Erik Van Linden
@erikofbelgium.bsky.social
European. Independent accountant.
I love to read and travel in time and place through them. Ancient history-late ancient history fan.
European investor. I love to read Mary Renault and her brand of fierce purity.
I love to read and travel in time and place through them. Ancient history-late ancient history fan.
European investor. I love to read Mary Renault and her brand of fierce purity.
For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry
Right this very minute
Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry
Right this very minute
Candles in the window
Carols at the spinet
Yes, we need a little Christmas
Right this very minute
It hasn't snowed a single flurry
But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry
A new book by a great writer. Always something to look forward to.
I'm proud to show off the cover for my new historical novel, The Deserter. Thanks to Ruth Zakarian for her fabulous work. The book is available for preorder soon, and the publication date is January 15, 2026 #historicalfiction #foreignlegion #action
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
A new book by a great writer. Always something to look forward to.
What a poem indeed, Margaret Atwood, The Loneliness of the Military Historian.
Love her short stories.
Love her short stories.
A brilliant, angry, beautiful poem.
‘I don’t ask why, because it is mostly the same.
Wars happen because the ones who start them
think they can win.’
‘I don’t ask why, because it is mostly the same.
Wars happen because the ones who start them
think they can win.’
I tend to think every nerdy trans woman should read Margaret Atwood's The Loneliness of the Military Historian and sit with it for a moment no matter what it is exactly she's nerdy about, but that goes double for you www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47788/...
October 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
What a poem indeed, Margaret Atwood, The Loneliness of the Military Historian.
Love her short stories.
Love her short stories.
Thinking about this book a lot. Peter Heather writes eloquently, logically, beautifully while searching for meaning and answers. What does it means to be a good Christian Roman emperor. Was Justinian a good emperor? Did he make possible the fall of the Roman Empire in the 7the century?
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Thinking about this book a lot. Peter Heather writes eloquently, logically, beautifully while searching for meaning and answers. What does it means to be a good Christian Roman emperor. Was Justinian a good emperor? Did he make possible the fall of the Roman Empire in the 7the century?
Lion Rose going strong on this sunny day.
September 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Lion Rose going strong on this sunny day.
Thinking now about a few websites now that I dread to enter because of this. The Edenred’s and Microsofts of this world…
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com
p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Thinking now about a few websites now that I dread to enter because of this. The Edenred’s and Microsofts of this world…
Reposted by Erik Van Linden
“What usually prevents us from showing the depths of our hearts to our friends is not so much mistrust of them as mistrust of ourselves.”
— François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections
— François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections
September 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
“What usually prevents us from showing the depths of our hearts to our friends is not so much mistrust of them as mistrust of ourselves.”
— François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections
— François de La Rochefoucauld, Moral Reflections
Reposted by Erik Van Linden
I have a #historicalfiction novel set in the Foreign Legion 1908 coming out in January. Does anyone know of a #starterpack of podcasts that interview authors?
September 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have a #historicalfiction novel set in the Foreign Legion 1908 coming out in January. Does anyone know of a #starterpack of podcasts that interview authors?
Every holiday I read one or two of Patrick O’Brians Aubrey-Maturin adventures. This year the penultimate one. The Hundred days.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Every holiday I read one or two of Patrick O’Brians Aubrey-Maturin adventures. This year the penultimate one. The Hundred days.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Painting the Royal Navy world of 1815 to perfection, Europe is in shock. While France reacts to the cries of Vive L’Empereur. The rest of Europe rallies to stop him.
Just some Rudbeckia to brighten the day.
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Just some Rudbeckia to brighten the day.
Sometimes all I need is some close quarter violence on the cobble stones of a small village in the Iberian peninsula. Sharpe saved the bacon for Wellington, again.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Sometimes all I need is some close quarter violence on the cobble stones of a small village in the Iberian peninsula. Sharpe saved the bacon for Wellington, again.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe.
Holliday reading.
PRESERVATION A magnificent poem.
In Antonello da Messina’s Crucifixion
Painting, I am the one on the right.
I am hanging like that,
My back is arched like that,
I am facing the real God,
I am unknown and will be forgotten,
But I am there, too, and my body is
Open to all the pain of life.
— Preservation, Sylvie Baugartel #Ekphrasis
— Preservation, Sylvie Baugartel #Ekphrasis
August 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PRESERVATION A magnificent poem.
Finished book 3: Use of Weapons
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
August 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Finished book 3: Use of Weapons
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
In war we become weapons, used and using other (people as) weapons.
Even for the Culture, war is a difficult question and high morals disappear when victory is all that counts. Do these Minds really know what they are doing?
Eerste dag van de vakantie…
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
August 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Eerste dag van de vakantie…
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Onder toezicht van een aantal nieuwsgierige bijen: Rosa Lions Rose, Allium, Nepeta, Echinacea en Cerastium
Een verhaal over eerste liefde, die extra gevaarlijk is omdat we anders zijn dan de meerderheid.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
July 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Een verhaal over eerste liefde, die extra gevaarlijk is omdat we anders zijn dan de meerderheid.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
Over de verleiding en het gevaar van AI maar ook van onze eigen hersenen. Het verhaal speelt zich af in de wereld van de wetenschappen en is moeilijk neer te leggen. Zo mooi geschreven.
Reposted by Erik Van Linden
Sometimes, the greatest strength is found not in fangs or claws, but in the hearts of those who refuse to let you fall.
Experience a story of unbreakable bonds. Get 'Johnny Lycan & the Anubis Disk' now!
#UrbanFantasyBooks #werewolfwednesday
#SupernaturalMystery
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7BBSR5S
Experience a story of unbreakable bonds. Get 'Johnny Lycan & the Anubis Disk' now!
#UrbanFantasyBooks #werewolfwednesday
#SupernaturalMystery
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7BBSR5S
July 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sometimes, the greatest strength is found not in fangs or claws, but in the hearts of those who refuse to let you fall.
Experience a story of unbreakable bonds. Get 'Johnny Lycan & the Anubis Disk' now!
#UrbanFantasyBooks #werewolfwednesday
#SupernaturalMystery
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7BBSR5S
Experience a story of unbreakable bonds. Get 'Johnny Lycan & the Anubis Disk' now!
#UrbanFantasyBooks #werewolfwednesday
#SupernaturalMystery
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7BBSR5S
A very well written and entertaining book.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
June 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A very well written and entertaining book.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
About WWI debt, US policy, diplomatic actors and protocol in the period.
So much gorgeous details about functions, dresses, hats and sumptuous private rail cars.
Also about the gift of the National gallery Washington DC by Mellon.
This is one of my deeply held life philosophies.
I would include how smart you are or are not.
I would include how smart you are or are not.
🪬🧿 The only way to impress me, is by being a good person.
I don't care what you have,
what you wear, where you live,
or what you drive.
I just have deep respect for
people with pure hearts and
good intentions.
I don't care what you have,
what you wear, where you live,
or what you drive.
I just have deep respect for
people with pure hearts and
good intentions.
June 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of my deeply held life philosophies.
I would include how smart you are or are not.
I would include how smart you are or are not.
Vandaag neem ik een oude liefde terug op. Vroeger had ik ebbenhout. De nieuwe is van buxushout en klinkt heerlijk.
June 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Vandaag neem ik een oude liefde terug op. Vroeger had ik ebbenhout. De nieuwe is van buxushout en klinkt heerlijk.
Patroclus and Achilles. A story of love, honour, destiny and what we would/will do for all three of them.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
June 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Patroclus and Achilles. A story of love, honour, destiny and what we would/will do for all three of them.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Well written, especially the last chapters and finally telling us what really happened before the square blocked walls of Priam’s city. Sleep well Achilles and Patrocles.
Consider Phlebas. My first Iain Banks.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
May 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Consider Phlebas. My first Iain Banks.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
The prologue is just brilliant.
I could not stop reading.
I have to read, not for the characters, their story or the events happening, but for reading about them. The words themselves are magic.
This book is mesmerising.
Reposted by Erik Van Linden
Please support the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion practices in the EU.
Today is the last day to sign and help protect LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
If the ECI doesn't collect 1 mil. signatures by the deadline, this can't proceed to the Commission.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Today is the last day to sign and help protect LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
If the ECI doesn't collect 1 mil. signatures by the deadline, this can't proceed to the Commission.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Please support the European Citizens' Initiative to ban conversion practices in the EU.
Today is the last day to sign and help protect LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
If the ECI doesn't collect 1 mil. signatures by the deadline, this can't proceed to the Commission.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Today is the last day to sign and help protect LGBTQ+ people across Europe.
If the ECI doesn't collect 1 mil. signatures by the deadline, this can't proceed to the Commission.
eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
I am so happy to receive a beautiful book. Makes my day to see that the art of making beautiful books is still alive.
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
May 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I am so happy to receive a beautiful book. Makes my day to see that the art of making beautiful books is still alive.
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Gorgeous cover, colors, binding. Lots of maps! Looking forward to reading it. It is number 723 or something on my reading list…
Reposted by Erik Van Linden
These woollen chitons (or long tunics) have - incredibly - survived from Roman Egypt due to the dry climate. Amazing finds showing a wonderful insight into past fashions.
🕰️5th-7th century AD
🏛️📷Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki
🕰️5th-7th century AD
🏛️📷Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki
May 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
These woollen chitons (or long tunics) have - incredibly - survived from Roman Egypt due to the dry climate. Amazing finds showing a wonderful insight into past fashions.
🕰️5th-7th century AD
🏛️📷Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki
🕰️5th-7th century AD
🏛️📷Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki
A Great Thruth
“If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.”
— Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays
— Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays
May 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
A Great Thruth