Matthew Turner
@thewalkingfool.bsky.social
Author of the novel SWEDEN (2018), translator, traveller on foot, Japan lover, jazz buff, albatross watcher, Ōtautahi resident. *Not* a photographer.
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The Midwest Book Review called it "a moving, multifaceted story that cements its plot with strong characterization, astute cultural insights and social inspection". Get your copy of SWEDEN now!
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Coals to Newcastle?
Japanese curry restaurant chain operator Ichibanya aims to expand its Curry House CoCo Ichibanya, or CoCo Ichi, restaurant network across India.
Curry restaurant chain CoCo Ichi sets sights on major expansion in India
Although the chain initially struggled with low name recognition in the Indian market, its curry dishes have gradually gained popularity as a form of Japanese cuisine.
ebx.sh
December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Coals to Newcastle?
At the Great Hall waiting for Harry Harrison to take the stage
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
At the Great Hall waiting for Harry Harrison to take the stage
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“Naomi Osaka, the tennis player and Meghan’s first celebrity, is like a cool plunge bath after an overheated sauna. I’ve never seen anyone more desperate to get home. […] She paints a plate very badly and leaves. I pledge undying allegiance to her.”
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration review – take anti-nausea pills, she’s back!
She literally skips through a Christmas tree farm, serves food that looks like animal droppings and cooks a meal that Prince Harry hates. Assume the crash position before watching
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Naomi Osaka, the tennis player and Meghan’s first celebrity, is like a cool plunge bath after an overheated sauna. I’ve never seen anyone more desperate to get home. […] She paints a plate very badly and leaves. I pledge undying allegiance to her.”
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Pleased to see international reporting on this. Hopefully we can get some of that international populist movement fervour going agin our tyrannical government
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Pleased to see international reporting on this. Hopefully we can get some of that international populist movement fervour going agin our tyrannical government
I think if you’re going to turn this into an article you at least need to explain exactly what the term "syrup suckers” means.
Scotty Stevenson calls private Christchurch school boys 'syrup suckers' in highly awkward cricket commentary
“A bit of catching practice for the syrup suckers, the Christ’s College boys,” Scotty Stevenson said in TVNZ’s cricket commentary on Wednesday.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think if you’re going to turn this into an article you at least need to explain exactly what the term "syrup suckers” means.
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Walls that speak: Aotearoa’s mural legacy
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Walls that speak: Aotearoa’s mural legacy
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
Blogpost by Bob Maysmor about his collection of 1000+ photos of NZ murals of the 80s and 90s, now at @nationallibrarynz.bsky.social (photo details in alt-txt)
natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/w...
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The Japanese avant-garde has long had a complicated relationship with commercialism (v. Terayama Shuji and Parco, etc.), but angura actor and butoh artist Maro Akaji fronting a winter campaign for United Arrows (with his son and daughter-in-law) was not something I expected to see any time soon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Japanese avant-garde has long had a complicated relationship with commercialism (v. Terayama Shuji and Parco, etc.), but angura actor and butoh artist Maro Akaji fronting a winter campaign for United Arrows (with his son and daughter-in-law) was not something I expected to see any time soon.
Beautiful writing as always from Martin Edmond
Yoshie’s Funeral
I Yoshie died on All Saint’s Day, at one in the morning, in the short stay nursing home in Tokyo where she’d been in care for the previous two weeks. She was ninety years old and suffering from unt…
mjedmo.wordpress.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Beautiful writing as always from Martin Edmond
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Good morning. Fairly chilled Sunday so far. But need to sort out stuff on the balcony later. Our building is now covered in scaffolding and they're preparing to start renovating the tiles exterior. So, all sorts of annoying.
Anyway, here's some pics from yesterday. Details in the ALT.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
Anyway, here's some pics from yesterday. Details in the ALT.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Good morning. Fairly chilled Sunday so far. But need to sort out stuff on the balcony later. Our building is now covered in scaffolding and they're preparing to start renovating the tiles exterior. So, all sorts of annoying.
Anyway, here's some pics from yesterday. Details in the ALT.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
Anyway, here's some pics from yesterday. Details in the ALT.
Luv&peace
🙏❤️
Absolute scenes in the little park behind our house as the local small dog group holds it Xmas get-together
November 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Absolute scenes in the little park behind our house as the local small dog group holds it Xmas get-together
Introduce yourself with five concerts:
Split Enz (Christchurch, 1984)
U2 with BB King (Christchurch, 1989)
Keith Jarrett (Osaka, 2005)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Wellington, 2009)
Keith Jarrett Trio (Tokyo, 2010)
Split Enz (Christchurch, 1984)
U2 with BB King (Christchurch, 1989)
Keith Jarrett (Osaka, 2005)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Wellington, 2009)
Keith Jarrett Trio (Tokyo, 2010)
Introduce yourself with five concerts:
Violent Femmes
The Magnetic Fields
Nina Simone
Leonard Cohen
Iris Dement
Violent Femmes
The Magnetic Fields
Nina Simone
Leonard Cohen
Iris Dement
introduce yourself with five concerts
einstürzende neubauten
The Cure
Blonde Redhead
Tribe Called Red
ANOHNI and the Johnsons
einstürzende neubauten
The Cure
Blonde Redhead
Tribe Called Red
ANOHNI and the Johnsons
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts:
Split Enz (Christchurch, 1984)
U2 with BB King (Christchurch, 1989)
Keith Jarrett (Osaka, 2005)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Wellington, 2009)
Keith Jarrett Trio (Tokyo, 2010)
Split Enz (Christchurch, 1984)
U2 with BB King (Christchurch, 1989)
Keith Jarrett (Osaka, 2005)
Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Wellington, 2009)
Keith Jarrett Trio (Tokyo, 2010)
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"Every life is many days, day after day."
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Every life is many days, day after day."
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
— James Joyce, Ulysses, 1922.
The Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin displays Copy No. 1 of the first edition of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce.
📷 Literary Journeys | Existential Literature, Art, Music and Film
Bought a new fridge the other day. Took about ten minutes to unbox and install...and about thirty minutes to peel/scrape off the energy rating sticker.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bought a new fridge the other day. Took about ten minutes to unbox and install...and about thirty minutes to peel/scrape off the energy rating sticker.
Often pass this place. Have never gone inside.
Behold! The Burgeriffic glory of the Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. #canterburystories
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Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant: Picturing Canterbury
Cameron Japanese Family Restaurant, ファミリーレストラン キャメロン, on Main South Road, Hornby. An image from Canterbury Stories.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Often pass this place. Have never gone inside.
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And there we have it. After 22 years, the record for the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time is beaten!
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
映画「国宝」実写日本映画の興行収入で歴代1位に、22年ぶり新記録 「踊る2」超え
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/649441?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#国宝
https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/649441?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#国宝
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
And there we have it. After 22 years, the record for the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of all time is beaten!
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
Kokuho has had unprecedented success, growing weekly for over a month, earning incredible word of mouth, for what is ostensibly a 3-hour dense drama about an outdated art form
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still need to follow the path of twenty-six martyrs from kyoto to nagasaki, but this will be good to do too.
www.ucanews.com/news/catholi...
www.ucanews.com/news/catholi...
Catholics plan new pilgrimage route to honor Japan's ‘hidden Christians’- UCA News
Japan's Catholic Church, with European partners, is establishing The Way of the Gospel, a new pilgrimage route in southern Japan (Kagoshima to Nagasaki) to honor early missionaries and the 'Kakure Kir...
www.ucanews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
still need to follow the path of twenty-six martyrs from kyoto to nagasaki, but this will be good to do too.
www.ucanews.com/news/catholi...
www.ucanews.com/news/catholi...
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Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, whose real name is Danylo Yavhusishyn, on Sunday became the first from his nation to win a tournament of the traditional Japanese sport.
Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
The 21-year-old won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia.
ebx.sh
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki, whose real name is Danylo Yavhusishyn, on Sunday became the first from his nation to win a tournament of the traditional Japanese sport.
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Owl plushes are live on Poshmark.
Each owl is hand and machine sewn. These are great for any age. Get your own to squeeze ☺️
I will have more listed by Monday.
www.poshmark.com/closet/teresaspyra
Each owl is hand and machine sewn. These are great for any age. Get your own to squeeze ☺️
I will have more listed by Monday.
www.poshmark.com/closet/teresaspyra
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Owl plushes are live on Poshmark.
Each owl is hand and machine sewn. These are great for any age. Get your own to squeeze ☺️
I will have more listed by Monday.
www.poshmark.com/closet/teresaspyra
Each owl is hand and machine sewn. These are great for any age. Get your own to squeeze ☺️
I will have more listed by Monday.
www.poshmark.com/closet/teresaspyra
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Thatcherite going the full Truss?
Lettuce hope so.
Lettuce hope so.
(Bloomberg) - Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans have sent Japan’s bonds and currency tumbling, raising the specter of an unruly capital flight reminiscent of the turmoil that nearly broke the UK bond market in 2022, according to Deutsche ..
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Deutsche Bank Warns of Japan Capital Flight in Echo of UK Crisis
Sanae Takaichi’s spending plans have sent Japan’s bonds and currency tumbling, raising the specter of an unruly capital flight reminiscent of the turmoil that nearly broke the UK bond market in 2022, ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Thatcherite going the full Truss?
Lettuce hope so.
Lettuce hope so.
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More detail on the covers that disqualified their books
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
How two AI book covers forced the publishing industry to reckon with its future
A design studio’s use of AI has disqualified two books from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
More detail on the covers that disqualified their books