Michael Booth

I've moved to @amichaelbooth.bsky.social

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

I have migrated to bluesky: @Amichaelbooth

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory Have a great trip to Koya-san. Serenity is assured but I hope you like early mornings.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@RoryStewartUK At the risk of contravening the Law of Jante , other customers with geopolitical leanings have enjoyed https://t.co/seSLD4t4h8

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

@themichaelbooth It’s great / beautifully observed and very funny - thank you

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@RoryStewartUK Thank you for the kind words about my book today. Glad to hear you are enjoying it.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

With South Korea apparently embarking on one of its intermittent conniption fits, might I also commend my brilliantly received but moderately-selling book about East Asian tensions, historic and present: https://t.co/QxoiATK8QF...

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@jayrayner1 @FT In other news, ravens leave tower, apes depart Gibraltar.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

I prescribe Ralph Vaughan Williams on repeat, and a cup of tea. Look at the leaves. The world turns. And buy Bitcoin, obviously.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

Rapid mental health decline.

[Fuchsia Dunlop @fuchsiadunlop]

Random question: if people in Asia started eating brown rice for everyday and white rice for dining out/special occasions, what would be the impact on public health?

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

God tur!

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@hjernemad Rishiri is home to the greatest bowl of ramen in Japan.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@hjernemad Rishiri is home to the greatest bowl of ramen in Japan.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

WHAT??????

[The Japan Times @japantimes]

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz said on Monday that the record prize money on offer at the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia earlier this month was a motivation for playing in the tournament. https://t.co/Ut9X7Mx5eZ

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

Not at all creepy or weird.

[Gearoid Reidy リーディー・ガロウド @GearoidReidy]

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[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

Danish TV's new Vinterberg series is amazing, but can't help feeling would be even better as a comedy: Denmark unviable due to sea rise; hapless dad supports ever-growing extended family. Gay couple see Reading as nirvana. David Dencik as furious goblin. Lovestruck teenagers.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@mr_s_wilder I think you might be right there.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

1) To talk more quietly in restaurants. 2) Don't wear shorts in restaurants. 3) Remove your baseball caps when you sit down to eat. 4) Yes, that is the portion size. 5) No, you're not allergic, just picky. 6) Condiments? Mustard. 7) Yes, that's the drink size. 8) Dogs allowed.

[The Local France @TheLocalFrance]

8 things Americans need to know before moving to France https://t.co/Ov2PheDBxO

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

@mr_s_wilder We will have to disagree on the shorts, Simon. I am an extremist: I also think they should be banned on planes. Disrespectful to the miracle of flight.

[Monocle Radio @Monocle_Radio]

The Menu: We meet @FraiseSauvage of @HappyEndingsLDN. Plus: @themichaelbooth visits Butcheria in Copenhagen and @Ma_vans heads to a new exhibition at @japanhouseldn dedicated to Japan’s food-replica culture.
https://t.co/f0rntbV3hQ

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

Unique among Camille Pissarro’s views of the Square du Vert-Galant in Paris, this work depicts a stream of pedestrians one morning in 1902. Figures in worker’s garb rub shoulders with top hatted flâneurs; near the centre is a man in a blue artist’s smock, a stand-in for Pissarro himself.

[Michael Booth @themichaelbooth]

Probably only because they are indicating in the correct manner on roundabouts, it's just that the Danes don't understand.

[The Local Denmark @TheLocalDenmark]

Foreign motorists make up a quarter of Denmark’s reckless driving charges https://t.co/DqtmUU1tli