David Hewson
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Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
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Today in popular uses of Renaissance history:
Leonardo to unveil ‘Michelangelo Dome’ air shield system
Italian defence group to show AI system that will connect equipment and platforms to protect nations from air threats
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Today in popular uses of Renaissance history:
Can't honestly say I feel a lot poorer after that budget. Even with an extra 3p a mile for using my EV. All the pre-Budget howls from the likes of the Mail, urging us to leave the country, look rather silly now, don't they?
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Can't honestly say I feel a lot poorer after that budget. Even with an extra 3p a mile for using my EV. All the pre-Budget howls from the likes of the Mail, urging us to leave the country, look rather silly now, don't they?
This law sounds a very good idea. Someone said to me recently that Meloni's govt is, in some ways, turning out to be more liberal than Starmer's. They may have a point. She introduced the law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This law sounds a very good idea. Someone said to me recently that Meloni's govt is, in some ways, turning out to be more liberal than Starmer's. They may have a point. She introduced the law.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’m just finishing @davidhewson.com’s excellent #TheFourDeadlySeasons. Next on my reading list is Nick Black’s #BareKnuckleSurgeon, the story of Thomas Wakley, who founded The Lancet. It includes ‘incompetent surgeons, corrupt royal colleges, nepotism and quackery’ - I can’t wait to read it!
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’m just finishing @davidhewson.com’s excellent #TheFourDeadlySeasons. Next on my reading list is Nick Black’s #BareKnuckleSurgeon, the story of Thomas Wakley, who founded The Lancet. It includes ‘incompetent surgeons, corrupt royal colleges, nepotism and quackery’ - I can’t wait to read it!
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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!
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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:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
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...
Venice Noir the extended version is now available. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gi...
Venice Noir Festival - 2025 edition (extended version)
YouTube video by Venice Noir
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Venice Noir the extended version is now available. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gi...
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 12:40 PM
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.
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!
The government really has to do something about Musk's propaganda machine. This is a direct attempt by a hostile party to interfere in the politics of the UK. Why are the govt still on there for one?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The government really has to do something about Musk's propaganda machine. This is a direct attempt by a hostile party to interfere in the politics of the UK. Why are the govt still on there for one?
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In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
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Phenomenal glasswork - Venice Noir looks like a magical crime writing fest 👏
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 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Phenomenal glasswork - Venice Noir looks like a magical crime writing fest 👏
Dumping that cesspit the moment I saw the Nazi salute is one of the best decisions I’ve made this year.
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Dumping that cesspit the moment I saw the Nazi salute is one of the best decisions I’ve made this year.
Walked up lane and found elderly farmer neighbour admiring a newly arrived flock of 300 sheep.
‘Know how many ewes a ram can cover in one night,’ he asks.
‘Not a clue.’
‘Guess.’
‘Ten?’
‘Twenty.’ Scratches chin. ‘Got one up on us, ain’t they?’
‘Know how many ewes a ram can cover in one night,’ he asks.
‘Not a clue.’
‘Guess.’
‘Ten?’
‘Twenty.’ Scratches chin. ‘Got one up on us, ain’t they?’
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Walked up lane and found elderly farmer neighbour admiring a newly arrived flock of 300 sheep.
‘Know how many ewes a ram can cover in one night,’ he asks.
‘Not a clue.’
‘Guess.’
‘Ten?’
‘Twenty.’ Scratches chin. ‘Got one up on us, ain’t they?’
‘Know how many ewes a ram can cover in one night,’ he asks.
‘Not a clue.’
‘Guess.’
‘Ten?’
‘Twenty.’ Scratches chin. ‘Got one up on us, ain’t they?’
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I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
'Dark winter nights feel like an unspoken curfew for women'
Women in the north west of England speak of how they have to be more cautious as nights turn dark.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don't doubt that some women feel unsafe walking in the dark, but this article would have been much improved if the writer had included the information that most violence against women is committed by people we know and not by randoms on the street.
None of this rings true especially the bit about Italy and clocks. 😂
youtu.be/NyEiqxbqCLk?...
youtu.be/NyEiqxbqCLk?...
San Pellegrino leans into ‘Italian time’ with Stanley Tucci and Diane Morgan
YouTube video by Famous Campaigns
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
None of this rings true especially the bit about Italy and clocks. 😂
youtu.be/NyEiqxbqCLk?...
youtu.be/NyEiqxbqCLk?...
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We were in my favourite place in the world, so this one was a joy to film!
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
We’ve spent hundreds of days in Venice and it still surprises us. Our new vlog is all about those little moments that make the city feel like home.
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
“Venice Moments: Why We Keep Coming Back” ⬇️
youtu.be/ZAbEVB1y5oM
Venice Moments: Gondola at Sunset, Murano Glass and Piazza San Marco
YouTube video by The Floating Nomads
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We were in my favourite place in the world, so this one was a joy to film!
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
It’s kind of a love letter to the to city.
Give it a watch.
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Just did the immigration rules consultation and while there's almost no space to express an opinion such as 'I would like my elderly parents have carers if required' I did get 'there should not be one rule for rich immigrants and another for poor ones' in there twice
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just did the immigration rules consultation and while there's almost no space to express an opinion such as 'I would like my elderly parents have carers if required' I did get 'there should not be one rule for rich immigrants and another for poor ones' in there twice
This is how Barovier e Toso, the Murano glass foundry, went about making the first Venice Noir award won by @ianrankin1.bsky.social last week. 😍
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is how Barovier e Toso, the Murano glass foundry, went about making the first Venice Noir award won by @ianrankin1.bsky.social last week. 😍
But one is just a mini me of the other. What’s the point?
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
But one is just a mini me of the other. What’s the point?
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Hear from authors including @ianrankin1.bsky.social, @davidhewson.com and @tombenjamin.bsky.social about #VeniceNoir with journalist Dany Mitzman for DW Radio (46’40): www.dw.com/en/ambitious...
Ambitious climate targets, but what's the plan? – DW – 11/20/2025
We zoom in on the EU's newly announced emissions reduction targets and two lithium mine projects in Serbia and Portugal facing tough resistance. Then: the battle of olive farmers against solar parks i...
www.dw.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hear from authors including @ianrankin1.bsky.social, @davidhewson.com and @tombenjamin.bsky.social about #VeniceNoir with journalist Dany Mitzman for DW Radio (46’40): www.dw.com/en/ambitious...
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?
I’m home and I still can’t get Venice Noir out of my head. Need to write that book David…😅
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’m home and I still can’t get Venice Noir out of my head. Need to write that book David…😅
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FINISHED!! What do I read now?
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
FINISHED!! What do I read now?
