Tobias Jones
@tobiasjones.bsky.social
Italy-based journalist & award-winnning writer: Ultra, The Po, Blood on the Altar, A Place of Refuge, The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams etc. Carpenter, listener, teacher - always co-building communities (Windsor Hill Wood, Common Home etc.)
Cyclists have better lives... and socks.
Canale di Burana.
Canale di Burana.
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cyclists have better lives... and socks.
Canale di Burana.
Canale di Burana.
Train at Parma station. Now I've posted this I guess I never will get back to the US.
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Train at Parma station. Now I've posted this I guess I never will get back to the US.
Bottled up & ready to taste!
November 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Bottled up & ready to taste!
Doing the olive harvest. Hard work but always sociable & rewarding. [Not our land obvs, just helping friends.]
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Doing the olive harvest. Hard work but always sociable & rewarding. [Not our land obvs, just helping friends.]
Huge Palestinian flag at the Teatro Regio's Falstaff this evening.
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Huge Palestinian flag at the Teatro Regio's Falstaff this evening.
Back cycling along the Po* (aka. "Padus") The river in autumn is so mellow.
[*There's a great book called "The Po" in case you missed it... available in both English and Italian.]
[*There's a great book called "The Po" in case you missed it... available in both English and Italian.]
October 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Back cycling along the Po* (aka. "Padus") The river in autumn is so mellow.
[*There's a great book called "The Po" in case you missed it... available in both English and Italian.]
[*There's a great book called "The Po" in case you missed it... available in both English and Italian.]
The colours of autumn: the Christmas cake has to be prepared in early October and then be watered regularly with brandy!
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The colours of autumn: the Christmas cake has to be prepared in early October and then be watered regularly with brandy!
On the true crime beat in Rome.
October 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
On the true crime beat in Rome.
Parma Lecce. In posizione.
October 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Parma Lecce. In posizione.
Parma v Torino. In posizione.
P need a first Serie A win of the season.
P need a first Serie A win of the season.
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Parma v Torino. In posizione.
P need a first Serie A win of the season.
P need a first Serie A win of the season.
Parma v Spezia (coppa italia)
In posizione
In posizione
September 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Parma v Spezia (coppa italia)
In posizione
In posizione
This is how to launch an opera festival:
Thousands of dancing children block the streets. Lots of oompah & giant versions of il Maestro!
Affordable (and expensive) tickets still available:
www.teatroregioparma.it/spettacolo/f...
Thousands of dancing children block the streets. Lots of oompah & giant versions of il Maestro!
Affordable (and expensive) tickets still available:
www.teatroregioparma.it/spettacolo/f...
September 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is how to launch an opera festival:
Thousands of dancing children block the streets. Lots of oompah & giant versions of il Maestro!
Affordable (and expensive) tickets still available:
www.teatroregioparma.it/spettacolo/f...
Thousands of dancing children block the streets. Lots of oompah & giant versions of il Maestro!
Affordable (and expensive) tickets still available:
www.teatroregioparma.it/spettacolo/f...
Life ambition fulfilled:
Like serious sports-folk, I finally have a mark out of ten in la Gazzetta dello Sport!
Like serious sports-folk, I finally have a mark out of ten in la Gazzetta dello Sport!
September 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Life ambition fulfilled:
Like serious sports-folk, I finally have a mark out of ten in la Gazzetta dello Sport!
Like serious sports-folk, I finally have a mark out of ten in la Gazzetta dello Sport!
Not at all. This is F's Great-Grandmother's recipe so she stands by it. There's debate about the best time to pick the leaves. Good luck decoding handwriting & Italian. (Happy to decipher if you need / I find a minute).
September 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Not at all. This is F's Great-Grandmother's recipe so she stands by it. There's debate about the best time to pick the leaves. Good luck decoding handwriting & Italian. (Happy to decipher if you need / I find a minute).
It’s that time of year again: making erba luigia liquore.
It’s a digestif / liqueur made from the leaves of lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora). Of all the Italian liqueurs, I think it’s my favourite: a subtle citrus & grassy flavour. 40 days until bottling…
It’s a digestif / liqueur made from the leaves of lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora). Of all the Italian liqueurs, I think it’s my favourite: a subtle citrus & grassy flavour. 40 days until bottling…
September 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s that time of year again: making erba luigia liquore.
It’s a digestif / liqueur made from the leaves of lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora). Of all the Italian liqueurs, I think it’s my favourite: a subtle citrus & grassy flavour. 40 days until bottling…
It’s a digestif / liqueur made from the leaves of lemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora). Of all the Italian liqueurs, I think it’s my favourite: a subtle citrus & grassy flavour. 40 days until bottling…
Are we really going to sign a midfielder called Merlin?! Heady days.
September 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Are we really going to sign a midfielder called Merlin?! Heady days.
Parma v Atalanta.
1st home game after loss away at Juve.
1st home game after loss away at Juve.
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Parma v Atalanta.
1st home game after loss away at Juve.
1st home game after loss away at Juve.
A Palestinian flag attached to a crucifix on the summit of Monviso @ 3841m. The mountain is the source of Italy's longest river, the Po.
[Not sure who to credit for the photo, poss. Antonio De Rossi??]
[Not sure who to credit for the photo, poss. Antonio De Rossi??]
August 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A Palestinian flag attached to a crucifix on the summit of Monviso @ 3841m. The mountain is the source of Italy's longest river, the Po.
[Not sure who to credit for the photo, poss. Antonio De Rossi??]
[Not sure who to credit for the photo, poss. Antonio De Rossi??]
Parma transfer window:
Chivu gone to manage Inter, so in-steps Cuesta, who is only 29 and looks like a Spanish G. Neville.
Bonny sold to Inter, Leoni to them others. Huge churn with half the squad moved on (Man, Sohm etc.)
Ondrejka injured.
But still have the finest left-foot in Serie A: Bernabé!
Chivu gone to manage Inter, so in-steps Cuesta, who is only 29 and looks like a Spanish G. Neville.
Bonny sold to Inter, Leoni to them others. Huge churn with half the squad moved on (Man, Sohm etc.)
Ondrejka injured.
But still have the finest left-foot in Serie A: Bernabé!
August 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Parma transfer window:
Chivu gone to manage Inter, so in-steps Cuesta, who is only 29 and looks like a Spanish G. Neville.
Bonny sold to Inter, Leoni to them others. Huge churn with half the squad moved on (Man, Sohm etc.)
Ondrejka injured.
But still have the finest left-foot in Serie A: Bernabé!
Chivu gone to manage Inter, so in-steps Cuesta, who is only 29 and looks like a Spanish G. Neville.
Bonny sold to Inter, Leoni to them others. Huge churn with half the squad moved on (Man, Sohm etc.)
Ondrejka injured.
But still have the finest left-foot in Serie A: Bernabé!
Love Porto (& porto!)
August 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Love Porto (& porto!)
Stunning Salamanca.
August 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Stunning Salamanca.
Road trip Parma-Portugal. First stop Nîmes.
August 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Road trip Parma-Portugal. First stop Nîmes.