Philip Curnow
@philipcurnow.bsky.social
Lived, studied & worked across 3 continents before settling in Rome to co-found @Deliciousitaly. Television production, qualitative ad researcher, travel author (Hurst), linguist & Arabist. BlueSky is my daily jotter, but a pencil is always close to hand.
Also, grammar, rhetoric and logic.
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Also, grammar, rhetoric and logic.
Upgraded? Like Microsoft Windows, while the rest of the World has gone open source. Didn't Hitler and Stalin also pose for a similar photo a few years ago.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Upgraded? Like Microsoft Windows, while the rest of the World has gone open source. Didn't Hitler and Stalin also pose for a similar photo a few years ago.
Finally, China feels like the only adult in the room. It took a while.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Finally, China feels like the only adult in the room. It took a while.
Another irony bypass from the chosen ones. Or just more lies as usual.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Another irony bypass from the chosen ones. Or just more lies as usual.
Take a look at "Non Stop". Mid 70s. Truly unfathomable. It's on YouTube.
November 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Take a look at "Non Stop". Mid 70s. Truly unfathomable. It's on YouTube.
'Smash' means good or bad? 'Pass' means chuck in the bin? What language are we speaking?
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
'Smash' means good or bad? 'Pass' means chuck in the bin? What language are we speaking?
I find the Disneysphere a lot more scurrilous than the wonderful Asterix and the fabulous storytelling of Herge.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I find the Disneysphere a lot more scurrilous than the wonderful Asterix and the fabulous storytelling of Herge.
Loved chilled tamarind drink when I lived in Egypt. It just edged karkady. Strictly 'off the rocks' both of them.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Loved chilled tamarind drink when I lived in Egypt. It just edged karkady. Strictly 'off the rocks' both of them.
If Israel is demonstrating in Gaza, and to the world, how it does security, then heaven help us if it starts doing destruction. Or am I being unfair?
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If Israel is demonstrating in Gaza, and to the world, how it does security, then heaven help us if it starts doing destruction. Or am I being unfair?
The internet archive. A bit hit and miss (just like the www in its early years) but a refreshing change from one's daily YouTube fix.
archive.org/details/Fiat...
archive.org/details/Fiat...
Fiat Tempra 'Designed For Life' Advert : Fiat : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An advert for Fiat Tempra from 1991
archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The internet archive. A bit hit and miss (just like the www in its early years) but a refreshing change from one's daily YouTube fix.
archive.org/details/Fiat...
archive.org/details/Fiat...
I'll be having a bit of that soon. All being well.
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'll be having a bit of that soon. All being well.
The Smithy I got. The photo of Barnston Dale is the spitting image of my local park in Rome. No joke.
November 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Smithy I got. The photo of Barnston Dale is the spitting image of my local park in Rome. No joke.
Reminder. Don't forget that visit of San Saba!
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reminder. Don't forget that visit of San Saba!