Central Asian leaders together with the US to advance cooperation on critical minerals connectivity and regional security https://ow.ly/xTeb50Xo9sa #USA #CentralAsia #Geopolitics #Trade #C5Plus1Summit
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Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in #Uzbekistan - out one week today! Pre-order here www.bloomsbury.com/uk/silk-mira... and sign up for launch events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag...
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Silk Mirage: Through the Looking Glass in #Uzbekistan - out one week today! Pre-order here www.bloomsbury.com/uk/silk-mira... and sign up for launch events here joannalillis.substack.com/p/silk-mirag...
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I was on TV in Kazakhstan this morning, talking about a writer friend of mine Bayangali Alimzhanov on a programme about his life. Didn't mind speaking Russian for something as nice as this, but it was cool to be dubbed into Kazakh 🇰🇿
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
Speaking on Khabar TV in Kazakhstan: ‘Life’s Path’ with author Bayangali Alimzhanov
In November 2025 Kazakhstan’s national TV channel, Khabar, made a programme about Bayangali Alimzhanov’s life for its Omir Ornegi (Өмір өрнегі, ‘Life’s Path’) series, and asked me to speak about ou…
jonathancampion.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I was on TV in Kazakhstan this morning, talking about a writer friend of mine Bayangali Alimzhanov on a programme about his life. Didn't mind speaking Russian for something as nice as this, but it was cool to be dubbed into Kazakh 🇰🇿
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
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The CAI 2026 Calendar is here! Filled with powerful, recent photos from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, it’s more than a calendar—it’s a window into the lives you help transform.
Order today 👉 Link in bio!
Order today 👉 Link in bio!
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The CAI 2026 Calendar is here! Filled with powerful, recent photos from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, it’s more than a calendar—it’s a window into the lives you help transform.
Order today 👉 Link in bio!
Order today 👉 Link in bio!
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UNEP warns Central Asia faces severe climate risks and massive funding gaps as glaciers melt and water scarcity worsens https://ow.ly/qTis50XlYlC #CentralAsia #ClimateChange #UNEP #GlacierMelting #WaterScarcity
Central Asia Faces Billions in Climate Adaptation Costs, UNEP Warns - The Times Of Central Asia
Central Asia ranks among the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world and will require tens of billions of dollars to adapt to the accelerating effects of
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November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
UNEP warns Central Asia faces severe climate risks and massive funding gaps as glaciers melt and water scarcity worsens https://ow.ly/qTis50XlYlC #CentralAsia #ClimateChange #UNEP #GlacierMelting #WaterScarcity
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Today is your final chance to pre-order any of our merchandise for 2025.
Shirts, caps, bucket hats, bobble hats, hoodies and tracksuit tops.
All sizes available.
Worldwide shipping.
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Shirts, caps, bucket hats, bobble hats, hoodies and tracksuit tops.
All sizes available.
Worldwide shipping.
www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Iceland Cricket | S66 Sports
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November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Today is your final chance to pre-order any of our merchandise for 2025.
Shirts, caps, bucket hats, bobble hats, hoodies and tracksuit tops.
All sizes available.
Worldwide shipping.
www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Shirts, caps, bucket hats, bobble hats, hoodies and tracksuit tops.
All sizes available.
Worldwide shipping.
www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
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If you own a Kindle, you might like to buy my books 'Footnotes' and 'A Thing of Beauty' for a ludicrous 99p each.
www.amazon.co.uk/Footnotes-Jo...
www.amazon.co.uk/Footnotes-Jo...
Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers eBook : Fiennes, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Footnotes: A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers eBook : Fiennes, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If you own a Kindle, you might like to buy my books 'Footnotes' and 'A Thing of Beauty' for a ludicrous 99p each.
www.amazon.co.uk/Footnotes-Jo...
www.amazon.co.uk/Footnotes-Jo...
I was on TV in Kazakhstan this morning, talking about a writer friend of mine Bayangali Alimzhanov on a programme about his life. Didn't mind speaking Russian for something as nice as this, but it was cool to be dubbed into Kazakh 🇰🇿
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
Speaking on Khabar TV in Kazakhstan: ‘Life’s Path’ with author Bayangali Alimzhanov
In November 2025 Kazakhstan’s national TV channel, Khabar, made a programme about Bayangali Alimzhanov’s life for its Omir Ornegi (Өмір өрнегі, ‘Life’s Path’) series, and asked me to speak about ou…
jonathancampion.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I was on TV in Kazakhstan this morning, talking about a writer friend of mine Bayangali Alimzhanov on a programme about his life. Didn't mind speaking Russian for something as nice as this, but it was cool to be dubbed into Kazakh 🇰🇿
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
jonathancampion.com/2025/11/02/s...
Richarlison need not apply.
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Richarlison need not apply.
Row-meFans?
British canoeist banned for two years after posting explicit Instagram video
British canoeist banned for two years after posting explicit Instagram video
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Kurts Adams Rozentals given a two-year suspension
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Paddle UK kick Rozentals off elite Olympic programme
The British canoeist Kurts Adams Rozentals has been handed a two-year suspension and kicked out of the Olympic programme after posting an explicit video on Instagram and misleading the press about the reasons for his initial ban, Paddle UK announced.
The canoe slalom athlete, who was part of Paddle UK’s world class programme for Olympic hopefuls, was initially suspended in April by the governing body and has now been deselected. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Row-meFans?
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gopniks never die they just turn up at Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
gopniks never die they just turn up at Halloween
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It's the final weekend coming up in which you can pre-order our merchandise, produced by S66 Sportswear.
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It's the final weekend coming up in which you can pre-order our merchandise, produced by S66 Sportswear.
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
Ideal for Christmas gifts. All sizes covered. Worldwide shipping. All royalties go towards developing cricket in Iceland.
Shop: www.s66sportswear.co.uk/icelandcricket
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As the sun began to sink over the grasslands of central #Mongolia, a herd of stocky, dun-colored horses emerged from a rocky outcrop on a slope where they had been sheltering from the blazing heat of a mid-summer’s day.
Mongolia: Endangered horses back from the brink
Back into the wild.
eurasianet.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As the sun began to sink over the grasslands of central #Mongolia, a herd of stocky, dun-colored horses emerged from a rocky outcrop on a slope where they had been sheltering from the blazing heat of a mid-summer’s day.
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I'd love to make more videos from Central Asia – but how do I go viral?
🫓 Blind ranking plates of baursaki?
🌙 Stay quiet until you see a better Uzbek mosque?
🇹🇯 Five times Dushanbe's murals broke the internet?
🎤 Could I sing Kyrgyz songs, and call myself an akynfluencer?
jonathancampion.com
🫓 Blind ranking plates of baursaki?
🌙 Stay quiet until you see a better Uzbek mosque?
🇹🇯 Five times Dushanbe's murals broke the internet?
🎤 Could I sing Kyrgyz songs, and call myself an akynfluencer?
jonathancampion.com
EURASIAN ECHOES
Stories and photographs from Eastern Europe to Central Asia
jonathancampion.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I'd love to make more videos from Central Asia – but how do I go viral?
🫓 Blind ranking plates of baursaki?
🌙 Stay quiet until you see a better Uzbek mosque?
🇹🇯 Five times Dushanbe's murals broke the internet?
🎤 Could I sing Kyrgyz songs, and call myself an akynfluencer?
jonathancampion.com
🫓 Blind ranking plates of baursaki?
🌙 Stay quiet until you see a better Uzbek mosque?
🇹🇯 Five times Dushanbe's murals broke the internet?
🎤 Could I sing Kyrgyz songs, and call myself an akynfluencer?
jonathancampion.com
'Getting drunk on my own in the former Soviet republics: Confessions of an alcohol analyst':
jonathancampion.com/2020/04/02/v...
jonathancampion.com/2020/04/02/v...
Getting drunk on my own in the former Soviet republics: Confessions of an alcohol analyst
It’s long past midnight in a rugged little town high up in the Caucasus Mountains, and I’m lying on my back in the middle of an icy street, gazing up at the stars. There is freezing air in my lungs…
jonathancampion.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Getting drunk on my own in the former Soviet republics: Confessions of an alcohol analyst':
jonathancampion.com/2020/04/02/v...
jonathancampion.com/2020/04/02/v...
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For those partial to such things, my son’s playing at the London Jazz Festival on 12th November. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/gsmd-...
GSMD Lunchtime Concert: Beluga + Taylor Mitchell & Oliver Parikian
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For those partial to such things, my son’s playing at the London Jazz Festival on 12th November. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/gsmd-...
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On 19 November, I'll be giving a talk and walk on light pollution and the importance of natural night. London – Bermondsey Street. Details and booking here: bermondseystreet.london/dark-skies-w...
Dark Skies: Why are they important?
Most of us know about air, water and land pollution, but what do you know about light pollution? It never really gets dark in Central London and it’s hard to
bermondseystreet.london
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
On 19 November, I'll be giving a talk and walk on light pollution and the importance of natural night. London – Bermondsey Street. Details and booking here: bermondseystreet.london/dark-skies-w...
#CWC25 World XI:
1. Healy +
2. Mandhana
3. Athapaththu *
4. Sciver-Brunt
5. Kapp
6. Ghosh
7. Sutherland
8. Dean
9. Sana
10. King
11. Ecclestone
M Kerr
Gardner
Marufa
De Klerk
Carson (vibes)
There's at least five players, plus Hayley Matthews, I'm kicking myself for leaving out 🏏
1. Healy +
2. Mandhana
3. Athapaththu *
4. Sciver-Brunt
5. Kapp
6. Ghosh
7. Sutherland
8. Dean
9. Sana
10. King
11. Ecclestone
M Kerr
Gardner
Marufa
De Klerk
Carson (vibes)
There's at least five players, plus Hayley Matthews, I'm kicking myself for leaving out 🏏
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#CWC25 World XI:
1. Healy +
2. Mandhana
3. Athapaththu *
4. Sciver-Brunt
5. Kapp
6. Ghosh
7. Sutherland
8. Dean
9. Sana
10. King
11. Ecclestone
M Kerr
Gardner
Marufa
De Klerk
Carson (vibes)
There's at least five players, plus Hayley Matthews, I'm kicking myself for leaving out 🏏
1. Healy +
2. Mandhana
3. Athapaththu *
4. Sciver-Brunt
5. Kapp
6. Ghosh
7. Sutherland
8. Dean
9. Sana
10. King
11. Ecclestone
M Kerr
Gardner
Marufa
De Klerk
Carson (vibes)
There's at least five players, plus Hayley Matthews, I'm kicking myself for leaving out 🏏
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Kyrgyzstan names the snow leopard its national symbol, pledging stronger conservation efforts https://ow.ly/tGEW50XhHy2 #SnowLeopard #Kyrgyzstan #Wildlife #CentralAsia #EndangeredSpecies
Kyrgyzstan Adopts Snow Leopard as National Symbol, Unveils Official Logo - The Times Of Central Asia
On October 23, International Snow Leopard Day, Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers officially designated the snow leopard as the country’s national symbol and
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October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Kyrgyzstan names the snow leopard its national symbol, pledging stronger conservation efforts https://ow.ly/tGEW50XhHy2 #SnowLeopard #Kyrgyzstan #Wildlife #CentralAsia #EndangeredSpecies