David Hewson

Fourteen years of useless and semi corrupt Conservative government damaged communities more than any immigration.

Sorry. We’re in person only. Trying to digitise something as complex and rich as this simply won’t work.

Coming to Venice Noir? You can book tickets now! You don’t actually *have* to as all events are free…but if you put your name down it’s really useful for us in managing capacity and the like!

Yum

Going to be a busy weekend!

Hope you got the message you can book Don’t Looking Now and Casanova. They don’t actually clash.

Hope you got the earlier correction about timings for the Don't Look Now and Casanova panels. They don't clash. You can register for both. Timings correct now on Eventbrite.

Please note there was a timing error in the initial Venice Noir booking page, now corrected. The Don’t Look Now and Casanova sessions don’t clash. First is at 1530 and Casanova is at 1630. So you can book both!

Many thanks to Shotsmag and Mike Ripley for a mention of Venice Noir in the latest. Looking forward to seeing Mike in Venice next month.
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Rome opens Baths of Caracalla for tours by night Visit Baths of Caracalla by the light of the moon. Rome's majestic Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for night tours on nine dates between 12 October and 2 November, the city announced on Monda...

The Baths of Caracalla will open to visitors for tours by night on nine dates this autumn.

An excellent opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of La Serenissima and the insight and intrigue of splendid crime writing. And there's a bonus of seeing the casino in the Hotel Monaco where Casanova gambled, a room that is seldom open to the public. And it's all free. A real gift.

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

Free tickets to Venice Noir now available Venice Noir 2025 goes live six weeks on Friday… and now you can reserve your free places for the weekend. You’ll find all our events, in English and Italian, listed on our Eventbrite pa…

Planning to come to Venice Noir in November? Well, it's time yo put down your name for free tickets to the events you'd like to attend. I explain a bit more here...
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Hard to believe I’m seeing this in one of America’s greatest cities.

On the theme of owls and more ... via @luisella-romeo.bsky.social @davidhewson.com

What a lovely story

😂

The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .

WIP has made the move from Scrivener to Word for eventual delivery. What always amazes me at this stage is how much I notice needs fixing that I never spotted before.

Lots of people on that Tommy Robinson march a couple of weeks back will clearly see this as a job opportunity.

It's not the Conservative party any more. Johnson kicked out the old guard who you might have disagreed with but they'd never have stomached this kind of pseudo-fascism.

They’ve obviously been watching the videos of unidentified masked thugs kidnapping people on the street then disappearing them and decided it’s a good idea. Is this really the country we want?

The lobster is Canadian frozen and actually ok for something like this. When I’m in Venice and see tourist restaurants advertising lobster I always wonder…

Stick it in the oven with oil salt and pepperoncino

Deeply depressing

So it appears… but crispy Cavolo Nero works with lots

Tonight lobster risotto with crispy cavolo Nero.

I can’t help but wonder at all those people at Woodstock who wound up voting for Trump.

In her lunch with the FT the OnlyFans CEO says her company pays more tax than the entire British fishing industry. Quite a stat.

As a flinty Gen Xer, I’m constantly embarrassed by the men of my generation who have embraced the worst possible politics. The only cool thing about our formative 80s decade was the counter-culture — everything else was about money and getting ahead.