Reposted by John DickieSnowden St. @snowden.st · 17/07/2026if you read one book on the Freemasons, I’d recommend this one. 3473
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026www.eppela.com/projects/12716eppela.comUn libro per cambiare storia: Trame a scuola*Un libro per cambiare storia: Trame a Scuola* *Un libro può aprire una domanda. Una classe può aprire un futuro. Aiutaci a portare lettura, libertà e pensiero critico nelle scuole del nostro territor... 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026University College London at 200: A potted history 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026www.rainews.it/rubriche/tg2...rainews.itTg2 DossierScopri le ultime novità e approfondimenti con Tg2 Dossier di Rainews. 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/12/2025podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...podcasts.apple.comEpisodio 109: Pistole e cannoli con John DickiePodcast Episode · DOI - Denominazione di Origine Inventata · 11/12/2025 · 24m 010
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Calling the United States of America! At long last the paperback of #TheCraft is landing on 23 September. Www.johndickie.net 130
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/07/20252023. The most recent year for which stats are available. *Zero* mafia murders reported again in Sicily. 010
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/the-...homesandgardens.comThis quietly radical garden tells a story of homelessness, healing and hope – I think it is the most important design at Chelsea Flower ShowThe Pathway Garden showcases the healing power of horticulture 020
Reposted by John DickieJohn Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Two events linked to my book on the Red Brigades - published on 19 June 9 June Bookhaus - Bristol - booking required hdfst.uk/e125273 - 18.00 pm 10 June - Italian cultural institute London with John Dickie - 18.30 - booking required iiclondra.esteri.it/.../the-red-...hdfst.ukThe Red Brigades launch with John Foot at BookhausIn March 1978, the Red Brigades kidnapped former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, murdering his bodyguards. For nearly two months, they held him hostage while a shocked world looked on, before eventu... 173
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025iiclondra.esteri.it/en/gli_event...iiclondra.esteri.itThe Red Brigades. The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees, by John FootMonday 10 June, 6.30pm The Red Brigades: The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees by John Foot (Bloomsbury 2025) The author in conversation with John Dickie The explosive story of the terrorist g... 010
Reposted by John DickieOh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 23/04/2025🚨OUT NOW🚨 Trump behaves like a mob boss, complete with extortion and protection scams against universities, businesses, and governments. But is he a real Godfather or just cosplaying as one? @johndickie.bsky.social joins us to get into it! 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow... 5145
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I’m backing Peter Turkson from among the papabili. But only so I can say I’ve interviewed the Pope. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.comWho will be the next pope? Some potential candidates to succeed FrancisA ‘continuity’ pick, the possible first Asian pope or first black pontiff in centuries are among likely contenders 000
Reposted by John DickieModern Italy (Cambridge University Press) @modernitaly.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Modern Italy turns 30—see the editorial written by the general editors Gianluca Fantoni and @milenasabato.bsky.social at the link. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgModern Italy turns 30! | Modern Italy | Cambridge CoreModern Italy turns 30! - Volume 30 Issue 1 031
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025search.app/bKELJeACEQP3... I had lunch with Bruno Pizzul in Genoa once. Lovely mansearch.appBruno Pizzul, icon of sports journalism, dies at 86 | ANSA.it 000
Reposted by John DickieThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/02/2025A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickietheguardian.comA raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John DickieA historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL 016222
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 22/02/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comA raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John DickieA historic number of arrests were made, but the days of targeted murder or massive political influence are long gone, says John Dickie, a professor at UCL 032
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The new, updated edition of Delizia! Out in paperback very soon. 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Freshly baked first copies of the paperback! Yum! Available for pre-order now 031
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025There’s not been an antimafia operation this big in Palermo for more than 15years. Mafia, maxi operazione a Palermo: oltre 180 arresti. In azione oltre 2 mila carabinieri 040
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Good piece on the Med diet and gastronationalism www.politico.eu/article/medi...politico.euThe Mediterranean diet is a lieItaly’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese? 011
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 23/01/2025How I became a historian of Freemasonry johndickie.net/books/the-cr...johndickie.netHow I came to write The Craft – JOHN DICKIE 031
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Crumbs! It’s SAS vs the mafia in #SASRogueHeroes I can feel a long pedantic historical thread coming on about the mafia, Fascism and the Allies. Not 030
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025A couple of thoughts in this piece. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comFamilies of Sicilian mafia victims fear return of freed mobstersMost of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra 261
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024He is Scotland’s bard and renowned the world over the rustic man of letters whose verses would go on to inspire a nation in the centuries after… 100
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Calling all fans of Coldplay and ending homelessness www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/evening-wi...crowdfunder.co.ukA Special Evening with Chris & JonnyWin one of 150 pairs of tickets to a special evening with Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at Hackney Church, London, in aid of Crisis. 010
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Gillian Riley obit in the Guardian. With a nod to, ahem, me. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...theguardian.comGillian Riley obituaryHistorian who mastered the complexities of Italian food culture for the mammoth Oxford Companion to Italian Food 020
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Great coverage of one of the biggest stories in Italy: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...theguardian.com‘We need a cultural revolution’: femicide victim’s family seek change in ItalyAfter Giulia Cecchettin was killed by her ex-boyfriend, her sister shook the national conscience when she challenged a ‘society steeped in rape culture’. She is still speaking out 0124
Reposted by John DickieDavid Hewson @davidhewson.com · 26/11/2024Do let me know who else should go on this list. go.bsky.app/9qxFuoJ 895
Reposted by John DickieJames Middleton @jaimiddleton.bsky.social · 26/08/2024For 1,000 years, Italy’s cities have attracted everything that makes for great eating: ingredients, talent, money and power. Italian food is city food, a story of Italians as city dwellers. w/John Dickie, author of Delizia! The Epic History of Italians & their Food shows.acast.com/gone-medieva...shows.acast.comMedieval Origins of Italian Food | Gone MedievalFrom long-lost Viking ships to kings buried in unexpected places; from murders and power politics, to myths, religion, the lives of ordinary people: Gone Medieval is History Hit’s podcast dedicated to... 012
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 17/08/2024 My second outing on TRIH… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Rest Is History on Apple PodcastsHistory · 2024 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/03/2024podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g... Italian food is city food 000
John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 29/10/2023#authors In all good bookshops, and some bad ones, 2 November 2023 130