Neil McCallum
@mccallumn.bsky.social
Translator/Analyst| Bordeaux to Beijing| #Eurasia| #Masculinities| (Feminist) #Security| Gymnast| Black Belt| @suttontrust ALB| 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🇨🇿
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Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Quite the chart. www.ft.com/content/30a4...
Is it Spanish, is it Czech?
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December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Is it Spanish, is it Czech?
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The classic british sport... annoying the French... now to binge Emily in Paris.
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The classic british sport... annoying the French... now to binge Emily in Paris.
Back from Bulgaira 🇧🇬 last night, new Peirene Press Bulgarian book this morning.
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Back from Bulgaira 🇧🇬 last night, new Peirene Press Bulgarian book this morning.
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Born this day in 1884, on Neskuchnoye estate in Ukraine, the marvelous painter Zinaida Serebriakova. After my time, but worth making an exception! Here by herself at the mirror in 1909.
December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Born this day in 1884, on Neskuchnoye estate in Ukraine, the marvelous painter Zinaida Serebriakova. After my time, but worth making an exception! Here by herself at the mirror in 1909.
You can quote me all the Lermontov you want, but...
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You can quote me all the Lermontov you want, but...
Today's new eastern European measurement for blocking access to Metros... cheesewire style shields.
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today's new eastern European measurement for blocking access to Metros... cheesewire style shields.
The best type of museum.
December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The best type of museum.
The Bulgarian less sweet version of Cherry B, so a) i don't want to know what the more sweet version was and b) not sure I ever want to try 80s Cherry B.
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Bulgarian less sweet version of Cherry B, so a) i don't want to know what the more sweet version was and b) not sure I ever want to try 80s Cherry B.
Translated Lit in the wild.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Translated Lit in the wild.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
In a coffee shop in Sofia so would have preferred a Bulgarian one to flick through.... but still.
Another evening, another grandpa's rakia.
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Another evening, another grandpa's rakia.
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @giramondobooks.bsky.social and New Directions announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social, @giramondobooks.bsky.social and New Directions announce the shortlist for the inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
259 submissions, more than 55 languages
I WANT THEM ALL
Whisky-like rakia. Perfect.
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Whisky-like rakia. Perfect.
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Ever seen a seal try to chase a seagull before? Well you have now!
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ever seen a seal try to chase a seagull before? Well you have now!
Blue fenugreek covered bread in Plovdiv. Smelt like opening my spice cupboard.
December 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Blue fenugreek covered bread in Plovdiv. Smelt like opening my spice cupboard.
5 hr trains through the Bulgarian countryside. Rickety. Not ideal for a nap. Oh well.
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
5 hr trains through the Bulgarian countryside. Rickety. Not ideal for a nap. Oh well.
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US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU
Donald Trump may walk away from the Ukrainian war, the US president’s oldest son has said in comments to a Middle East conference.
In a lengthy tirade against the purpose of continued fighting in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr also said Ukraine’s “corrupt” rich had fled their country leaving “what they believed to be the peasant class” to fight the war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Forgot I was wearing my Pilsner Urquell t-shirt when ordering 🇨🇿
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Forgot I was wearing my Pilsner Urquell t-shirt when ordering 🇨🇿
Five of the best translated fiction of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Five of the best translated fiction of 2025
The return of Nobel laureate Han Kang; film-making under the Nazis; stuck in a time loop; Scandinavian thrills; and essential stories from postwar Iraq
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Five of the best translated fiction of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen
What does it mean to lose a language, and what does it take to save it? Those were the big questions being asked in Barcelona recently, says freelance writer Stephen Burgen
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December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
‘We’re a bit jealous of Kneecap’: how Europe’s minority tongues are facing the digital future | Stephen Burgen www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
BBC News - WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests - BBC News 🇬🇪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
BBC News - WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests - BBC News 🇬🇪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
November 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Albanian beer and cocktail evening.
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In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
November 8, 2024 at 4:07 AM
In 1657, Jin Shengtan 金聖嘆 broke off from his commentary on 'The Romance of the Western Chamber' to list "33 Nice Things" 不亦快哉三十三則.
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
It's one of the most likable things I know of in any language. I translated it to cheer myself up a while ago, if anyone could use it. www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I enjoy an Albanian Sofra
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Oda
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.
A good, random recommendation I found for Tirana.