Susanna Forrest
@susannaforrest.bsky.social
Writer The Age of the Horse (AtlanticBooks/GroveAtlantic) & If Wishes Were Horses. Essays for Paris Review Daily, Long Reads, Lit Hub, Perspective & more. Amazons of Paris on Substack. Exberliner from 🇬🇧living in 🇸🇪 & married to a 🇬🇷.
In the mailbox today from the Swedish government: “If Crisis or War Comes,” our guide to surviving war, nukes, terrorist attacks, climate-change freakeries, propaganda, and cyberwarfare. And explaining it to our children. First published 1961. #lifeinsweden
November 18, 2024 at 7:30 PM
In the mailbox today from the Swedish government: “If Crisis or War Comes,” our guide to surviving war, nukes, terrorist attacks, climate-change freakeries, propaganda, and cyberwarfare. And explaining it to our children. First published 1961. #lifeinsweden
BEL MOONEY IMAGINES should get memed to hell and back. What a crappy way to pay your bills.
May 18, 2024 at 4:40 AM
BEL MOONEY IMAGINES should get memed to hell and back. What a crappy way to pay your bills.
Now getting ads in French for Swedish services. 🇪🇺
March 7, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Now getting ads in French for Swedish services. 🇪🇺
Doon Mackichan in Perspective magazine. www.perspectivemedia.com/doon-mackich...
March 6, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Doon Mackichan in Perspective magazine. www.perspectivemedia.com/doon-mackich...
No "Maps" option. And if you click on the map thumbnail, nothing happens. Who thought this was a good idea? It's ridiculous.
March 1, 2024 at 7:57 AM
No "Maps" option. And if you click on the map thumbnail, nothing happens. Who thought this was a good idea? It's ridiculous.
Three of the same name and one for another street with an "i".
February 21, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Three of the same name and one for another street with an "i".
Can anyone read this? It should be rue d'Achère if I wished hard enough but I think it's not.
February 21, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Can anyone read this? It should be rue d'Achère if I wished hard enough but I think it's not.
Esterhazy endorsement for this hair treatment. 6 June 1890 - Versailles-Républicain on the Archvies Yvelines site.
February 21, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Esterhazy endorsement for this hair treatment. 6 June 1890 - Versailles-Républicain on the Archvies Yvelines site.
Facebook translations FTW foreva.
February 12, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Facebook translations FTW foreva.
William Foote's "African American Character Concert" for the first time in Europe! "Black opera". Advert in a Cologne newspaper, 1891. via Deutsches Zeitungsportal. Featuring the world famous Miss Selika, "the black Patti", who I think was Marie Selika Williams. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_S...
February 6, 2024 at 8:55 AM
William Foote's "African American Character Concert" for the first time in Europe! "Black opera". Advert in a Cologne newspaper, 1891. via Deutsches Zeitungsportal. Featuring the world famous Miss Selika, "the black Patti", who I think was Marie Selika Williams. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_S...
Totally fascinated by the paradox of “old money aesthetic” content. So dogmatic and so wrong at the same time. You can’t buy it, and you definitely can’t buy it at H&M.
February 4, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Totally fascinated by the paradox of “old money aesthetic” content. So dogmatic and so wrong at the same time. You can’t buy it, and you definitely can’t buy it at H&M.
According to Google Translate, the Swedish for killer whale literally translates as “lard chopper”.
January 31, 2024 at 8:42 PM
According to Google Translate, the Swedish for killer whale literally translates as “lard chopper”.
Local supermarket very excited about Taco Friday. And energy drinks.
January 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Local supermarket very excited about Taco Friday. And energy drinks.
Today in gender/consumerism mash-ups.
January 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Today in gender/consumerism mash-ups.
New Gryffindor spell just dropped.
January 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
New Gryffindor spell just dropped.
I especially miss you today, Paris. It's been a VERY long time.
January 26, 2024 at 9:33 AM
I especially miss you today, Paris. It's been a VERY long time.
January in Sweden. The vitamin D shelves…
January 11, 2024 at 8:26 PM
January in Sweden. The vitamin D shelves…
Love Playmobile’s definition of “history”.
January 8, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Love Playmobile’s definition of “history”.
A better class of loo commentary at the Benaki Museum in Athens.
January 3, 2024 at 4:22 PM
A better class of loo commentary at the Benaki Museum in Athens.
Best not to tell them about the Greek tradition of smashing pomegranates for prosperity at the new year.
January 1, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Best not to tell them about the Greek tradition of smashing pomegranates for prosperity at the new year.
Twixtmas in Athens. The pomegranates are everywhere and are a token of hope for the year to come. I lost a friend this year, so they remind me of the Persephone myth and Kate McGarrigle’s Prosperina.
December 29, 2023 at 6:42 AM
Twixtmas in Athens. The pomegranates are everywhere and are a token of hope for the year to come. I lost a friend this year, so they remind me of the Persephone myth and Kate McGarrigle’s Prosperina.
I advise choosing your myth carefully in this country.
December 27, 2023 at 12:42 PM
I advise choosing your myth carefully in this country.
Quality educational toy. 👌🏼
December 26, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Quality educational toy. 👌🏼
Omg you ahistorical conservative weirdos.
December 26, 2023 at 5:52 AM
Omg you ahistorical conservative weirdos.
Lots of ouch moments in this Airmail piece. airmail.news/issues/2023-...
December 23, 2023 at 12:52 PM
Lots of ouch moments in this Airmail piece. airmail.news/issues/2023-...