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John Dickie

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Prof of Italian Studies at UCL. Historian. Books on mafia crime, Italian food, Freemasonry, etc. Updated edition of Delizia! The epic history of the Italians and their food. Paperback out now! www.johndickie.net

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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ahem….
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 17/07/2026
if you read one book on the Freemasons, I’d recommend this one.
cover of “The Craft, How The Freemasons Made The Modern World”, by John Dickie. Many masonic images
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Un 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...
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Very useful
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
University College London at 200: A potted history
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Tg2 Dossier
Scopri le ultime novità e approfondimenti con Tg2 Dossier di Rainews.
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Episodio 109: Pistole e cannoli con John Dickie
Podcast Episode · DOI - Denominazione di Origine Inventata · 11/12/2025 · 24m
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Calling the United States of America! At long last the paperback of #TheCraft is landing on 23 September. Www.johndickie.net
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
2023. The most recent year for which stats are available. *Zero* mafia murders reported again in Sicily.
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
www.homesandgardens.com/gardens/the-...
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This quietly radical garden tells a story of homelessness, healing and hope – I think it is the most important design at Chelsea Flower Show
The Pathway Garden showcases the healing power of horticulture
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Two 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-...
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The Red Brigades launch with John Foot at Bookhaus
In 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...
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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The Red Brigades. The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees, by John Foot
Monday 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...
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Oh 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...
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I’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...
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Who will be the next pope? Some potential candidates to succeed Francis
A ‘continuity’ pick, the possible first Asian pope or first black pontiff in centuries are among likely contenders
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Modern Italy (Cambridge University Press) @modernitaly.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Modern 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...
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Modern Italy turns 30! | Modern Italy | Cambridge Core
Modern Italy turns 30! - Volume 30 Issue 1
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
search.app/bKELJeACEQP3... I had lunch with Bruno Pizzul in Genoa once. Lovely man
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Bruno Pizzul, icon of sports journalism, dies at 86 | ANSA.it
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/02/2025
A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie
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A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie
A 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
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
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A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival | John Dickie
A 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
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The new, updated edition of Delizia! Out in paperback very soon.
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Freshly baked first copies of the paperback! Yum! Available for pre-order now
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
There’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
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Good piece on the Med diet and gastronationalism www.politico.eu/article/medi...
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The Mediterranean diet is a lie
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
How I became a historian of Freemasonry johndickie.net/books/the-cr...
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How I came to write The Craft – JOHN DICKIE
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Crumbs! 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
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A couple of thoughts in this piece. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Families of Sicilian mafia victims fear return of freed mobsters
Most of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
He 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…
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Calling all fans of Coldplay and ending homelessness www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/evening-wi...
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A Special Evening with Chris & Jonny
Win one of 150 pairs of tickets to a special evening with Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at Hackney Church, London, in aid of Crisis.
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Gillian Riley obit in the Guardian. With a nod to, ahem, me. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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Gillian Riley obituary
Historian who mastered the complexities of Italian food culture for the mammoth Oxford Companion to Italian Food
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great coverage of one of the biggest stories in Italy: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
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‘We need a cultural revolution’: femicide victim’s family seek change in Italy
After 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
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 26/11/2024
Do let me know who else should go on this list. go.bsky.app/9qxFuoJ
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James Middleton @jaimiddleton.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
For 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...
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Medieval Origins of Italian Food | Gone Medieval
From 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...
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
My second outing on TRIH… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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‎The Rest Is History on Apple Podcasts
‎History · 2024
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g... Italian food is city food
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Out today!!! 🍝🍾
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
OUT TOMORROW! #bugle #drumroll #trumpet
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Out the day after tomorrow! #skystorian #authors
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John Dickie @johndickie.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
#authors In all good bookshops, and some bad ones, 2 November 2023
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