Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 13/09/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukThe Ukrainians staying home - despite Russian attacks - BBC SoundsThe BBC's Quentin Sommerville has been meeting people in Donetsk. 0134
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleKriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025#BBCNews - As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go www.bbc.com/news/article... By @sommervilletv.bsky.social #UkraineWarbbc.comAs Russian forces advance, Ukrainians in Donbas must choose to stay or goIn Bilozerske, eastern Ukraine, people must make the agonising decision to flee or risk staying. 083
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 06/09/2025The Mission: Truth postage stamp of the Heroic Professions series is a symbol of gratitude to those who make the truth heard, who risk their lives to defend us from the enemy with the power of truth. This stamp issue is a tribute to the memory of media professionals killed by Russia. 0225
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleDani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 03/09/2025"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uklrb.co.ukDani Garavelli · Dance in the Rain: Sturgeon comes out swingingIt’s hard to articulate what Nicola Sturgeon’s feminism meant to someone like me who moved back to Scotland in the... 76922
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Let’s pretend it’s an everyday occurrence Wordle 1,533 2/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 4320
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wgyoutu.beUkraine frontline report: fighting rages in Donetsk region as Putin demands full control | BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 02112
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Read: Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comInside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to controlQuentin Sommerville follows volunteers carrying out evacuations in eastern Ukraine as drone attacks rage. 0182
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...nytimes.comPeace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me 030
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleReuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 11/08/2025📌 We are looking for a new Director of Journalist Programmes The successful candidate will lead on the delivery, strategic development, and long-term financial sustainability of all Journalist Programmes at the Institute. Apply by Mon 1 Sept, noon (UK time) More info: buff.ly/FTCNDd1 029
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 10/08/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is a very good piece. When you are, to quote Starmer, the result of a squalid experiment doing untold damage to the UK then what do you self-define as? Living your life in opposition to a culture is unsustainable so how do you find/make/sustain your own?bbc.co.ukThe complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means 72112
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleKareem Chehayeb @chehayebk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025First group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan apnews.com/article/leba...apnews.comFirst group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN planThe first group of Syrian refugees has returned home from Lebanon under a new plan developed by the United Nations and the Lebanese government. 161
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleBenedict Garman @benedictgarman.com · 29/07/2025Desperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/ 11915
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 20/07/2025A FT analysis has identified a number of detention facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold. The experience has left lasting scars. on.ft.com/3IAh26M 7156107
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleChristopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 20/07/2025In Ukraine, some people with tourniquets can’t escape because drones are waiting to kill them. “There are so many people [in] Ukraine now with tourniquet syndrome, because the tourniquet’s on for more than six hours. They’re all getting very high arm amputations, leg amputations.” on.ft.com/3TKYraFon.ft.comWar zone surgeon David Nott: ‘Life is all about taking calculated risks’[FREE TO READ] The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God 317552
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 20/07/2025“Alissa managed to keep both kids on the countertop, one hand on each, still trying to reassure them. As the house came undone, she grabbed one in each arm. This is the part that will forever haunt me. If I or anyone else had been closer to them, we would have helped her”texasmonthly.com“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came. 082
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 07/07/2025How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Syria’s Dictator Buried His VictimsA cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad. 082
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A Roman-era mosaic, measuring 4.30 by 2 meters, has been discovered in Homs, Syria. The mosaic depicts Tyche, the goddess of luck, chance, and fortune. www.sana.sy/en/?p=356047... 🏺 #archaeology 327653
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...washingtonpost.comRussia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report saysRussia claims the hotels have housed military targets, but Reporters Without Borders says the attacks are aimed at reducing coverage of the war. 0167
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 17/05/2025“‘Age is irrelevant, it’s about the energy that you bring. You could be 30 and exhausted, or 70 and energised. I can sit across the table from somebody and feel the energy and passion that they have for life.’ I quietly sit up.” 070
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Our reporting on America’s drug crisis has been nominated at this year’s Monte Carlo TV Festival @festivaltvmc 030
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 05/05/2025open.substack.com/pub/ncotemun...open.substack.comThe China That Replaced MineA Return After Nearly a Decade to a Country That Never Stays Still - A personal journey returning to China after 8 years reveals dramatic transformations in technology, urban spaces, and social dynami... 262
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Our reporting from Myanmar is Emmy nominated 0271
Reposted by Quentin Sommerville Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴 @xunlingau.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Good to see @sommervilletv.bsky.social say it how it is with regard to the Junta's "Ceasefire" in Myanmar. "the country's ruling junta agreed to a halt in its devastating military campaign. It then violated that ceasefire, again and again" "I saw them break it repeatedly" #WhatsHappeningInMyanmarbbc.co.ukMyanmar: BBC reporter witnesses junta violating a ceasefireThe BBC's Quentin Sommerville witnesses daily attacks on a rebel-held area ravaged by the country's long-running civil war. 14531
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Inadvertently signed up to a lifetime of outward bound courses 3530
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Melanie, the rescue chicken and her Easter egg stash. 6995
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleJonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There’s a lot to be said for precedented times 1450065
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleIan Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 04/04/2025Seems a great time to follow our new US markets editor @kateduguid.bsky.social 1132
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Yesterday I was asked if I was from pest control when I arrived at Broadcasting House. 111288
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“Every generation has its burdens. The particular plight of Gen X is to have grown up in one world only to hit middle age in a strange new land. It’s as if they were making candlesticks when electricity came in. The market value of their skills plummeted.” 1139
Quentin Sommerville @sommervilletv.bsky.social · 31/03/2025“Yes it rained when the sun was shining! When that happens they say it’s because the devil bathing his wife.” 0131
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleAntaine Mac Aoidh @antainemacaoidh.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Another week, another Pick! @therealnihal.bsky.social presents this week’s collection of curiosities in audio form on R4 this evening at 1815. #radio #podcasting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, Nihal ArthanayakeNihal Arthanayake curates a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC. 131
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleRichard J @preachypreach.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Shot: Chaser: 2131391
Reposted by Quentin SommervilleThanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025In Damascus in February, I met with dozens of Syrians. Their personal narratives should ground any thinking about Syria’s precarious transition. Takeaway: Syrians are divided along multiple lines — but Assad’s fall has removed the deadliest, most toxic threat. 1/7 1105
