Paul David Gould
@pauldavidgould.bsky.social
Author: Last Dance at the Disco for Deviants, a state-of #Russia novel/ #LGBT #thriller set in 1990s Moscow | buy @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social | alum @unibirmingham.bsky.social + @faberacademy.bsky.social | #Brighton based | sub-editor @financialtimes.com
Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
October 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Interested in #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin, #Soviet collapse #capitalism, #gay rights?
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social #Russian dept *6pm *MON 3 NOV* to discuss my #novel 'Last Dance', a tale of intrigue, heartbreak💔 + #discos🪩
📍Humanities Rsch Space
7 Woodland Road BS8 1TB
Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
September 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wow, my #Russian #novel 'Last Dance' featured in an article by Connor Doak @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for @aseees.bsky.social
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Set pre- #Putin in post- #Soviet #Russia, it tackles #gay/ #lgbtq #identity #capitalism #homophobia #coldwar #glasnost AND discos
tinyurl.com/48w8cfsv
Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine
August 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Absolutely SICKENING to see #Trump *literally* roll out the red carpet for warmonger #Putin — AND comes away empty handed: no #ceasefire, no #sanctions, no deal. Vlad has played Donnie and won. Pathetic — and ominous for #Ukraine
Big thanks @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for our #ICCEES Q&A @uclssees.bsky.social
Great to meet #academics & #researchers in #Russian & #eastEurope and #lgbt studies
For a taste of #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin find my #novel Bookshop.org @waterstones.bsky.social, Hive or Amazon
Great to meet #academics & #researchers in #Russian & #eastEurope and #lgbt studies
For a taste of #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin find my #novel Bookshop.org @waterstones.bsky.social, Hive or Amazon
July 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Big thanks @docdoak.bsky.social of @bristoluni.bsky.social for our #ICCEES Q&A @uclssees.bsky.social
Great to meet #academics & #researchers in #Russian & #eastEurope and #lgbt studies
For a taste of #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin find my #novel Bookshop.org @waterstones.bsky.social, Hive or Amazon
Great to meet #academics & #researchers in #Russian & #eastEurope and #lgbt studies
For a taste of #1990s #Russia pre- #Putin find my #novel Bookshop.org @waterstones.bsky.social, Hive or Amazon
📢 #academics #journalists #thinktanks #publications on #Russia
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social (@bristoluni.bsky.social) @ #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social TUE22 JULY
We'll talk post #Soviet #lgbt #humanrights #capitalism + #glasnost — in an era that paved the way to #Putin
Visit lnkd.in/eDbXaZE8
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social (@bristoluni.bsky.social) @ #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social TUE22 JULY
We'll talk post #Soviet #lgbt #humanrights #capitalism + #glasnost — in an era that paved the way to #Putin
Visit lnkd.in/eDbXaZE8
July 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📢 #academics #journalists #thinktanks #publications on #Russia
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social (@bristoluni.bsky.social) @ #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social TUE22 JULY
We'll talk post #Soviet #lgbt #humanrights #capitalism + #glasnost — in an era that paved the way to #Putin
Visit lnkd.in/eDbXaZE8
Join me & @docdoak.bsky.social (@bristoluni.bsky.social) @ #ICCEES2025 @uclssees.bsky.social TUE22 JULY
We'll talk post #Soviet #lgbt #humanrights #capitalism + #glasnost — in an era that paved the way to #Putin
Visit lnkd.in/eDbXaZE8
Zero Sum by @charleshecker.bsky.social is a must-read for #business, #journalists or #academics interested in #Russia
It covers the 1980s-2000s up until #Putin's #war on #Ukraine (asking: does #capitalism = democracy?) It's also a vivid picture of post #Soviet upheaval, from #poverty to #oligarchs
It covers the 1980s-2000s up until #Putin's #war on #Ukraine (asking: does #capitalism = democracy?) It's also a vivid picture of post #Soviet upheaval, from #poverty to #oligarchs
July 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Zero Sum by @charleshecker.bsky.social is a must-read for #business, #journalists or #academics interested in #Russia
It covers the 1980s-2000s up until #Putin's #war on #Ukraine (asking: does #capitalism = democracy?) It's also a vivid picture of post #Soviet upheaval, from #poverty to #oligarchs
It covers the 1980s-2000s up until #Putin's #war on #Ukraine (asking: does #capitalism = democracy?) It's also a vivid picture of post #Soviet upheaval, from #poverty to #oligarchs
As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As the #Ukraine #war grinds on (with no #ceasefire in sight), step back to 1990s #Moscow, to #arms reductions and more freedoms — yet also an era that paved the way for #Putin
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
#Soviet collapse, jungle #capitalism, covert #gay love — all in 'Last Dance' in the #Russia section @dauntbooks.bsky.social
Just pub'd @ftweekend.com — @mishaglenny.bsky.social's
review of 'Illegals: #Russia’s Most Audacious Spies & the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social
It details efforts by #Putin's #Kremlin (and #USSR) to infiltrate Western society 'in plain sight'
on.ft.com/43zaCfg
review of 'Illegals: #Russia’s Most Audacious Spies & the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social
It details efforts by #Putin's #Kremlin (and #USSR) to infiltrate Western society 'in plain sight'
on.ft.com/43zaCfg
May 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Just pub'd @ftweekend.com — @mishaglenny.bsky.social's
review of 'Illegals: #Russia’s Most Audacious Spies & the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social
It details efforts by #Putin's #Kremlin (and #USSR) to infiltrate Western society 'in plain sight'
on.ft.com/43zaCfg
review of 'Illegals: #Russia’s Most Audacious Spies & the Plot to Infiltrate the West' by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social
It details efforts by #Putin's #Kremlin (and #USSR) to infiltrate Western society 'in plain sight'
on.ft.com/43zaCfg
Just heard #NigelFarage on BBC @radio4rne.bsky.social Radio 4 #BroadcastingHouse with @paddyroc.bsky.social . . .
Whoah, the hypocrisy of dissing #Starmer’s #defence deal with the #EU when #Farage has been an apologist for #Putin, saying #Russia was ‘provoked’ into invading #Ukraine
Whoah, the hypocrisy of dissing #Starmer’s #defence deal with the #EU when #Farage has been an apologist for #Putin, saying #Russia was ‘provoked’ into invading #Ukraine
May 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Just heard #NigelFarage on BBC @radio4rne.bsky.social Radio 4 #BroadcastingHouse with @paddyroc.bsky.social . . .
Whoah, the hypocrisy of dissing #Starmer’s #defence deal with the #EU when #Farage has been an apologist for #Putin, saying #Russia was ‘provoked’ into invading #Ukraine
Whoah, the hypocrisy of dissing #Starmer’s #defence deal with the #EU when #Farage has been an apologist for #Putin, saying #Russia was ‘provoked’ into invading #Ukraine
So now #Trump threatens 100% #tariffs on non-US-made movies, supposedly to protect #Hollywood?
Doesn't he know that the woes of studios like Universal, @paramountpictures.bsky.social, @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social isn't down to 'foreign films' — it's down to US-based Netflix and Amazon. Duh!
Doesn't he know that the woes of studios like Universal, @paramountpictures.bsky.social, @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social isn't down to 'foreign films' — it's down to US-based Netflix and Amazon. Duh!
May 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So now #Trump threatens 100% #tariffs on non-US-made movies, supposedly to protect #Hollywood?
Doesn't he know that the woes of studios like Universal, @paramountpictures.bsky.social, @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social isn't down to 'foreign films' — it's down to US-based Netflix and Amazon. Duh!
Doesn't he know that the woes of studios like Universal, @paramountpictures.bsky.social, @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social isn't down to 'foreign films' — it's down to US-based Netflix and Amazon. Duh!
Has #Trump finally woken up to reality?
Does he now accept #Putin's #Russia *started the war* in #Ukraine? That it's not #Zelensky 'gambling with WW3'?
Donald, it's been THREE YEARS! Look at the barrage of #Russian missiles, the pointless death toll.
Donald, wake up! #PutinOut #standwithUkraine
Does he now accept #Putin's #Russia *started the war* in #Ukraine? That it's not #Zelensky 'gambling with WW3'?
Donald, it's been THREE YEARS! Look at the barrage of #Russian missiles, the pointless death toll.
Donald, wake up! #PutinOut #standwithUkraine
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Zelensky urges #Trump to visit #Ukraine to see the death + destruction caused by #Putin whom he so admires
Donald: stop treating #Russia as a fair player! It isn't
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social reports @theguardian.com
from #Sumi tinyurl.com/yymrscep
Right: a memorial to kids killed in Krivyi Rih
Donald: stop treating #Russia as a fair player! It isn't
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social reports @theguardian.com
from #Sumi tinyurl.com/yymrscep
Right: a memorial to kids killed in Krivyi Rih
April 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Zelensky urges #Trump to visit #Ukraine to see the death + destruction caused by #Putin whom he so admires
Donald: stop treating #Russia as a fair player! It isn't
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social reports @theguardian.com
from #Sumi tinyurl.com/yymrscep
Right: a memorial to kids killed in Krivyi Rih
Donald: stop treating #Russia as a fair player! It isn't
@lukeharding1968.bsky.social reports @theguardian.com
from #Sumi tinyurl.com/yymrscep
Right: a memorial to kids killed in Krivyi Rih
Wow @unibirmingham.bsky.social #alumni mag Old Joe features my #Russian #novel Last Dance, a #comingout story of heartbreak💔 #Soviet collapse + #1990s #discos
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Pls also *BUY MY BOOK* and review it online on Amazon + @waterstones.bsky.social
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Pls also *BUY MY BOOK* and review it online on Amazon + @waterstones.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eVhpTRaf
lnkd.in/edn783xz
April 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Wow @unibirmingham.bsky.social #alumni mag Old Joe features my #Russian #novel Last Dance, a #comingout story of heartbreak💔 #Soviet collapse + #1990s #discos
lnkd.in/e667KJdu
Pls also *BUY MY BOOK* and review it online on Amazon + @waterstones.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eVhpTRaf
lnkd.in/edn783xz
lnkd.in/e667KJdu
Pls also *BUY MY BOOK* and review it online on Amazon + @waterstones.bsky.social
lnkd.in/eVhpTRaf
lnkd.in/edn783xz
A #WorldBookDay plug for my #Russian #novel pub'd @unbounders.bsky.social
#1990s #Moscow: a #thriller, a #comingout story, a snapshot of #Russia in hopeful times pre #Putin
4.6 ⭐ on Amazon tinyurl.com/3abwmxhe
Buy @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @thecity.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
#1990s #Moscow: a #thriller, a #comingout story, a snapshot of #Russia in hopeful times pre #Putin
4.6 ⭐ on Amazon tinyurl.com/3abwmxhe
Buy @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @thecity.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A #WorldBookDay plug for my #Russian #novel pub'd @unbounders.bsky.social
#1990s #Moscow: a #thriller, a #comingout story, a snapshot of #Russia in hopeful times pre #Putin
4.6 ⭐ on Amazon tinyurl.com/3abwmxhe
Buy @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @thecity.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
#1990s #Moscow: a #thriller, a #comingout story, a snapshot of #Russia in hopeful times pre #Putin
4.6 ⭐ on Amazon tinyurl.com/3abwmxhe
Buy @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @thecity.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
Appalling behaviour by #Trump today
First, he mocks #Zelensky for not wearing a suit — then berates him for questioning Trump's dodgy deal with #Putin
Look: #Russia invaded. Unprovoked. They've bombed homes, raped and tortured civilians
Of course Zelensky has 'hate' for Putin. Who wouldn't?
First, he mocks #Zelensky for not wearing a suit — then berates him for questioning Trump's dodgy deal with #Putin
Look: #Russia invaded. Unprovoked. They've bombed homes, raped and tortured civilians
Of course Zelensky has 'hate' for Putin. Who wouldn't?
February 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Wow, Pushkin House London is displaying my state-of #Russia #novel Last Dance at the #Discotheque for #Deviants, a #gay #thriller + #comingout story in its #bookshop for #LGBTQ #HistoryMonth
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social it's set in 1990s #Moscow in the post- #Soviet but pre- #Putin era
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social it's set in 1990s #Moscow in the post- #Soviet but pre- #Putin era
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wow, Pushkin House London is displaying my state-of #Russia #novel Last Dance at the #Discotheque for #Deviants, a #gay #thriller + #comingout story in its #bookshop for #LGBTQ #HistoryMonth
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social it's set in 1990s #Moscow in the post- #Soviet but pre- #Putin era
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social it's set in 1990s #Moscow in the post- #Soviet but pre- #Putin era
RIP Aleksei #Navalny, killed by #Putin's regime.
All strength to his widow Yulia Navalnaya, and to all the brave mourners under regime surveillance in Moscow
Вечная память убитому путинским режимом Алексею Навальному. Вся сила его вдове Юлии и всем смелым скорбящим, под надзором в Москве
All strength to his widow Yulia Navalnaya, and to all the brave mourners under regime surveillance in Moscow
Вечная память убитому путинским режимом Алексею Навальному. Вся сила его вдове Юлии и всем смелым скорбящим, под надзором в Москве
February 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Me in September 1985! Almost 40 years ago!
February 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Me in September 1985! Almost 40 years ago!
Big thanks for ongoing support @citybookshove.bsky.social for selling #signed copies of my #1990s #Russia-set #LGBT #thriller #novel 'Last Dance'
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Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social, also available via #indie #bookstores @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
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tinyurl.com/2vsu7hs
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social, also available via #indie #bookstores @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdex5app
January 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big thanks for ongoing support @citybookshove.bsky.social for selling #signed copies of my #1990s #Russia-set #LGBT #thriller #novel 'Last Dance'
tinyurl.com/2vsu7hs
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social, also available via #indie #bookstores @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdex5app
tinyurl.com/2vsu7hs
Pub'd by @unbounders.bsky.social, also available via #indie #bookstores @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/bdex5app
Support #indie #bookstores!
#Bookshops like these on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social not only enrich vibrant #neighbourhoods — they support #local #authors too!
@kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social — in Brighton
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social — in #SanFrancisco
#Bookshops like these on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social not only enrich vibrant #neighbourhoods — they support #local #authors too!
@kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social — in Brighton
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social — in #SanFrancisco
January 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Support #indie #bookstores!
#Bookshops like these on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social not only enrich vibrant #neighbourhoods — they support #local #authors too!
@kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social — in Brighton
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social — in #SanFrancisco
#Bookshops like these on @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social not only enrich vibrant #neighbourhoods — they support #local #authors too!
@kemptownbookshop.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social — in Brighton
@greenapplebooks.bsky.social — in #SanFrancisco
A joy to listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 'Today' programme podcast with brilliant, warmly human #Russia editor @bbcstever.bsky.social Steve Rosenberg
I can't claim to know Steve but we're contemporaries of studying #Russian in the days of #glasnost and #Gorbachev
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I can't claim to know Steve but we're contemporaries of studying #Russian in the days of #glasnost and #Gorbachev
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A joy to listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 'Today' programme podcast with brilliant, warmly human #Russia editor @bbcstever.bsky.social Steve Rosenberg
I can't claim to know Steve but we're contemporaries of studying #Russian in the days of #glasnost and #Gorbachev
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I can't claim to know Steve but we're contemporaries of studying #Russian in the days of #glasnost and #Gorbachev
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...