Stephen England
@stephenengland.bsky.social
Writer, Novelist, Raconteur - International bestselling author of the #ShadowWarriors and #LionofGod thrillers
It's "reek," Vance. Not "wreak."
For further context, that's the name of a Game of Thrones character you resemble.
For further context, that's the name of a Game of Thrones character you resemble.
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
It's "reek," Vance. Not "wreak."
For further context, that's the name of a Game of Thrones character you resemble.
For further context, that's the name of a Game of Thrones character you resemble.
A year ago today, on the shores of Bosphorus, watching with the cats of Istanbul as the fishing fleet came back in with the dawn.
October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A year ago today, on the shores of Bosphorus, watching with the cats of Istanbul as the fishing fleet came back in with the dawn.
Your daily reminder that 2025 was the we decided to speedrun "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Your daily reminder that 2025 was the we decided to speedrun "What Could Possibly Go Wrong?"
Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Making my review debut on @spybrary.bsky.social today with my thoughts on David McCloskey's latest thriller. Brilliant read, I can't recommend it highly enough.
spybrary.com/the-persian-...
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Sums up the whole year rather eloquently.
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Sums up the whole year rather eloquently.
Post a team you would send instead of Bongino and Patel.
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Post a team you would send instead of Bongino and Patel.
On a lighter--in some ways--note: my friend John Bruning's book "Indestructible," the absolutely incredible story of Pappy Gunn.
September 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
On a lighter--in some ways--note: my friend John Bruning's book "Indestructible," the absolutely incredible story of Pappy Gunn.
I'd also add Jonathan Shay's "Achilles in Vietnam" as a book I was recommended by a friend who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. A provocative look at what ancient literature might tell us about humanity in combat.
September 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'd also add Jonathan Shay's "Achilles in Vietnam" as a book I was recommended by a friend who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. A provocative look at what ancient literature might tell us about humanity in combat.
Karl Marlantes' "What It Is Like to Go to War" is a classic for a reason. Not an easy read, but a very thought-provoking book.
September 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Karl Marlantes' "What It Is Like to Go to War" is a classic for a reason. Not an easy read, but a very thought-provoking book.
"Well, there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade"
September 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Well, there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade"
As pro-MAGA as the Bee has become, I'm actually shocked they ran with this.
Perhaps there's still some chance that this coalition implodes before they succeed in destroying the country.
Perhaps there's still some chance that this coalition implodes before they succeed in destroying the country.
August 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As pro-MAGA as the Bee has become, I'm actually shocked they ran with this.
Perhaps there's still some chance that this coalition implodes before they succeed in destroying the country.
Perhaps there's still some chance that this coalition implodes before they succeed in destroying the country.
So, we've now arrived at the point where "conservatives" endorse deploying literal Nazis onto American streets to combat their supposed "crime emergency."
These people are deranged.
These people are deranged.
August 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
So, we've now arrived at the point where "conservatives" endorse deploying literal Nazis onto American streets to combat their supposed "crime emergency."
These people are deranged.
These people are deranged.
I'm a couple days late, but I must congratulate @isabelcanas.bsky.social on her latest release.
I read her first two books over the summer, and they're two of the most striking and memorable novels I've read this year, suffused with a rich sense of history.
Can't wait to dive in.
I read her first two books over the summer, and they're two of the most striking and memorable novels I've read this year, suffused with a rich sense of history.
Can't wait to dive in.
August 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I'm a couple days late, but I must congratulate @isabelcanas.bsky.social on her latest release.
I read her first two books over the summer, and they're two of the most striking and memorable novels I've read this year, suffused with a rich sense of history.
Can't wait to dive in.
I read her first two books over the summer, and they're two of the most striking and memorable novels I've read this year, suffused with a rich sense of history.
Can't wait to dive in.
Some days, you get to check something off your bucket list that you didn't realize was even on there.
In this case, chasing balloons while riding shotbun (yes, that's a thing) in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
In this case, chasing balloons while riding shotbun (yes, that's a thing) in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Some days, you get to check something off your bucket list that you didn't realize was even on there.
In this case, chasing balloons while riding shotbun (yes, that's a thing) in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
In this case, chasing balloons while riding shotbun (yes, that's a thing) in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.
Yeah, it would be best to have a slogan that didn't mean this:
June 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yeah, it would be best to have a slogan that didn't mean this:
Because some folks really need this reminder today. . .
June 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Because some folks really need this reminder today. . .
May 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My wife and I had a fantastic evening out in Livingston last night, enjoying a show with Fred Newman, for decades the incredible talent behind the sound effects on A Prairie Home Companion.
A brilliant, riotously funny performance.
A brilliant, riotously funny performance.
April 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My wife and I had a fantastic evening out in Livingston last night, enjoying a show with Fred Newman, for decades the incredible talent behind the sound effects on A Prairie Home Companion.
A brilliant, riotously funny performance.
A brilliant, riotously funny performance.
You know your sense of style leans toward the vintage when you're on the greeting team at church and a man in his seventies compliments you on your hat with the words, "I remember my dad having one like that."
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April 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
You know your sense of style leans toward the vintage when you're on the greeting team at church and a man in his seventies compliments you on your hat with the words, "I remember my dad having one like that."
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Whatever else these people are, they ain't bright.
March 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Whatever else these people are, they ain't bright.
"Mount Calvary was always climbed on foot."
January 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Mount Calvary was always climbed on foot."
"Is your career worth your life?"
"Didn't Belinda always complain that my career is my life?"
Sandbaggers is such an intelligent, beautifully written show. I regret not watching it earlier.
"Didn't Belinda always complain that my career is my life?"
Sandbaggers is such an intelligent, beautifully written show. I regret not watching it earlier.
January 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Is your career worth your life?"
"Didn't Belinda always complain that my career is my life?"
Sandbaggers is such an intelligent, beautifully written show. I regret not watching it earlier.
"Didn't Belinda always complain that my career is my life?"
Sandbaggers is such an intelligent, beautifully written show. I regret not watching it earlier.
I started reading Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free" over the weekend, and he makes an interesting point, that when he interviewed people in small town Germany in the 1950s, virtually none of them had any concept of the previous two decades that matched up to the American one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I started reading Milton Mayer's "They Thought They Were Free" over the weekend, and he makes an interesting point, that when he interviewed people in small town Germany in the 1950s, virtually none of them had any concept of the previous two decades that matched up to the American one.
1/4
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January 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM