John Dickie

Calling the United States of America! At long last the paperback of #TheCraft is landing on 23 September.
Www.johndickie.net

I do a nesting arrangement with my ex wife like this too. It’s the best for the kids. But I know from experience that’s it’s hard to get a straight legal answer on anything tax-related about it (and my arrangement is simpler than hers). This is hounding and she should be defended to the hilt.

2023. The most recent year for which stats are available. *Zero* mafia murders reported again in Sicily.

First review by him that mentions the mafia and doesn’t tell the same old mistaken anecdote about cosca meaning artichoke

Great cover!

This quietly radical garden tells a story of homelessness, healing and hope – I think it is the most important design at Chelsea Flower Show The Pathway Garden showcases the healing power of horticulture

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The Red Brigades launch with John Foot at Bookhaus In March 1978, the Red Brigades kidnapped former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, murdering his bodyguards. For nearly two months, they held him hostage while a shocked world looked on, before eventu...

Two events linked to my book on the Red Brigades - published on 19 June
9 June Bookhaus - Bristol - booking required
hdfst.uk/e125273 - 18.00 pm
10 June - Italian cultural institute London with John Dickie - 18.30 - booking required
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The Red Brigades. The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees, by John Foot Monday 10 June, 6.30pm The Red Brigades: The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees by John Foot (Bloomsbury 2025) The author in conversation with John Dickie The explosive story of the terrorist g...

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🚨OUT NOW🚨 Trump behaves like a mob boss, complete with extortion and protection scams against universities, businesses, and governments. But is he a real Godfather or just cosplaying as one? @johndickie.bsky.social joins us to get into it! 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

Who will be the next pope? Some potential candidates to succeed Francis A ‘continuity’ pick, the possible first Asian pope or first black pontiff in centuries are among likely contenders

I’m backing Peter Turkson from among the papabili.

But only so I can say I’ve interviewed the Pope.

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Modern Italy turns 30—see the editorial written by the general editors Gianluca Fantoni and @milenasabato.bsky.social at the link.

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AI HAS THE ANSWER:
Vindrheim:God of the Shifting Winds.
Jordvefr:Goddessof the hidden earth weavings
Straumsvalr:
God of the Rushing Currents.
Skuggsmiðr:
God of Shadow-Crafting.
Morgunroði:
Goddess of the Dawns first blush
Tíðskipti:
God of the Changing tides.

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I had lunch with Bruno Pizzul in Genoa once. Lovely man

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie A historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie

A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie A historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL

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The new, updated edition of Delizia! Out in paperback very soon.

Freshly baked first copies of the paperback! Yum! Available for pre-order now

Very kind!

In theory yes I think. But possibly not in practice. Needs researching

There’s not been an antimafia operation this big in Palermo for more than 15years.

Mafia, maxi operazione a Palermo: oltre 180 arresti. In azione oltre 2 mila carabinieri

Btw there’s new scholarship about the origins of the first Prince Hall Lodge which I integrated into the paperback edition of The Craft

It’s London. If you go to the Museum of Freemasonry in Covent Garden you can see the charter

The Mediterranean diet is a lie Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?

Good piece on the Med diet and gastronationalism

www.politico.eu/article/medi...

Thanks! There’s stuff on slavery in the book esp chapters on British Empire and early US masonry

How I became a historian of Freemasonry johndickie.net/books/the-cr...

Crumbs! It’s SAS vs the mafia in #SASRogueHeroes

I can feel a long pedantic historical thread coming on about the mafia, Fascism and the Allies.

Not

PS The pessimistic tone in the comments quoted in the piece is illustrative of an unduly pessimistic mood abroad in Sicily. The reason for the pessimism isn’t anything to do with the current battered state of Cosa Nostra

5) A bigger story, in my view, is the ongoing trial of people paying protection money in Brancaccio who have refused to denounce their extortionists—the implication being that they are allies of Cosa Nostra not victims. They is the last redoubt of the Mafia’s power base. Ends.

4) The background is important here: Cosa Nostra is in the worst state ever