Robin Saikia

An away day near Monti Compatri in the Roman hills.

Drink & Think Venice: David Hewson interviews Robin Saikia David Hewson called by this morning and we had an extremely enjoyable chat about Drink & Think Venice - and about our mutual enthusiasm for this most engaging and improbable of cities. Check out David...

Great chat with friend and colleague, the author #DavidHewson, in advance of the US/Canada release of Drink & Think Venice on August 27. You can hear the podcast here:
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Robin Saikia’s Drink & Think Venice — DAVID HEWSON A review of Think & Drink Venice by Robin Saikia, an unusual and highly personal take on some of the watering holes of the city, with some fascinating insights into history and personalities over th...

Super review of my book by David Hewson!
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Indeed! Nice to see you Rosemary! Hope all's well.

Robin Saikia Robin Saikia's "Drink & Think Venice" offers a unique exploration of the city through 26 different drinks at various bars and cafes. Each chapter introduces a drink and then delves into a captivating ...

Drink & Think Venice by Robin Saikia. “The barfly’s dream guide book.”(The Oldie) “This is a glorious book, compact but packed with useful information, inside-track knowledge, glorious anecdotes, wit, history, good taste. Tom Doorley (columnist, Sunday Times Ireland)
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#RishiSunak Speaking as a fellow #Wykehamist and a fellow British Indian, I think you are a disgrace, both to our old school and to the inclusive traditions of Britain.

Incredible range of regional variations...
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"Methought, the very breath I breathed
⁠Was full of sparks divine,
And all my heather-couch was wreathed
⁠By that celestial shine!

"And, while the wide earth echoing rung
⁠To their strange minstrelsy,
The little glittering spirits sung,
⁠Or seemed to sing, to me."

My pleasant things in ashes lie
And them behold no more shall I.
Under thy roof no guest shall sit,
Nor at thy Table eat a bit.
No pleasant talk shall ‘ere be told
Nor things recounted done of old.

Good evening.

King and PM in crucial talks at #COP28 👇

Reading aloud (the whole thing) and discussing, with one of my pupils, The Picture of Dorian Gray. A delight. I find myself increasingly homing in on the "lifestyle" features of this book - e.g. this not at all bad drink favoured by Lord Henry Wotton 👇

Venice Lido dreams (painting by #KatiaMargolis, plus Doggie)

A cat in Maine seems reasonably pleased to have received my Lido book 😀👇

Ha! 👇

Anna Magnani and James Mason at the Venice Film Festival, 1956.

'A Very Fine Cat Indeed' - a dramatic monologue in which Samuel Johnson reminisces about his cat, Hodge.
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Thank you, Giles!