Are you looking for something new to read, 💙📚? How about Laars Head's Jack of All Trades: The Untold Lives of Jack the Ripper? This takes a knife to Ripper lit. Here's my review: www.linkedin.com/pulse/jack-a....

#books #jacktheripper #literature

When's a samosa not a samosa? When it's a singada (Bangladesh), samsa (Uzbekistan), or sambuu (Somalia). Other varieties are available elsewhere and its roots are actually in 10th-century Persia. This is Gran Canaria's Namaste Bharat's take. No wonder it's considered a cousin of the Cornish pasty! 😋

Every good story deserves a book, 📚💙. Take the tale of Yunnan's guoqiao mixian. Aka crossing-the-bridge noodles. Once upon a time, a bridge led to an island on a lake that a wife crossed daily to bring lunch to her husband. In transit, noodles get cold. Adding them before serving birthed a legend.

In times like these, we need photos like these! More than ever.

#photography #zeitgeist

I don't need to tell you, 📚💙, what's the ultimate travel accessory, do I? It's a rhetorical question. But I would like to know your most recent travelling companion.

Mine was Elif Shafak's There are Rivers in the Sky. Hanif Kureishi regards her as "one of the best writers in the world today." Urs?

What to read into the Numbeo Cost of Living Index 2026? The 479 global cities ranked reveals an overlap with tourism. Tourist boards now promote alternative destinations to combat overcrowding and boost less-known areas.

Play about with the numbers at www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livi....

#costofliving

I had hoped to be in 🇮🇹 this week to watch Napoli play Chelsea FC. Circumstances have conspired against me however. So I ruefully look back to my pitchside seat at Atalanta-Chelsea. Imagine securing a similar one for the Napoli game! Conte in front of you. Pure theatre. #bergamo #football #italy

When I see a blue sky in foggy San Francisco, I see hope.

What's up, @bsky.app? My first post, that's what. "The secret to the perfect cucumber sandwich is cutting the slices wafer thin with a mandoline and then wringing them delicately with a tea towel to extract moisture." I prefer 10 Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodle's Spicy & Sour Cucumber. U? #chinesefood