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Michael Hodges

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Art, travel, books, journalism. An award or two. More words at http://www.independent.co.uk/author/michael-hodges

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I wrote a book with the brilliant James Birch

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Happy birthday to Sean Bean, who tells me, 'I'd rather play a great character who dies than a mundane character who lives' radiotimes.com/tv/drama/sean-…


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Publication day! ❤️❤️❤️ @LaurenceKingPub #love #art

travellingtrend's tweet image. Publication day! ❤️❤️❤️ @LaurenceKingPub #love #art

I was sent by @IndyTravel to a muddy hill outside Siena ahead of @NationalGallery Siena: The Rise of Painting. Worth it for the wonders within. What a city independent.co.uk/travel/europe/…


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Only a few days to go until we welcome the most iconic duo in British art Gilbert & George to Foyles. They will be sharing the stage with art dealer & author James Birch & journalist Michael Hodges to talk about Birch's latest book of art world adventures🎫foyles.co.uk/events/james-b…

Foyles's tweet image. Only a few days to go until we welcome the most iconic duo in British art Gilbert & George to Foyles. They will be sharing the stage with art dealer & author James Birch & journalist Michael Hodges to talk about Birch's latest book of art world adventures🎫foyles.co.uk/events/james-b…

Another childhood hero gone. Wonderful player. Thank you John Tudor.

RIP Newcastle United Great John Tudor. So sad to hear the news of this wonderful man’s passing. John was a friend of The Back Page & our thoughts are with his lovely wife Anne, family & friends. 🖤🤍

MadMickToonDJ's tweet image. RIP Newcastle United Great John Tudor. So sad to hear the news of this wonderful man’s passing. John was a friend of The Back Page & our thoughts are with his lovely wife Anne, family & friends. 🖤🤍


Thrilled to have worked on another art and spies book with James Birch, out now @CHEERIOPublish. My Times piece on a remarkable story... thetimes.com/culture/art/ar…


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Remembering Moira Shearer on her 99th birth anniversary! The Red Shoes (1948) Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger


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Always a pleasure to chat with @ViewfromPenge for @RadioTimes. Our latest conversation covered @BBCRadio3’s encouraging listener figures, the launch of Radio 3 Unwind, and a few other things besides: radiotimes.com/audio/radio/sa…


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The North York Moors today - fire after fire as they set grouse moors alight, as if the climate crisis simply doesn’t exist.


#VanGogh at @NationalGallery is mind-blowing - my piece for @IndyTravel on where he did the magic


#MichaelPalin tells me why he left the BBC and reveals being nice isn't all it's cracked up to be. Full interview at radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/mich…

In honour of his newly published volume of diaries There and Back, Sir #MichaelPalin reflects on why he parted from the BBC, the death of his wife Helen, and how, at 81, he intends to keep travelling the world - all in this week's issue of Radio Times.

RadioTimes's tweet image. In honour of his newly published volume of diaries There and Back, Sir #MichaelPalin reflects on why he parted from the BBC, the death of his wife Helen, and how, at 81, he intends to keep travelling the world - all in this week's issue of Radio Times.


Before #RachelReeves takes my millions I ran away to be a Jersey tax exile for @IndyTravel. Fine wines and Michelin-starred food were encountered. And a very big beach... independent.co.uk/travel/inspira…


Knocked out by my partner Anna Crane's bravery and derring do ... hiking over mountains after cancer surgery. For @timestravel, free to read.

In honour of his newly published volume of diaries There and Back, Sir #MichaelPalin reflects on why he parted from the BBC, the death of his wife Helen, and how, at 81, he intends to keep travelling the world - all in this week's issue of Radio Times.

RadioTimes's tweet image. In honour of his newly published volume of diaries There and Back, Sir #MichaelPalin reflects on why he parted from the BBC, the death of his wife Helen, and how, at 81, he intends to keep travelling the world - all in this week's issue of Radio Times.


Another brilliant female actor talks to me about overcoming ageism - meet #SlowHorses' quietly wonderful foil to Gary Oldman, Saskia Reeves. radiotimes.com/tv/drama/saski…


My cover-story interviews with #JeffGoldblum, #JanetMcTeer and #NabhaanRizwan in this week's @RadioTimes for the remarkable Greek myth re-boot #Kaos. Features the mighty McTeer on ageism : 'I can't be doing with all that sh*t"

In this week’s issue of Radio Times, we’re bringing you a Drama special featuring three of the stars of the new Netflix show, #Kaos – a mind-bending reimagining of Greek mythology.

RadioTimes's tweet image. In this week’s issue of Radio Times, we’re bringing you a Drama special featuring three of the stars of the new Netflix show, #Kaos – a mind-bending reimagining of Greek mythology.
RadioTimes's tweet image. In this week’s issue of Radio Times, we’re bringing you a Drama special featuring three of the stars of the new Netflix show, #Kaos – a mind-bending reimagining of Greek mythology.
RadioTimes's tweet image. In this week’s issue of Radio Times, we’re bringing you a Drama special featuring three of the stars of the new Netflix show, #Kaos – a mind-bending reimagining of Greek mythology.


Is ancient and wonderful terraced village of Battir on West Bank under threat from new settlements? Deeply concerning - I reported from Battir in 2015 with @ForensicArchi wired.com/story/gaza-dat…

1/This is the village of Battir. A farming village near Bethlehem that preserves an agricultural way of life from the Roman era. The terraces fed by a network of ancient channels carrying water from the bountiful springs are kept alive by local families <<

EmekShaveh's tweet image. 1/This is the village of Battir. A farming village near Bethlehem that preserves an agricultural way of life from the Roman era. The terraces fed by a network of ancient channels carrying water from the bountiful springs are kept alive by local families &amp;lt;&amp;lt;


Have a dark and suitably strange #YorkshireDay - courtesy of Atkinson Grimshaw...

#Goodnight with "Nightfall in Scarborough Harbour, North Yorkshire" by Atkinson Grimshaw. 1884. Thanks, @LeedsArtGallery victorianweb.org/painting/grims…

VictorianWeb's tweet image. #Goodnight with &quot;Nightfall in Scarborough Harbour, North Yorkshire&quot; by Atkinson Grimshaw. 1884. Thanks, @LeedsArtGallery  victorianweb.org/painting/grims…


Do the Spanish hate us? I went to Valencia for @IndyTravel and no one squirted me with a water pistol. I was very well behaved tho... independent.co.uk/travel/europe/…


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