Barbara Nadel
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
Author of Cetin Ikmen crime novels, televised as 'The Turkish Detective' on BBC2 Also writes Hakim and Arnold crime novels plus occasional articles for The Guardian. Cat lover, ruin fancier, magic afficionado. Here for the weird. Agent: Watson, Little
Everything crossed for you David. And thank you for reminding us all just how fantastic and precious our NHS is.
I've written a big piece for the Observer about the Big C. Would be lovely if you find time to read it sometime and feel free to share.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ | The Observer
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November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Everything crossed for you David. And thank you for reminding us all just how fantastic and precious our NHS is.
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Venice Noir now has its own YouTube channel. Two videos now loaded giving an overview of the recent festival: short version (1:36) and long version (5.59). Please enjoy - and subscribe! Here's the shorter one:
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Venice Noir Festival - 2025 edition
YouTube video by Venice Noir
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Venice Noir now has its own YouTube channel. Two videos now loaded giving an overview of the recent festival: short version (1:36) and long version (5.59). Please enjoy - and subscribe! Here's the shorter one:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
Give the gift of a book set in Istanbul this Christmas!
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Give the gift of a book set in Istanbul this Christmas!
Fabulous video of some of the many highlights at Venice Noir.
If you want to know what Venice Noir was like take a look at our new Youtube channel www.youtube.com/@VeniceNoir
We have a short video of the festival up there at the moment but please subscribe because there's more to come including interviews with our authors.
We have a short video of the festival up there at the moment but please subscribe because there's more to come including interviews with our authors.
Venice Noir
Venice Noir was founded in 2024 by Libreria Studium and The Merchant of Venice, inspired by a group of British authors living in the city.
Born from the success of similar festivals in the UK, Venice ...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Fabulous video of some of the many highlights at Venice Noir.
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This year's debut Venice Noir generated 28 newspaper articles, 72 web articles, numerous social media posts and 14 TV interviews. I'd upload the proof but the media report doc is 75mb! Well done everyone!
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This year's debut Venice Noir generated 28 newspaper articles, 72 web articles, numerous social media posts and 14 TV interviews. I'd upload the proof but the media report doc is 75mb! Well done everyone!
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It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
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US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
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November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
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All set up in Sasha's Hotel in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens for today's comic mart. Please say hi.
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
All set up in Sasha's Hotel in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens for today's comic mart. Please say hi.
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ICYMI... the very worthy winner of the first Venice Noir award, a glass sculpture from the legendary Murano furnace of Barovier e Toso. Had to be @ianrankin1.bsky.social didn't it?
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ICYMI... the very worthy winner of the first Venice Noir award, a glass sculpture from the legendary Murano furnace of Barovier e Toso. Had to be @ianrankin1.bsky.social didn't it?
Pitiful.
DOD contractors “mistakenly” landed on a Mexican beach, declared it US property and planted “restricted area” DOD signs, triggering a tense confrontation with armed Mexican forces.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Mexico removed the signs, insisting the area is theirs.
Yet another example of total incompetence.
Pentagon Pete’s War Goons Accidentally Invade Mexico
U.S. “contractors” planted signs declaring that a Mexican beach was U.S. territory.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Pitiful.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Look, can we get a clue about these Reform people before it's too late.
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
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November 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Look, can we get a clue about these Reform people before it's too late.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... I am so sorry to hear this. I love her books. A huge talent.
Marina Lewycka obituary
Award-winning author whose novels, including her debut, A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, united comic skills with serious themes
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November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... I am so sorry to hear this. I love her books. A huge talent.
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Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Well, that's aged like rancid Surströmming wrapped in a durian nappy and shoved down a festival toilet in a gastroenteritis outbreak.
This is where I was last week.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is where I was last week.
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www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-... There is and never has been anything to recommend this racist, Russia loving, plastic ‘man of the people’. We as Brits should be horrified he has climbed so far in our political establishment. It needs to stop.
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
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November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-... There is and never has been anything to recommend this racist, Russia loving, plastic ‘man of the people’. We as Brits should be horrified he has climbed so far in our political establishment. It needs to stop.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... This looks intriguing
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a visceral tale of witchcraft
The author of The Employees goes back to 17th-century Denmark for an intensely poetic portrait of everyday sorcery and female solidarity
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November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... This looks intriguing
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... They’re all such bloody wrong’uns aren’t they? And the Tolkien thing? Please!
‘Fear really drives him’: is Alex Karp of Palantir the world’s scariest CEO?
His company is potentially creating the ultimate state surveillance tool, and Karp has recently been on a striking political and philosophical journey. His biographer reveals what makes him tick
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November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... They’re all such bloody wrong’uns aren’t they? And the Tolkien thing? Please!
At least he got to meet the king and stay in a big house called a castle.
AMERICA OFF THE RAILS: 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Homan openly saying UK🇬🇧 is no longer an friend 🤷♂️👇
Homan openly saying UK🇬🇧 is no longer an friend 🤷♂️👇
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
At least he got to meet the king and stay in a big house called a castle.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... The poor Russia narrative. As old as bloody time.
How Britain replaced the US as Russia’s villain of choice
London and Moscow’s rivalry stretches back to the imperial era, but the Ukraine war has brought relations to a new low
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November 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... The poor Russia narrative. As old as bloody time.
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#venicenoir 2025
Portraying food in novels
Some pitfalls and lots of pleasure!
On the panel:
Philip Gwynne Jones
@tombenjamin.bsky.social
D V Bishop
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
Portraying food in novels
Some pitfalls and lots of pleasure!
On the panel:
Philip Gwynne Jones
@tombenjamin.bsky.social
D V Bishop
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#venicenoir 2025
Portraying food in novels
Some pitfalls and lots of pleasure!
On the panel:
Philip Gwynne Jones
@tombenjamin.bsky.social
D V Bishop
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
Portraying food in novels
Some pitfalls and lots of pleasure!
On the panel:
Philip Gwynne Jones
@tombenjamin.bsky.social
D V Bishop
@barbaranadel.bsky.social
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The problem after 14 years of damage wreaked by the Tories is that we now have a f***ed up BBC and a f***ed up NHS.
But, remember, the f***ing up has come from outside. It is not intrinsic
We desperately need a properly functioning BBC and properly functioning NHS
DEFEND THEM!
But, remember, the f***ing up has come from outside. It is not intrinsic
We desperately need a properly functioning BBC and properly functioning NHS
DEFEND THEM!
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The problem after 14 years of damage wreaked by the Tories is that we now have a f***ed up BBC and a f***ed up NHS.
But, remember, the f***ing up has come from outside. It is not intrinsic
We desperately need a properly functioning BBC and properly functioning NHS
DEFEND THEM!
But, remember, the f***ing up has come from outside. It is not intrinsic
We desperately need a properly functioning BBC and properly functioning NHS
DEFEND THEM!
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From our astrological blog www.wilfredhazelwood.com/the-book-of-...
The Book of Astronomy by Guido Bonatti: Medieval Astrology's Greatest Masterpiece
Discover Guido Bonatti's Liber Astronomiae, the most influential medieval astrological text ever written. From court astrology to horary techniques, explore how
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November 13, 2025 at 7:59 AM
From our astrological blog www.wilfredhazelwood.com/the-book-of-...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... None of his sodding business.
Trump writes to Israeli president calling for Netanyahu pardon
Isaac Herzog can pardon convicted criminals in some circumstances, but cases against Israeli PM are ongoing
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November 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... None of his sodding business.
Never, ever go skating without a crunchy rat.
Pair of charmingly grumpy owls out on skates for winter fun. Have even brought along a snack! By Adriaen van de Venne, who died (alas!) on this day 1662.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Never, ever go skating without a crunchy rat.
Too right! And yes Robbie Gibbs has been in there plotting away for years. The BBC does need to change - to get rid of THEM.
The BBC made him. He had a seat on Question Time for years with his name on it. Robbie Gibbs is the name to check. All gone as they planned.
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Too right! And yes Robbie Gibbs has been in there plotting away for years. The BBC does need to change - to get rid of THEM.