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London born, long term resident in Italy. Was an architect, once, but not in the way you'd think! Serious interests are many, but often political. Silly interests are cats and Formula 1!
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Wordle 1,344 2/6* 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was easy ... or lucky!

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Tremendous fun to talk to @benansell.bsky.social for this episode, all the more so given it was alongside @himself.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social whose book Underground Empire is just fascinating. Have a listen. If you find my voice as irritating as I do you can always skip those bits👇

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

This is a fascinating and lovely story. We have all the catastrophists making stuff up about Santorini and Campi Flegrei from thousands of miles away, but here we have cheerful volcano tourists!

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

We are all concerned about Ukraine and how many armaments Europe has - but please listen to this (I imagine it was presciently made some weeks ago). There are so many more credible global worries described here if we are facing a maverick US administration.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

If you want to be further terrified by the prospect of Trump's US going on the offensive, try this for size.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Oh, #Newsnight is going to give us Trump live (when the music stops). I can't wait.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

There is a senior foreign affairs guy at the BBC (UK) called Jeremy Bowen. He's solid. It's a pity he isn't here on Bluesky, but he's all over BBC Radio and TV News, so he probably hasn't got time.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

I haven't seen any mention of these Chinese Warships elsewhere?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

@borisetneo.bsky.social Sorry to be cheeky, but could you help me with a translation of "dicchi" in this context "Gli sciami sismici potrebbero essere indicatori di particolari attività sui vulcani come la risalita di fluidi o magma o l’ intrusione di dicchi" from www.ov.ingv.it/index.php/ne...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Latest pirouette by M5S's Giuseppe Conte is to turn into a fan of one Donald Trump to secure his own position as the "owner" of the Ukraine-skeptic camp in Italy. www.ansa.it//english/new...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Islanders keen to return to Santorini even as quakes continue

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments