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Oliver Farry

@oliverfarry.com

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Journalist/writer @france24. Irish/Sligonian. 🇮🇪 🇭🇰 🇫🇷. All views my own, d’uh.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 26/04/2025

Everybody wanted a piece of that Facebook action back in 2007. (Paris 19th arrondissement.)

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 05/04/2025

Not to the point, I know, but the first thing I noticed in this graphic was how they mangled the demonym for El Salvador. It's "Salvadoran". You don't put the definite article in an adjective, folks.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 15/02/2025

Thanks Farran! I should add the second page here.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 15/02/2025

I have a review in the Irish Times today, of two fine books about Gaza: Omar El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This, and Pankaj Mishra’s The World After Gaza.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 09/02/2025

Fantastic exhibition at the Petit Palais yesterday of the Swedish painter Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939). Probably the greatest paintings of nature I have ever seen. Not sure how I'd never heard of him before, given he was a friend of Anders Zorn and Carl Larsson.

A painting by Bruno Liljefors of a black and white cat lurking among undergrowth with buttercups.

A painting by Bruno Liljefors showing a tabby car in nature, holding a small bird in its mouth.

A picture by Bruno Liljefors of two foxes in a den with a bird looking on.

A painting by Bruno Liljefors of a mountain hare in the snow, its coat whitened during the winter for camouflage.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 07/02/2025

The "Lord Protector" himself.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 10/01/2025

Spotted Tuesday in my gaff.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 23/12/2024

Snug in the snug.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 13/12/2024

« C'est une idée géniale, Bayrou, absolument géniale ! ... J'avoue que je n'y aurais jamais pensé. »

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 11/12/2024

The things Dr Johnson would do for his cat...

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 25/11/2024

I misspelt Ireland's paper of record as "The Irish Tines" in a message this morning. Imagining such a publication's masthead to be something like this.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 21/11/2024

The snow came to Paris today.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 20/11/2024

Enjoying this Perecquian inventory of an arrondissment I only half-know, despite living in the neighbouring one. Probably the fattest book Éditions de Minuit has ever published.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 18/11/2024

What a lot of people in the West seem to not be picking up on in this story is Chinese people are *really* bemused by Westerners considering sandwiches an acceptable meal. And they are no less nonplussed by the rage for elaborate gourmet deli sandwiches.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 15/11/2024

On my way to Cognac for the Festival Littératures européennes Cognac, dedicated this year to Ireland. I will be moderating a discussion with journalist John Reichenbach and academic Yann Tholoniat at the festival inauguration this evening.

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Oliver Farry @oliverfarry.com · 12/11/2024

Delighted to receive Winter Papers 10, a volume I have the good fortune to feature in. @winterpapers.bsky.social

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