Philip Gwynne Jones
@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social
Author of the Nathan Sutherland Venetian mysteries. Currently investigating "The Magus of Sicily" with Nedda and Calogero.
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
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A Venezia…un *Novembre* Rosso Shocking.
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A Venezia…un *Novembre* Rosso Shocking.
A busy day coming up at #VeniceNoir …but there’s always time for #Wordle 1,610 5/6
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November 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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All shaping up nicely!
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
All shaping up nicely!
It's all about to get very real....
VENICE NOIR - VENICE NOIR
VENICE NOIR was founded by LIBRERIA STUDIUM and THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, based on an idea by a group of British authors living in Venice.
www.venicenoir.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It's all about to get very real....
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I haven’t written for La Repubblica before so I was delighted to have a piece published today about Venice, my writing and - of course - Venice Noir.
(Paywalled and in Italian, of course!)
(Paywalled and in Italian, of course!)
La mia Venezia segreta da scrittore di gialli
Uno scrittore britannico, veneziano d’adozione, racconta come la sua carriera ha preso il via proprio tra calli e campielli, guidandoci alla scoperta di un’alt…
www.repubblica.it
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I haven’t written for La Repubblica before so I was delighted to have a piece published today about Venice, my writing and - of course - Venice Noir.
(Paywalled and in Italian, of course!)
(Paywalled and in Italian, of course!)
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I very much want a Plaid Cymru / Green coalition. I'm just not sure of the best way to make this happen under the new electoral system.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said winning seats in next year’s Senedd election is his “number one priority”, declaring that the party is ready to make a historic breakthrough in Wales
‘Wales is my number one priority,’ says Green Party leader Zack Polanski
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said winning seats in next year’s Senedd election is his “number one priority”, declaring that the party is ready to make a historic breakthrough in Wales. Speakin...
nation.cymru
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I very much want a Plaid Cymru / Green coalition. I'm just not sure of the best way to make this happen under the new electoral system.
And here's a Hammer Bite on that most unlikely of Hammer Heroes, Bernard Bresslaw. A man who, very nearly, almost had Christopher Lee's career...
www.spreaker.com/episode/hamm...
www.spreaker.com/episode/hamm...
Hammer Bites: Bernard Bresslaw
Following our previous Hammer Bites about "The Army Game", Cev's here to take a quick look at the life & career of Bernard Bresslaw, a man who casts a long
www.spreaker.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And here's a Hammer Bite on that most unlikely of Hammer Heroes, Bernard Bresslaw. A man who, very nearly, almost had Christopher Lee's career...
www.spreaker.com/episode/hamm...
www.spreaker.com/episode/hamm...
1966, and - yet again -terrible things are afoot in Cornwall. Jacqueline Pearce and Noel Willman are back. Michael Ripper turns out to be the Van Helsing we never knew we needed. And @househammerpod.bsky.social bid a fond farewell to two Hammer legends.
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
The Reptile - The House Of Hammer
www.spreaker.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
1966, and - yet again -terrible things are afoot in Cornwall. Jacqueline Pearce and Noel Willman are back. Michael Ripper turns out to be the Van Helsing we never knew we needed. And @househammerpod.bsky.social bid a fond farewell to two Hammer legends.
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@vampirevideos.co.uk ? @www.johnbleasdale.com ? On Mario Bava's "Planet of the Vampires?"?
Well, I'm in!
Well, I'm in!
We picked up some ALIEN vibes from PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES. This and more totally unique thoughts can be heard in this week’s brilliant episode with guest @www.johnbleasdale.com. Listen below! 👇🏻
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/v...
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@vampirevideos.co.uk ? @www.johnbleasdale.com ? On Mario Bava's "Planet of the Vampires?"?
Well, I'm in!
Well, I'm in!
Reposted by Philip Gwynne Jones
#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#VeniceNoir: Friday 14/11, Ateneo Veneto:
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Trial of G. Casanova: daring adventurer or grifting charlatan? Great lover or sexual abuser? 300 years on, the jury's still out, so the audience will decide. D. Hewson prosecutes, L. Hilton defends, A. Mazzola analyses evidence and G. Dowling acts as judge
Penderfyniad cywir. Wnaeth waith dda i ni'r tymor diwetha, ond yn ni'n mynd i unman nawr ac mae'r pêl-droed yn ofnadwy. Pob lwc, Alan.
Pêl-droed: Abertawe yn diswyddo Alan Sheehan fel prif hyfforddwr
Mae Clwb Pêl-droed Abertawe wedi diswyddo rheolwr y clwb Alan Sheehan gyda'r Elyrch yn safle 18 yn y Bencampwriaeth
newyddion.s4c.cymru
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Penderfyniad cywir. Wnaeth waith dda i ni'r tymor diwetha, ond yn ni'n mynd i unman nawr ac mae'r pêl-droed yn ofnadwy. Pob lwc, Alan.
An utterly insane end to this scene. One story is the practical effect malfunctioned. It doesn't matter. It accidentally inspired whole genres of film...
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Incredible career.
I guarantee that you will not guess what happens at the end of this epic stare down. Preposterously brilliant.
youtu.be/UkkF6Zz67TE?...
Sanjuro (1962) — The Final Samurai Showdown
YouTube video by Fix Me A Scene
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November 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
An utterly insane end to this scene. One story is the practical effect malfunctioned. It doesn't matter. It accidentally inspired whole genres of film...
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
See also, current UK govt.
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
See also, current UK govt.
Happy 100th anniversary to the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; here celebrating with Mahler's utterly mad, bonkers and magnificent 8th Symphony.
BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Mahler's Eighth Symphony
To mark its 100th anniversary, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra performs Mahler.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Happy 100th anniversary to the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; here celebrating with Mahler's utterly mad, bonkers and magnificent 8th Symphony.
Never cared for him as a minister, but this is spot-on.
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Never cared for him as a minister, but this is spot-on.
Claude Rains and Richard Burton - two of the finest voices in cinema - share a birthday. They also both did great work under bandages...
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Claude Rains and Richard Burton - two of the finest voices in cinema - share a birthday. They also both did great work under bandages...
#NowPlaying PFM, "Chocolate Kings". The first PFM album in which the lyrics were first written directly in English instead of being translated from Italian. Strong material, excellent playing ... but I really can't get on with Bernardo Lanzetti's vocals, like an Americanised Gabriel.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#NowPlaying PFM, "Chocolate Kings". The first PFM album in which the lyrics were first written directly in English instead of being translated from Italian. Strong material, excellent playing ... but I really can't get on with Bernardo Lanzetti's vocals, like an Americanised Gabriel.
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Richard Burton (1925-1984) was born 100 years ago today.
For his centenary, I recently visited his final resting place in Céligny, Switzerland - the idyllic Genevan village he called home for nearly 30 years.
“Seren Cymru a’r byd” – star of Wales and the world. 🏴
For his centenary, I recently visited his final resting place in Céligny, Switzerland - the idyllic Genevan village he called home for nearly 30 years.
“Seren Cymru a’r byd” – star of Wales and the world. 🏴
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Richard Burton (1925-1984) was born 100 years ago today.
For his centenary, I recently visited his final resting place in Céligny, Switzerland - the idyllic Genevan village he called home for nearly 30 years.
“Seren Cymru a’r byd” – star of Wales and the world. 🏴
For his centenary, I recently visited his final resting place in Céligny, Switzerland - the idyllic Genevan village he called home for nearly 30 years.
“Seren Cymru a’r byd” – star of Wales and the world. 🏴
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Many thanks Justin John Doherty for this truly beautiful book on Don’t Look Now.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Many thanks Justin John Doherty for this truly beautiful book on Don’t Look Now.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM