Virginia Maxwell

Travel writer, book reviewer. @lonelyplanet author in Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Indonesia, USA & Australia. All views my own. Instagram:maxwellvirginia

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

Just posted a photo @ Dymocks Melbourne https://t.co/Z59EsOSv8W

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

@jessofarabia That garden would be a lovely spot for a leisurely breakfast, wouldn’t it? Looks great. Thanks Jess.

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

@jessofarabia Are you staying at Jen’s place, Jess? If so, post some pics! I would love to see them.

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

Just posted a photo @ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia https://t.co/FGf3AEfqNZ

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Israel: Provide Vaccines to Occupied Palestinians https://t.co/KB52jqXlIt

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Wealth of 400 richest Americans in 2009: $1,270,000,000,000

Wealth of 400 richest Americans in 2020: $3,200,000,000,000

Federal minimum wage in 2009: $7.25
Federal minimum wage in 2020: $7.25

Do not accept this system.

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

Agreed.

[Seb Neylan @swobba]

@MaxwellVirginia @NewYorker Love train travel so much. The space for ultimate pondering ☺️

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

Catching up on my pile of @NewYorker reading, I came to this piece, which I absolutely LOVED. I recommend it unreservedly (and will book a trip on a sleeper train if and when I am ever let out of COVID-lockdowned Australia).

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Anthony Lane writes about the joys and the history of travelling by train at night. https://t.co/cCqPGKGOTU

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Wouldn't it be nice if pro-lifers focused on suicide prevention? Or ending the death penalty? Or fighting poverty? Or curbing hunger? Or stopping gun violence and police killings? Or combating the opioid epidemic? Or ending wars?

You know, things that would actually save lives?

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The largest group of exiled Uighur Muslims asks the International Olympic Committee: how can you hold the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing while the Chinese government is detaining one million Uighurs to force them to renounce Islam and their culture. https://t.co/8EhzqdZpMy

[Jennifer Hattam @TheTurkishLife]

For the Byzantinist who has everything: Justinian and Theodora boxer briefs. h/t @LiberalDespot
https://t.co/cVCS1UzrV7

[Lorna ♉️ @llorna450]

This is the most Belfast sign you will ever see in your life

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

Waiting nervously for the announcement....

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

@SteinbergAssocs @BarbaraNadel @THR Congratulations Barbara! Great news.

[Australian Academy of the Humanities @HumanitiesAU]

The Australian Academy of the Humanities today expressed deep concern about the Government’s changes to university fee structures, which disproportionally affect the #humanities and call into question the very role of the 21st century university.

https://t.co/Ay7ySCDbRu

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

lest we forget this golden moment

[Coral Sisk @curiousappetite]

“The Italian language has a range of sensuous vocabulary for rolling shutters—serranda, saracinesca, persiana—all of which capture the storied elegance of the storefronts. But as long as these shutters stay down, no jewelry is sold-no income comes in.” Fantastic read #Florence

[Virginia Maxwell @MaxwellVirginia]

I’m looking forward to reading this!

[William Gourlay @GourlayWill]

Excited to announce that my book The Kurds in Erdoğan’s Turkey is now available for pre order: https://t.co/W7MN2AiD6y . Canny shoppers can use the code NEW30 for 30% discount. Published by the excellent @EdinburghUP

[Jessica Lee @jessofarabia]

The best thing you'll read today:
https://t.co/gOJ2D9wzse

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Because English rejects order. It actively opposes it. It lures order into an empty house and sets a series of Home Alone-style traps to hit it with paint cans and light its hair on fire. #AskMW