Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Remove triple lock, raise taxes, fund a major green transition creating new jobs in deprived areas 000
Reposted by Alex ChristofiSamira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Excellent piece about trophy hunting as conservation by my friend Cal Flyn. It's an extract from her excellent book which is out next month! www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comOn the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlifeThe long read: One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But is it just an exercise in colonialism? 031
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 18/03/2026I had a great conversation with Maria on From Root to Vine about the history of Cyprus - I'm pleased to be invited on as it's such a brilliant podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/6wBP...open.spotify.com"Cyprus is the belly button of the world" Alex Christofi | S4E7 000
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I think my least popular sincerely held opinion of all time is that I thought Sinners was okay. It's worse than that time I said I didn't like Hamilton in the office. 010
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Yes! So excited about that - it is so fun and also injected a bit of much needed optimism about humanity... 101
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 01/03/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m... Love this piece by Fiona Sampson on the criminally underrated George Sand and her new biography, Becoming George.theguardian.comBrave, visionary and queer: the Bohemian brilliance of author George SandWith her radical politics and flamboyant affairs, Sand was no stranger to controversy, but it’s time to debunk the myths surrounding a writer ahead of her time 000
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 07/02/2026The saddest thing about going cashless is you never find a random fiver on the floor or in a jeans pocket any more. The death of free money 🥲 020
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026A Russian proverb: 'He throws the fur coat onto the fire because he's angry at the fleas.' 020
Reposted by Alex ChristofiJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 25/12/2025now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree 922163378
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Haha okay - loser sucks it up. Coin toss for preference. 000
Reposted by Alex ChristofiAngus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 13/12/2024“FFS it’s 4 COLLY birds, not ‘calling’ birds! Colly bird means Blackbird. It’s a specific type of bird, like turtle dove, or partridge - you see?! What even is a ‘calling bird’? Nothing! NOTHING!” [slipping free from wife and running back into kids carol concert] “And it’s GOLD rings, not golden!” 2121260
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025I really hope Serkis reels in the public with the funny jokes then hits them with a harrowing 15 minute one-shot of Boxer being turned into glue 010
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Where else but @thefence.bsky.social could you read the collected life advice of Robin Lane Fox? (Though I'd swap 'fox hunting' for 'exploring') 021
Reposted by Alex ChristofiPolis Loizou 🐺🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Just got out of "Who Do We Think We Are?", a series of talks at Theatro Technis (+ excuse to gather with food) about being a Cypriot working in the arts in Britain. Cypriotness is complex, and with every passing year I realise how much of me is tied to it. An enriching, invigorating event. 1151
Reposted by Alex ChristofiAnne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This is how you blurb 141169284
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025On my way to Frankfurt Book Fair - this in the @financialtimes.com made me chuckle 051
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025I'm so pleased to be shortlisted for the London Hellenic Book Prize alongside some wonderful other books on the Hellenic world! 2132
Reposted by Alex ChristofiThe International Hellenic Prize @ihellenicprize.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Alex Christofi's Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus, published by Bloomsbury. @christofi.bsky.social @bloomscontinuum.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Alex ChristofiChris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 09/10/2025This is the only proper way to watch Beckett. This person understands Beckett on a level you and I cannot even hope to. 1724269
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 25/09/2025My money's on character actress Margo Martindale share.google/RlPSJCACjowN...share.googleDenmark says 'professional actor' behind drone incursions over its airportsBut the defence minister says there is no evidence of Russian involvement after the latest incident. 010
Reposted by Alex ChristofiRoopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 23/09/2025So grateful to @mmagency.bsky.social, esp. @agentbal.bsky.social who helped me figure out this book (and how to not write like an academic!), and to @christofi.bsky.social at @torvabooks.bsky.social and @sarahhaugen.bsky.social at @harperbooks.bsky.social who are excellent editors. I got so lucky. 🥰 9689
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I find it so funny that royals give themselves so many badges and buttons to show they are good at kinging, it's like a 5 year old found the teacher's sticker drawer. Bless 041
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Honestly - one of the mysteries of my childhood was why none of the grown ups ever produced said tooth comb. I imagined it must be a kind of multi-flosser. 000
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 10/09/2025'what is your citation house style?' 'plagiarism' 020
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025The new Terry Deary book has my favourite endpapers I have ever produced. It's like something by Francesco Bassano but way more surreal 000
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025And you thought all the news in the UK was doom and gloom www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTransport for London (TfL) asks mobile users to wear headphonesA new campaign is asking bus and Tube users to wear headphones for playing music and making calls. 010
Reposted by Alex ChristofiColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025i'm the guy who invented the spike traps that pop out of temple walls. i hate my job. every day my boss says "why haven't we killed any archeologists" and i say "they haven't invented that yet." they pay me in tomb juice. i hate tomb juice. honestly i might just start working on my big boulder idea 6392971655
Reposted by Alex ChristofiGareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025In the bookshop this morning: PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.” CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down * CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.” 179100741177
Reposted by Alex ChristofiBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/08/2025The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram. 26612222
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025*pauses for two full seconds, before nodding once, decisively* 010
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 31/07/2025This 2,500 year old Siberian tattoo goes hard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 010
Reposted by Alex ChristofiEleanor Doughty @brushingboots.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Love old papers. Fancy having such a list today! 2218048
Reposted by Alex Christofilastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 21/07/2025- Plato 111579210
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025The Amazon AI summary of reviews for NUCLEAR WAR is so uncanny it's actually funny. 'While some find it has a nice pace, others describe it as sobering and disturbing. The terror level is also mixed, with some customers finding it the most frightening book they've read.' 110
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I think I took one Chinese lesson ever. I tried to say 'how are you?' and instead said 'hello horse' and decided it wasn't for me. 100
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I have finally discovered why my Spanish teacher was so worried about me 120
Reposted by Alex ChristofiPaul Peros @paulperos.bsky.social · 19/06/2025@christofi.bsky.social I’ve just finished Cypria, and wanted to say it was exceptional. I’m half Cypriot but grew up in the UK and haven’t much Greek, so i’ve always felt Cyprus is a story i can only half understand. Your book has given me my own Cyprus and i’m so grateful to you for writing it. 131
Alex Christofi @christofi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Thank you so much! I had so many unanswered questions growing up in similar circumstances so it means a lot that it resonated with you. 010