Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
Taking a break from writing. Kyiv looking autumnal and lovely
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Taking a break from writing. Kyiv looking autumnal and lovely
Gas separation plant near Kharkiv hit early this morning. Came across this on the road
October 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Gas separation plant near Kharkiv hit early this morning. Came across this on the road
A famously adequate group of soldiers show off their facial hair
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A famously adequate group of soldiers show off their facial hair
A reminder that this is who Israeli president Isaac Herzog is. A man who signs a munition to be fired at Gaza. Ugly.
September 5, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A reminder that this is who Israeli president Isaac Herzog is. A man who signs a munition to be fired at Gaza. Ugly.
Xi and Putin sit behind a giant creme caramel
September 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Xi and Putin sit behind a giant creme caramel
I still think about this child who was wounded in an Israeli attack on a UN shelter in northern Gaza in 2014. She'd be a young adult now. Has she survived the last 23 months? And to live in such a cauldron of wilful pain and violence.
August 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I still think about this child who was wounded in an Israeli attack on a UN shelter in northern Gaza in 2014. She'd be a young adult now. Has she survived the last 23 months? And to live in such a cauldron of wilful pain and violence.
The emperor has no clothes
August 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The emperor has no clothes
Evil windmill plotting anti-social acts (in Trump's demented imagination.)
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Evil windmill plotting anti-social acts (in Trump's demented imagination.)
Talking of lessons never learned. Pictures from the 2008/9 war Gaza and the 2014 Gaza war.
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Talking of lessons never learned. Pictures from the 2008/9 war Gaza and the 2014 Gaza war.
A picture I took 20 years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So little learned ...
August 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A picture I took 20 years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So little learned ...
#StandingStoneSunday at Stanton Drew circles
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#StandingStoneSunday at Stanton Drew circles
#standingstonesunday with @bridgesvictoria.bsky.social at the Cove in the garden of the Druids Arms in Stanton Drew
April 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#standingstonesunday with @bridgesvictoria.bsky.social at the Cove in the garden of the Druids Arms in Stanton Drew
It’s that time of year. Woods by the Imber Range Path full of bluebells and lesser celandine. Skylarks and chiff chaffs going crazy
April 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It’s that time of year. Woods by the Imber Range Path full of bluebells and lesser celandine. Skylarks and chiff chaffs going crazy
Since it is apparently #tombtuesday today here’s a picture of Trethevy quoit I took last month. It’s a Neolithic dolmen burial chamber
December 17, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Since it is apparently #tombtuesday today here’s a picture of Trethevy quoit I took last month. It’s a Neolithic dolmen burial chamber
Israeli tanks crossing into the Syrian buffer zone today in the Golan Heights. No sign this incursion is slowing down
December 11, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Israeli tanks crossing into the Syrian buffer zone today in the Golan Heights. No sign this incursion is slowing down
Unexpected encounter with the river Tamar which had burst its banks outside Launceston
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Unexpected encounter with the river Tamar which had burst its banks outside Launceston
Gaza beach. Between the wars
November 18, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Gaza beach. Between the wars
Clanger Wood but sadly no Soup Dragon seen
November 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Clanger Wood but sadly no Soup Dragon seen