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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 3h

Pleased with this one, and beat the bot as well. #Wordle 1,931 3/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Wordle 1,930 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Made a right old mess of this one. #Wordle 1,929 X/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hmmm…acronym surely #Wordle 1,928 3/6 🟩⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Wordle 1,927 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good word! #Wordle 1,926 4/6 🟩🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#Wordle 1,925 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I didn't know Sara Karloff was still with us but I'm very glad to hear she still is. Be interesting to hear the new score...(I do like Philip Glass's for the Lugosi "Dracula", for example, but possibly more as an individual piece of music than as part of the film)

theguardian.com

My dad was a monster! Sara Karloff on reviving Frankenstein, 95 years on

Boris Karloff’s daughter and composer Michael Shapiro, whose musical score for the 1931 film is finally coming to London, talk about how it became a much-loved classic

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looks like somebody forgot to put water in the Moka…

Moka pot on gas ring , the lower chamber completetly blackened as I’d forgotten to put any water in

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good first line (and new starter word) leading to a very satisfactory 3. #Wordle 1,924 3/6 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟩 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Hmwhatnow @hmwhatnow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stop calling this racist prick an "anti-migrant activist". He's a right-wing fash wanker.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dw i newydd ddysgu digon o Gymraeg i ddeall 'Ar y Marc' ac maen nhw'n ei ganslo!!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Back from the dentist minus a tooth (or at least the few fragments of one that collapsed a decade ago). It's taken a long time to get to this point but now I basically have a functioning set of gnashers again.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A satisfactory 4. #Wordle 1,923 4/6 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm looking forward to this and do take a look at @joannechocolat.bsky.social 's ghostly reading list, it's everything you'd want!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Only my third day back and we’rr at the Phew stage already. #Wordle 1,922 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#NowEating Chicken *arrabbiata* with parmesan dumplings.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Diolch Roy, roedd i'n ar y sioe ychydig o weithiau...roedd e'n fraint i fi.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Okay folks, *reservatiions are now open* for this year's Venice Noir. Find out more here....

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Re-reading Stoker's "The Judge's House" and what a belting little chiller it is. Plenty of radio adaptations but none for TV, which strikes me as a little strange?

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 2 (or day however-many-it-is) #Wordle 1,921 3/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#NowEating Pork and lemon meatballs with papardelle. Scattering of parsley and parmesan.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Drop a THREAT. "I won't be back. But something will."

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you've read "On Writing" you may also be surprised that Stephen King has made it to 79. But I am very, very glad that he has. Happy Birthday, Mr King!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you're in the US there's a cracking Kindle deal from 21 - 27 September, with "The Venetian Redemption" available for just 99c which, for a new book, is quite an offer!!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in #Wordle 1,920 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#NowEatng Fresh pappardelle with pumpkin and walnut. Scattering of Parmesan, drizzle of olive oil. Tempted to add just a little bit of chilli; Caroline was grateful I hadn’t .

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Look, it might not be this way next May, but here we are for now, and that'll do me!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

And let's have a bit of "Elektra" on R3 to blow those cobwebs away!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#NowEating Leek and Taleggio tart from Nigel Slater. I feared it would not be cheesy enough and so added Parmesan to the crust. It was, most certainly, cheesy enough.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“All along the watchtower / Mimi kept the view” #Catiurday

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you're in Venice and near the Giunti bookshop near the Accademia bridge, you'll find a nice selection of signed paperbacks by me. And many thanks to Giunti for their support!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is going to be great - and that cover is wonderful!!

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"To lose one Reform leader in Wales, Mr. Farage, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness."

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#NowListening "Le Nozze di Figaro" on RAI 3 . Wondering if there's any other piece, apart from "Carmen" that you could introduce to someone who'd never knowingly heard an opera before and say..."here you are...you know nearly all of this already"?

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

#NowEating Mushroom night, with fresh pappardelle and guanciale.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I didn't have a decent edition of Bram Stoker's short fiction, so I thought this lovely Italian edition would be just the thing!

Cover of a rathe lovely Italian edition of Bram Stoker's short fiction, "La Sepoltura dei Topi" (The Burial of the Rats)

Back cover of a hardback Italian edition of Bram Stoker's short fiction. In translation - "Beyond the tomb of Dracula : the rediscovered masterpieces of Bram Stoker"

Opening page of "The Judge's House", by Bram Stoker ("La Casa del Giudice" in Italian). The illustration at the top of the page is of a writing desk with book and quill; the page has been treated so as to appear slightly foxed.

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"We've started a Crime Festival by mistake..." Many thanks to @barryf48.bsky.social for all his support...

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