Philip Gwynne Jones
@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social
Author of the Nathan Sutherland Venetian mysteries. Currently investigating "The Magus of Sicily" with Nedda and Calogero.
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
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https://philipgwynnejones.com
Here for Italy, music, old horror films and prog rock!
https://linktr.ee/pgjonesvenice
https://philipgwynnejones.com
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@househammerpod.bsky.social are joined by special guest Jonathan Sothcott as we take a deep dive into 1966's Rasputin the Mad Monk. He's a Monk! And he's Mad! But is it any good? And will there be any Boney M jokes (*)? Tune in to find out!
(* yes)
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Rasputin, The Mad Monk
In this fact packed and completely true* visit headed up by Adam, the lads are joined by Jonathan Sothcott in an attempt to unpick the fact from the fiction as
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November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
@househammerpod.bsky.social are joined by special guest Jonathan Sothcott as we take a deep dive into 1966's Rasputin the Mad Monk. He's a Monk! And he's Mad! But is it any good? And will there be any Boney M jokes (*)? Tune in to find out!
(* yes)
(* yes)
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
What’s better than a cottage pie? It’s a spicy keema cottage pie from Calum Franklin, that’s what?
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What’s better than a cottage pie? It’s a spicy keema cottage pie from Calum Franklin, that’s what?
With the possible exception of Shostakovich’s first symphony, is “Dark Star” the best student project ever?
‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
With the possible exception of Shostakovich’s first symphony, is “Dark Star” the best student project ever?
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
YouTube video by Rocksteady Freddie
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November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
#NowPlaying Dave Brock and the Agents of Chaos (*). Because sometimes you can't beat a bit of Brocky!
(* there are no actual Agents of Chaos. Only Dave).
(* there are no actual Agents of Chaos. Only Dave).
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#NowPlaying Dave Brock and the Agents of Chaos (*). Because sometimes you can't beat a bit of Brocky!
(* there are no actual Agents of Chaos. Only Dave).
(* there are no actual Agents of Chaos. Only Dave).
Venice Noir now has a Youtube channel. Here's a little taste of this year's festival. More to follow...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
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Venice Noir Festival - 2025 edition
YouTube video by Venice Noir
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Venice Noir now has a Youtube channel. Here's a little taste of this year's festival. More to follow...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Sf...
Oh no. We've lost Udo Kier 😥
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oh no. We've lost Udo Kier 😥
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Heh. Accidental. Completely accidental.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Heh. Accidental. Completely accidental.
Dinner tonight. Fillets of *triglie* (red mullet) on buttered garlic spinach on mashed potato.
Bought too many mullets so the rest will be going into a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
Bought too many mullets so the rest will be going into a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Dinner tonight. Fillets of *triglie* (red mullet) on buttered garlic spinach on mashed potato.
Bought too many mullets so the rest will be going into a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
Bought too many mullets so the rest will be going into a sandwich for lunch tomorrow.
Post someone who looks good in Stripes…
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Post someone who looks good in Stripes…
A cold, sunny winter’s day in Venice…
November 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A cold, sunny winter’s day in Venice…
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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The Hanging Man Investigation is out now. Atkins and Palmer book 2, available in paperback and ebook.
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Hanging Man Investigation is out now. Atkins and Palmer book 2, available in paperback and ebook.
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
And if you've read the Locked Trilogy, or Unlocked, you might even see a familiar face or two.
mybook.to/HangingManInv
The Venice Noir award. Created by Amy Thai with Barovier and Toso Arte on Murano. Shortly to be in the possession of @ianrankin1.bsky.social (one does not just put an award like this in hand baggage!)
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Venice Noir award. Created by Amy Thai with Barovier and Toso Arte on Murano. Shortly to be in the possession of @ianrankin1.bsky.social (one does not just put an award like this in hand baggage!)
This is undoubtedly the greatest thing that has ever happened...
OK tonight I learned that Gaspar Noe brought Dario Argento as his +1 to meet the Pope, and this is possibly the sweetest and the maddest thing to ever happen.
The Pope got to meet Dario Argento! I wonder which of the Three Mothers trilogy is Leo's fav, I'm gonna say Inferno, cos this Pope doesn't seem like a Suspiria kinda guy.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This is undoubtedly the greatest thing that has ever happened...
#NowPlaying A new-ish Fliegende Hollander? Don't mind if I do!
November 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
#NowPlaying A new-ish Fliegende Hollander? Don't mind if I do!
Ah, there's nothing like the chess-like intricacies of a five-day test match....is there...?
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Ah, there's nothing like the chess-like intricacies of a five-day test match....is there...?
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Heart of stone not to laugh, etc...
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after he made pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament for cash
Ex-Reform leader in Wales jailed for making pro-Russian statements for cash
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after he made pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament for cash. Nathan Gill, 52, of Anglesey, North Wales, ple...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Heart of stone not to laugh, etc...
Reposted by Philip Gwynne Jones
ICYMI... the very worthy winner of the first Venice Noir award, a glass sculpture from the legendary Murano furnace of Barovier e Toso. Had to be @ianrankin1.bsky.social didn't it?
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
ICYMI... the very worthy winner of the first Venice Noir award, a glass sculpture from the legendary Murano furnace of Barovier e Toso. Had to be @ianrankin1.bsky.social didn't it?
Reposted by Philip Gwynne Jones
An Italian man who collected his dead mother's pension for three years was exposed after he dressed up as the deceased woman to renew her identity card.
Italian man dresses up as dead mother to collect pension
Man pretends to be his mother, who died three years ago, to keep collecting her pension. An Italian man who collected his dead mother's pension for three years was exposed after he dressed up as the d...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
An Italian man who collected his dead mother's pension for three years was exposed after he dressed up as the deceased woman to renew her identity card.