Susan Owens
@susanowens.bsky.social
Writer | Reporter | Former correspondent London 🇬🇧Paris 🇫🇷 I follow people with full names. 🔹 Book in the works - modernist architect Roy Simpson (1914-1997) Profile illustration: Thierry Perez
AShutdown? No issue with AI generated ads? Like Valentino’s, borrowing from 16th century art.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
AShutdown? No issue with AI generated ads? Like Valentino’s, borrowing from 16th century art.
New AI-generated ad campaign for Valentino’s DeVain clutch bag - is ‘inspired’ by 16th century art. Good thing dead artists don’t sue.
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
New AI-generated ad campaign for Valentino’s DeVain clutch bag - is ‘inspired’ by 16th century art. Good thing dead artists don’t sue.
Norwegian, Scottish…all farms toxic disaster. Heard the best Japanese chefs use this…true flavour, love it.
www.aorakisalmon.co.nz
www.aorakisalmon.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Norwegian, Scottish…all farms toxic disaster. Heard the best Japanese chefs use this…true flavour, love it.
www.aorakisalmon.co.nz
www.aorakisalmon.co.nz
One for all, all for one. Billionaires aside. Illustration by Edel Rodriguez. @newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
One for all, all for one. Billionaires aside. Illustration by Edel Rodriguez. @newyorker.com
1500+ lobbyists in Canberra act - not for you - but corporate interests. If you care for transparency in Fed government sign up. 👇🏻
Let the light in.💡 #auspol
cleanuppoliticsact.com.au
Let the light in.💡 #auspol
cleanuppoliticsact.com.au
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
1500+ lobbyists in Canberra act - not for you - but corporate interests. If you care for transparency in Fed government sign up. 👇🏻
Let the light in.💡 #auspol
cleanuppoliticsact.com.au
Let the light in.💡 #auspol
cleanuppoliticsact.com.au
Upsetting to see Halloween decorations - microplastics no less- when young Magpies about. Not good for birdies…sorry to be a killjoy 😉
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Upsetting to see Halloween decorations - microplastics no less- when young Magpies about. Not good for birdies…sorry to be a killjoy 😉
You can’t choose your parents #Mountbatten-Windsor
October 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You can’t choose your parents #Mountbatten-Windsor
If you love Melbourne you know the heartbeat is the top end of Bourke Street (Hill of Content- books; best shirtmaker - Charles Edward, plus fashion in Blonde Venus plus Florentino) …so here’s a film celebrating the legend at the heart of it all. Yay Pellegrini’s. Love you forever.
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If you love Melbourne you know the heartbeat is the top end of Bourke Street (Hill of Content- books; best shirtmaker - Charles Edward, plus fashion in Blonde Venus plus Florentino) …so here’s a film celebrating the legend at the heart of it all. Yay Pellegrini’s. Love you forever.
…or more according to NYT?
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
…or more according to NYT?
…the gap grows ever wider
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
…the gap grows ever wider
Don’t let off the architects - McCrery - staff ready made for Diaper Diplomacy
October 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Don’t let off the architects - McCrery - staff ready made for Diaper Diplomacy
Built by King Philip II Augustus in the 12th century as a defensive fortress to protect Paris from invasion…#Louvre
October 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Built by King Philip II Augustus in the 12th century as a defensive fortress to protect Paris from invasion…#Louvre
Congrats 👏🏻👏🏻Getty @gettyimages.com #crocodilesmile
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Congrats 👏🏻👏🏻Getty @gettyimages.com #crocodilesmile
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Tech investor James Anderson, who runs the Agnelli family-backed Lingotto Investment, in the @financialtimes.com
Tech investor James Anderson, who runs the Agnelli family-backed Lingotto Investment, in the @financialtimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Tech investor James Anderson, who runs the Agnelli family-backed Lingotto Investment, in the @financialtimes.com
Tech investor James Anderson, who runs the Agnelli family-backed Lingotto Investment, in the @financialtimes.com
Bunny Mellon, wife of banking heir Paul Mellon, first discussed the White House Rose Garden renovation during a picnic at her Cape Cod retreat in 1961. Pic of Mellon with President Kennedy at the beach house via @FT where the estate is listed #property for sale at $23mill
August 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bunny Mellon, wife of banking heir Paul Mellon, first discussed the White House Rose Garden renovation during a picnic at her Cape Cod retreat in 1961. Pic of Mellon with President Kennedy at the beach house via @FT where the estate is listed #property for sale at $23mill
Winter bounty. Cumquat jam on the way. David Lebovitz 🇫🇷 recipe - with that dash of Cointreau.
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Winter bounty. Cumquat jam on the way. David Lebovitz 🇫🇷 recipe - with that dash of Cointreau.
Melbourne today…#Palestine
July 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Melbourne today…#Palestine
Trump chooses war as a profit centre. First by enabling US war profiteers to *sell* armaments to help Ukraine. Then projecting future profits by extracting the country’s mineral wealth. He said it: “To the victor go the spoils.” Via NYT
July 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trump chooses war as a profit centre. First by enabling US war profiteers to *sell* armaments to help Ukraine. Then projecting future profits by extracting the country’s mineral wealth. He said it: “To the victor go the spoils.” Via NYT
Sublime. After a century-long ban, Paris takes a dip in the Seine 🏊♂️🏊♀️Pic: Julien De Rosa
July 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Sublime. After a century-long ban, Paris takes a dip in the Seine 🏊♂️🏊♀️Pic: Julien De Rosa
The designer knows best Ms Sanchez. Baroque frock by #Schiaparelli dissolves from original #bezoswedding #hautecouture
June 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The designer knows best Ms Sanchez. Baroque frock by #Schiaparelli dissolves from original #bezoswedding #hautecouture
So Albo supported what NYT editorial describes as an illegal strike…
June 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So Albo supported what NYT editorial describes as an illegal strike…
Cairn terrier perhaps…not the Welsh model
June 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Cairn terrier perhaps…not the Welsh model
Harry’s beef pie topped with mashed potatoes, mashed peas and gravy via @nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Harry’s beef pie topped with mashed potatoes, mashed peas and gravy via @nytimes.com