Pirate Irwin
@pirateirwin.bsky.social
Irish Old Etonian Damon Runyonesque sports journalist. Author of historical thrillers set in Occupied and then Liberated Paris the complex Chief Inspector Gaston Lafarge from The Tortured Detective through to The Redeemed Detective
Devil is in the detail
July 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Devil is in the detail
White House under Trump the most obvious example
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
White House under Trump the most obvious example
Yup that’s the gist of it
June 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Yup that’s the gist of it
32 years ago today Rene Bousquet was gunned down in his flat. It is a shame he never answered for the murders of 50,000+ Jews in France (and countless Communists and Résistants). That was largely due to the protection of Francois Mitterrand. Here they are enjoying a convivial lunch. Shameful.
June 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
32 years ago today Rene Bousquet was gunned down in his flat. It is a shame he never answered for the murders of 50,000+ Jews in France (and countless Communists and Résistants). That was largely due to the protection of Francois Mitterrand. Here they are enjoying a convivial lunch. Shameful.
For my headstone 🪦
May 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For my headstone 🪦
Eggsistential question
May 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Eggsistential question
