George Pendle

“All thy unnamable imminglings, float beneath me here.”

Trump on Strait of Hormuz: “At a certain point, it’ll open itself.”

A great story about screenwriting when your writing partner is James Bond….by the brilliantly funny @MElias52

The Library of Congress is a hymn to American insanity. ft.trib.al/NFnJk5Q

A trip into institutional insanity.

A whirlwind guide to Washington’s Library of Congress ft.trib.al/f0CEaMv

My new favourite Winter Olympic sport: synchronized leaf blowers to dry the ice in the seconds between aerial ski jumps.

QAnon was right! @joliverconroy puts his finger on an inconvenient truth for both sides of the political spectrum: the Epstein files clearly show that there was a vast pedophile conspiracy involving the most powerful members of the business and political elite. Q should win a Pulitzer Prize for Conspiracy…. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…

Still staggered to find out that New York is like Vienna in terms of the number of foreign spies operating here, threatening and attacking the city’s residents, and nobody seeming to care, least of all the government. The great @JM_Beck with all the details.

Secret agents from China, Russia, and Iran are stalking the city’s streets—threatening and attacking foreign-born dissidents and U.S. citizens alike. Trump doesn’t seem to care. @JM_Beck trib.al/bH8gAGw

🔴 A group of Spanish carnival performers have paid tribute to Stephen Hawking in what may be the most eccentric homage the physicist has ever received. ‘Una chirigota en teoría’ took to the stage at Cadiz’s carnival group contest with an act built entirely around Hawking’s life.

Thank you very much to @georgependle for this very generous review of THE PUB airmail.news/issues/2026-1-…

It’s 1974, you’re a Los Angeles sitcom writer, and you’ve just been asked to hit some balls with notorious fugitive from justice Abbie Hoffman. Where’s your racket? trib.al/vUBymEB

This is one of the most enjoyable pieces I've edited in the past 12 months. An absolutely absurd tale of Hollywood, revolutionaries and tennis by the great Michael Elias (co-writer of The Jerk). Think of it as 'One Backhand After Another.' airmail.news/issues/2026-1-…

Could lad mags be the answer to all the manosphere's problems? A leap back into the glory days of @loadedmag, @MaximMag et al. With belated thanks to @jamesjamesbrown for creating a disreputable-but honest-guide to adolescence. And a tip of the hat to @ravisomaiya for editing. bungalow-magazine.com/p/we-need-safe…

@NormanChad @nytimes It’s a great story but @georgependle wrote it 11 months ago. airmail.news/issues/2025-2-…

@Ahltrain @NormanChad @nytimes Thanks Chris! Glad you liked it and appreciate the shout-out.

@JaneEBoon @AirMailWeekly Brilliant writing makes for brilliant editing!

I'm grateful to @AirMailWeekly for highlighting my piece this weekend. But I must also acknowledge how the story benefitted from the brilliant editing of @GeorgePendle.

Honored to see that @AirMailWeekly has given my piece about Matthew Pietras some renewed attention this week. Since I first broke the story of Matthew's improbable lifestyle in July, the extent of his deceptions and theft have been heavily reported.