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Verona Campione

@rickhough.bsky.social
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Author of Verona Campione, Verona at War and Notes from Verona. Optimistic Hellas Verona season ticket holder with a passion for the past. And wine. Also beer. Some whisky too.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 23h
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk · 3h
I 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
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Buongiorno!
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It 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 👇
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LOWER BLOCK @lowerblock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 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
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A 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...
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Best 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."
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Why so many Italians are getting Belgian nationality
Belgium 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?
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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 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...
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Pellicle — Issue 1: Joy — Pellicle
Pellicle 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...
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Terry, Daley @t-daley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I 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...
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Black Box - Ride on Time (Official Video)
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gloriously crisp this morning!
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Andrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Loved 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!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inspired 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!
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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.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On the touch line today with the under 14s against Virtus Verona. It’s gonna be a goal fest!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still lapping this one up! Excuse my hairy knee!
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Tobias Jones @tobiasjones.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anyone 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...
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Prematch 🇮🇹🇧🇪
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Andrew Haxell @adhaxi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A 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!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If 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 ⬇️
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Beautiful 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
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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On tour with my lovely students and colleagues from Ancient History @unibonn.bsky.social in Venetia et Histria. Day 2: Verona
Roman Marble Arch, Arco dei GabiView of Arena, Verona from outside View over Roman theatre, the river Adige and the city of VeronaRoman city gate, Porta dei Borsari, Verona
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 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
Background photo from North Macedonia, where “sidewalks are mostly used to park cars” as explained by photo contributor Carl-Henrik Barnekow. Text says “Don’t buy the lie that there’s a war on cars. They’ve been waging a war on walking for a century.” Via the Urban Truth Collective. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🤣 100%
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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Me for Wine52 on the popularity of a wine that has no business being popular. www.beer52.com/glug/article...
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The thrill of the Chill
How Chill Bill is disrupting Britain’s wine habits
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Saw this on LinkedIn and it made me chuckle!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another harrowing tale from the Italian occupation
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I bought one of these last Christmas but haven’t used it nearly as much as I planned!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
King 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.
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Where to even start with this one!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nothing worse than Peroni in a Guinness glass
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Simon 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
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 22/09/2026
Venice 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…
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Venice 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 of panels. Let me give you a few tips on what we have to offer and how you can make the most of it.
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sorry I missed you this time Andrew. Fantastic 3 points for Verona!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Day of days today on the mountain
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gatecrashing my goldsmiths team building weekend!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And if you have read one of my books, please leave a nice 5-star review like this one!
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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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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And if you have read one of my books, please leave a nice 5-star review like this one!
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Friday!
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📚 Tears at La Bombonera/Dame Bola (Christopher Hylland) @hylland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OTD 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.
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Which of these delicious items from my supermarket trolley cost more?
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Telegraph: “🇧🇪 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...
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Europe’s newest sleeper train offers vintage vibes and spectacular scenery
It’s an environmentally sustainable alternative to budget flights, but European Sleeper’s latest route has teething problems to overcome
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Welsh 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
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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 ⬇️
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London 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...
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Dani Garavelli · Diary: Cult of Mussolini
A couple of days before I arrived in Predappio, I read that Hitler’s birthplace in Austria had been compulsorily...
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/commen...
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Verona Campione @rickhough.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Planning a visit to Verona?
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