Reposted by Verona CampioneM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23hNaomi Klein Is Spot On....... 15481563190
Reposted by Verona CampioneOutside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk · 3hI am tantalisingly close to 1,000 followers on Substack (currently 968). Please follow me if you’re interested in: 🧐 Football history 📣 Football culture 🏟️ Groundhopping 👉 outsidewrite.substack.com Thanks! #groundhopping #Skystorians #Footballhistory #Travel 033
Reposted by Verona CampioneFairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is a colossal political failure to have encouraged the UAE to buy up swathes of the British economy and prized cultural assets like Manchester City while evidence of its greed and brutality and contempt for the rule of law was all around. Two @fairsqprojects.bsky.social reports worth reading 👇 33017
Reposted by Verona CampioneLOWER BLOCK @lowerblock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Arsenal - Former Royal Marine, Arsenal fan and photographer, Callum Connolly, on football, friendship and capturing the colour and emotion of matchday. lowerblock.com/articles/ars... #AFC #arsenal #arsenalfc 052
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A photo from 6 years ago today of some edits from a page in a book that would subsequently become Notes from Verona. It was about the day our kids went back to school for the first time in 7 months! www.waterstones.com/book/notes-f... 050
Reposted by Verona CampioneDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 30/09/2026Best part: "'My wallet was stolen and my Italian ID was inside,' she said. With a looming holiday, she contacted the Italian embassy to ask what she needed to do, but to her frustration quickly realised that it would be faster to gain Belgian citizenship than to wait for a remade Italian ID."brusselstimes.comWhy so many Italians are getting Belgian nationalityBelgium appears to be an easy place for Italians to come and be themselves. Many of those who do, love it and choose to formally become Belgian. But why? 07123
Reposted by Verona CampioneKatie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The first print issue of Pellicle is designed by me, with support from Morgenmete's Tim Lampe. You can pre-order it here: www.pelliclemag.com/shop/pellicl...pelliclemag.comPellicle — Issue 1: Joy — PelliclePellicle is proud to present our very first print magazine. The inaugural, full-length issue features interviews, essays, long reads, short humour pieces, and much more, all centred on the topic of jo... 062
Reposted by Verona Campioneautumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ 1233857754
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was 12 years old when I first heard this track blaring from my big brothers bedroom I had no idea that it came from Italy nor that I’d be writing about it nearly 40 years later! m.youtube.com/watch?v=M0qu...m.youtube.comBlack Box - Ride on Time (Official Video)YouTube video by BlackBoxHouse 240
Reposted by Verona CampioneAndrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Loved seeing the Italia 90 logo still up on the facade of the Bentegodi the other weekend. This great @rickhough.bsky.social article helps explain the chap in a Fiorentina shirt walking around outside. The fans from the 80s might have liked the vintage clothes sale near the Northumbria campus today! 022
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Inspired by the Paninaro magazine this is a bit of a mini sequel to Verona Campione Covers a lot of ground: Italia 90, the birth of house music in Italy and the rise and fall of an unmistakably 80s fashion trend! 164
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“He marks a tally on your beer mat with a stub of pencil. You never order a second; you never need to. The conveyor belt only stops when you place your beer mat on top of your glass.” 060
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On the touch line today with the under 14s against Virtus Verona. It’s gonna be a goal fest! 120
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Still lapping this one up! Excuse my hairy knee! 020
Reposted by Verona CampioneTobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Anyone know if Rafael Sabatini is any good? Found these beauties in the Common Home library & was drawn to the idea of swashbuckling yarns by an almost forgotten Anglo-Italian... 133
Reposted by Verona CampioneAndrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A really good article, whatever football team you support - at whatever level, and however well (or otherwise!) they are doing. I’m sure many will relate to this. Added bonus of a Philosophy Football t-shirt quote too! 031
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If like my you’ve not been paying attention so far (my interests now lie elsewhere!) this is a great place to catch up on the first 5 weeks action in Serie A this season ⬇️ 042
Reposted by Verona CampioneSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Beautiful topographic map of the UK from 1922. Published just after the death of the great cartographer John George Bartholomew by his company. Source: buff.ly/34e8VXq 27015
Reposted by Verona CampioneJulia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On tour with my lovely students and colleagues from Ancient History @unibonn.bsky.social in Venetia et Histria. Day 2: Verona 13310
Reposted by Verona CampioneUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The WAR ON WALKING has taken many forms around the world. It’s often as simple as how we signal who space is and isn’t for. Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it. Frustrating photo contributed by @stadsplanering.bsky.social. #WarOnWalking 23869364
Reposted by Verona CampioneKatie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Me for Wine52 on the popularity of a wine that has no business being popular. www.beer52.com/glug/article...beer52.comThe thrill of the ChillHow Chill Bill is disrupting Britain’s wine habits 042
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Another harrowing tale from the Italian occupation 010
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I bought one of these last Christmas but haven’t used it nearly as much as I planned! 020
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 22/09/2026King George IV granted the royal prefix shortly after the charity's founding in 1824. That’s what the R in RNLI means. An attack on the RNLI is an attack on the king. Lock them up. 120
Reposted by Verona CampioneVerona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Where to even start with this one! 021
Reposted by Verona CampioneSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"La Veduta della Catena" from 1887 shows #Florence and its monuments. Florence is a truly marvelous city. Make sure you visit one day. In the meantime here is a lovely article about the #map and the city in Google Arts & Culture: buff.ly/2MTPatc 1185
Reposted by Verona CampioneDavid Hewson @davidhewson.com · 22/09/2026Venice Noir 2026: everything you need to know before November Ian Rankin said last year’s Venice Noir was ‘the most beautiful book festival in the world’. We aim to top that in 2026 with a greater range of international and Italian authors, more historic venues, and an exciting and original array…davidhewson.comVenice Noir 2026: everything you need to know before NovemberIan Rankin said last year’s Venice Noir was ‘the most beautiful book festival in the world’. We aim to top that in 2026 with a greater range of international and Italian authors, more historic venues, and an exciting and original array of panels. Let me give you a few tips on what we have to offer and how you can make the most of it. 32510
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sorry I missed you this time Andrew. Fantastic 3 points for Verona! 132
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Gatecrashing my goldsmiths team building weekend! 2100
Reposted by Verona CampioneVerona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And if you have read one of my books, please leave a nice 5-star review like this one! 165
Reposted by Verona CampionePhilip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If 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! 2447
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026And if you have read one of my books, please leave a nice 5-star review like this one! 165
Reposted by Verona Campione📚 Tears at La Bombonera/Dame Bola (Christopher Hylland) @hylland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026OTD 2000: Lionel Messi arrived in Barcelona for the first time. The rest is history. Lionel's father, Jorge (who passed away on 8th August, aged 68), took this photo in room 546 of the Hotel Catalonia Plaza of his son's first day in Europe. Lionel had just turned 13 years old. 152
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Which of these delicious items from my supermarket trolley cost more? 220
Reposted by Verona CampioneChris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 17/09/2026Telegraph: “🇧🇪 Brussels-Milan 🇮🇹 new sleeper train offers vintage vibes and spectacular scenery. @europeansleeper.eu's latest route has teething problems to overcome.” ‘Travel writer’ Mark Smith reports - but can’t plug the @seatsixtyone.bsky.social website?! 🆓 ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/916c882...telegraph.co.ukEurope’s newest sleeper train offers vintage vibes and spectacular sceneryIt’s an environmentally sustainable alternative to budget flights, but European Sleeper’s latest route has teething problems to overcome 121
Reposted by Verona CampioneWelsh Bollocks @welshbollocks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026#OTD 1400 🏴 On this day, 626 years ago, Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales by his followers at his court in Glyndyfrdwy. #Wales #History 0326
Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 16/09/2026📅 16 September 1984 ⚽Verona-Napoli 🐐The most famous football player of all-time makes his Serie A debut. ❓What was the final score? 📖Page 1 of Verona Campione ⬇️ 151
Reposted by Verona CampioneLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/09/2026‘Mussolini transformed his birthplace into a monument to his own myth, broadening its narrow main street into a boulevard punctuated with reminders of his supremacy.’ @danigaravelli.bsky.social on the cult of Mussolini: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukDani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of MussoliniA couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily... 1194
Reposted by Verona CampioneVerona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Planning a visit to Verona? 184