Leonard Doyle

Congratulations Tom! The best job in the Service (OK I’m biased) at a very exciting time, with the UK-French relationship turbocharged by a chaotic and unpredictable world. Living conditions are a bit cramped, but apart from that…!

‼️🇫🇷 President Emmanuel Macron accused Vladimir Putin of lying about Ukraine today but the real, and scarcely disguised target, of his comments was Donald Trump. “France’s position is unchanging,” Macron said. “We believe in the sovereignty of peoples & territorial integrity” 1/

Today Elon took the Blue Tick away. Remember been so happy when I finally got verified. But that’s life! As an experiment to see if my reach has been affected: If you follow me, and you see this tweet, can you please retweet it 🙏🏻? This is my pinned tweet, which got me verified.

One thing about Paul Conroy @reflextv: although the rest of him is a bit rubbish, frankly, he has a great eye.

Nuair a bhíonn Gaeilge Dhún na nGall ag an scrúdaitheoir! 😅 #BAFTAs #EEBAFTAs

@JoeWSJ @ScheckNYTimes Brilliantly told - investigative journalism at its best

This is the untold story of the most important prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War. It’s one of the most important pieces of journalism I’ve worked on—and reveals many secrets about the way power really works in our world. wsj.com/articles/huawe…

Binning the bagstuff and other ways of helping grass grow - great @michaelviney read irishtimes.com/environment/20… #biochar #regenerative #sustainability

Let me take off my journalist’s and put on my blue French beret with yellow stars. After all the doubts and nonsense of recent weeks (of course I never doubted Macron would win, hem hem) this is a wonderful night for France and for Europe. 2/2

We just opened a Roma Pavilion at the #venicebiennale2022 + Celebrated Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, a brilliant and proud Roma artist who represents Poland 🇵🇱 this year. An amazing moment of historical magnitude for Roma and #VeniceBiennale

N’importe qui peut lire le programme de Le Pen et voir que c’est faux. Blocages des traités, rejet du droit européen, réduction unilatérale du budget français versé à l’Europe. Ce sera soit la paralysie générale de l’UE, soit Frexit. Dans tous les cas, l’isolement de la France.

Euan Ferguson: Part reporter, part poet, full of wicked honesty… theguardian.com/media/2022/feb…

My greatest career exhilaration & pride has, hands down, come from Bandit Country (1999), Dead Men Risen (2011) & First Casualty (2021) - white-knuckle rides & labors of love, sleepless nights & eureka moments, plaudits & lawyers at dawn. Happy #nationalbookday to my readers!

Here is a proper translation of what Emmanuel Macron said this evening: "Dear compatriots, since the brutal attack launched by President Putin against Ukraine on 24 February, Russian forces are bombing Kyiv and besieged the country's most important city. 1/n

The Coming Long Winter: Russia Invades Ukraine | Agos agos.com.tr/en/article/267… via @AGOSgazetesi

A video clip for the ages: ‘I Just Want to Live in Our Country’: Civilians Join the Fight in Kyiv nyti.ms/3tc65x4 via @nytvideo

#Ukraine. Je postule que la #France doit organiser, sans tarder, l'acceuil des #Refugies ukrainiens, à partir de la #Pologne, de la #Slovaquie et de la #Roumanie. Beaucoup sont francophones d'ailleurs, nous devons les accueillir sans conditions.

Adresse aux Français.

Strange world washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/…