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Terry Stiastny

@terrystiastny.bsky.social

Author of Believable Lies, a story of wartime propaganda and fake news, out in June from WH Allen. Discussing politics and more on Times Radio and Monocle Radio. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452994/believable-lies-by-stiastny-terry/

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Which is fine, really.

30.10.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is a bit of a mouthful. AMW?

30.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Has this happened to anyone before, barring beheading, abdication etc?

30.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(Can’t bear not to, even though kids are at uni & 6th form.)

30.10.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

80p on a pumpkin, Β£20 on sweets for trick or treaters.

30.10.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Top line of the Connections grid at start today: β€˜Only Connect olive branch’ !

27.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Laugharne is beautiful.

26.10.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t speak too soon!

24.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chill alternative hipster Thursday evening says Spotify

Chill alternative hipster Thursday evening says Spotify

Yeah, that’s me, she said, emptying the dishwasher and putting the milk bottles out.

23.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Early try-on for her Halloween costume.

23.10.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone waiting for people to reply to me who aren’t, I swear that’s worse.

23.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably just hand it in at a police station tbh.

22.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lupin strikes again

19.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now we’re talking #totp

17.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t even name them as I feel it will jinx them, but those two for sure.

17.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I have such a long mental list of people whose deaths will knock me sideways.

17.10.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Order James’s book now so that in the New Year you’ll be able to understand how we got here!

17.10.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!

16.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If this great thread has crossed your timeline as it has mine, then you might enjoy this clip from SOE agent Harry RΓ©e's interview with the Imperial War Museum. He describes his fistfight with a German of the Sicherheitsdienst, or SS Security Service.

Full interview: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

16.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

That’s for Thomas Mann! That’s for Matisse! That’s for Picasso! And that’s for me!

16.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We talk about this! (And don’t forget your Thomas Mann.)

16.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh Canada! This week we're chasing Nazis from the Atlantic to the Pacific as we watch Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning 49th Parallel. Will @DuncanWeldon.bsky.social crash the pod simply to annoy @RobertHutton.co.uk? Will @terrystiastny.bsky.social be able to make peace?

16.10.2025 06:50 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

If you read one thread on Bluesky today, make it this - amazing!

15.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Very helpful of them to write the name in big letters on the ground!

15.10.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes that β€˜who is their agent and are they answering calls on a Saturday night?’ moment.

11.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

His war diaries are amazing if you have time to go that far back. Politics interspersed with skinny dipping!

11.10.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh, man.

11.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reappointed PM at 10pm on a Friday night. Who’d be in politics?

10.10.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes, corkscrews are evil and confusing!

10.10.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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