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Tobias Jones

@tobiasjones.bsky.social

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Italy-based journalist & award-winnning writer: Ultra, The Po, Blood on the Altar, A Place of Refuge, The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams etc. Community-co-builder, bad carpenter, good listener, OK teacher... NSNO

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 7h

Ha ha! Do you mean correspondents (the people who write) or correspondence (what is written)?!

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 18h

My piece about the new Monster of Florence dramatisation 👇

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Were their body parts used in satanic rituals? Netflix tackles the horrific ‘Monster of Florence’ murders

It was a brutal killing spree that gripped Italy – yet so little is still known. Why were lovers murdered in their cars? Why were their sexual organs often targeted? Author Tobias Jones sifts the evid...

www.theguardian.com

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 3d

Back cycling along the Po* (aka. "Padus") The river in autumn is so mellow.

[*There's a great book called "The Po" in case you missed it... available in both English and Italian.]

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 4d

Prato

Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 5d

The colours of autumn: the Christmas cake has to be prepared in early October and then be watered regularly with brandy!

The bright yellows, oranges and reds of a Christmas cake mix - raisins, orange peel, cherries etc.

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 7d

Thinking about thumbs and story-grip...

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Points of View

Thumbs Needed

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 8d

On the true crime beat in Rome.

Twisting flyovers dwarf 8 storey buildings in edgy suburb of Rome

Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 9d

Parma Lecce. In posizione.

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 12d

This story from Parma's lovely palazzo Tarasconi is hilarious: a Dali exhibition has 21 artworks confiscated, suspected of being counterfeits. Please, someone, commission me to do a long dive into wtf just happened!

www.gazzettadiparma.it/arte-e-cultu...

Mostra di Salvador Dalí a Parma: sequestrate 21 opere ritenute false. Indagine dei carabinieri - Video

Mostra di Salvador Dalí a Parma: sequestrate 21 opere ritenute false. Indagine dei carabinieri: i dettagli e le dichiarazioni nel video del 12TgParma. [articlepreview id="896093" link="https://www.gaz...

www.gazzettadiparma.it

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 12d

You're a man of impeccable literary taste!
NSNO

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 14d

Parma. Won 2-1 with two Pellegrino goals (and a 3rd disallowed). First league win of the season.

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 14d

Parma v Torino. In posizione.
P need a first Serie A win of the season.

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 19d

Parma v Spezia (coppa italia)
In posizione

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 20d

Very sad to hear that Claudia Cardinale has died. A sultry legend of Italian cinema. It always amazed me that Italian was only her fourth language, after Arabic, French and her parents' Sicilian dialect (she was born and raised in Tunisia).
Sit tibi terra levis.

www.rainews.it/articoli/202...

È morta Claudia Cardinale, aveva 87 anni

L'attrice era nella sua casa di Nemours, vicino a Parigi. Lavorò con Visconti, Fellini, Leone. Nel 1993 il Leone d'Oro alla carriera della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia

www.rainews.it

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 22d

This is how to launch an opera festival:
Thousands of dancing children block the streets. Lots of oompah & giant versions of il Maestro!
Affordable (and expensive) tickets still available:
www.teatroregioparma.it/spettacolo/f...

Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 24d

Thinking about extremism, fakes and points of view 👇

[Good people, do subscribe to my weekly column about books and how to read & write them: I'm offering a thousand top quality words every week, full of ideas, confessions, illustrations and fine music!]

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Fascism, Fakery and Counterfactuals

Why Philip K Dick is key to understanding both 2025 and how to plot

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 26d

Ferrara corners

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Alice Jolly @alicejolly.bsky.social · 27d

Ever wondered what 1,300 books like? Thanks @goldsborobooks.bsky.social and @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
Book out on 6 November. It tells the story of the real Dr Asperger - was he an amazing pioneer of autism research or a Nazi collaborator?
#fiction #historicalfiction

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 28d

Mapping some thoughts 👇

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Story / Plot differences

It's almost simple

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 29d

“...leathery & marmaladey...”
As a Somerset lad, I reckon abundant cider is cause for good cheer. It's what gets us through the winter. But the taste this year will be bitter because we know the causes of the bumper crop: monsoon rains & furnace heat.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Cider to the power of 10’: bumper apple harvest has UK cider makers drooling

National Association of Cider Makers says warm spring and summer have produced special apples ‘full of rich flavours and natural sweetness’

www.theguardian.com

Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · Sep 14

Life ambition fulfilled:
Like serious sports-folk, I finally have a mark out of ten in la Gazzetta dello Sport!

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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · Sep 13

No public organizations should be using X. It’s owner supports Tommy Robinson.

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · Sep 13

Great-sounding book👇
We work with refugees so are not naive. Offering sanctuary is exhausting. Never works out how you expected! I always think about that line: wanting to help people can be a grave temptation. But understanding "refuge" is key to our era's sanity.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...

A manifesto on the human right to refuge | The Observer

Marina Warner’s sprawling literary and political history of sanctuary offers a guide to a better way of living

observer.co.uk

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · Sep 12

F says just zest!

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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · Sep 12

Not at all. This is F's Great-Grandmother's recipe so she stands by it. There's debate about the best time to pick the leaves. Good luck decoding handwriting & Italian. (Happy to decipher if you need / I find a minute).