Quentin Sommerville
BBC’s International Correspondent
youtube.com/@sommervilletv
- Beirut on a clear day
- Baalbek
- Beirut, where east meets west
- Lakkis farms
- Reposted by Quentin Sommerville#BBCNews - As Russian army inches closer, Ukrainians must decide to stay or go www.bbc.com/news/article... By @sommervilletv.bsky.social #UkraineWar
- When you’re trying to write
- Our Frank
- Tabitha belongs to no man
- The Mission: Truth postage stamp of the Heroic Professions series is a symbol of gratitude to those who make the truth heard, who risk their lives to defend us from the enemy with the power of truth. This stamp issue is a tribute to the memory of media professionals killed by Russia.
- Reposted by Quentin Sommerville"In the de-Sturgeonisation process that took place in the wake of her resignation..her relatability, gravitas & high approval ratings were forgotten; her managerialism, insularity & lack of transparency stressed." I wrote about Sturgeon's memoir & attempt to reclaim the narrative in the @lrb.co.uk
- Strangely reassuring
- Relentless Ukrainian assault
- And a box of kittens
- Donetsk hound
- Let’s pretend it’s an everyday occurrence Wordle 1,533 2/6 🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
- Watch: Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region is on the frontline of the military and diplomatic battle over the country’s future. Our latest from Donbas. youtu.be/g1HM7-Vu_Wg
- Read: Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control www.bbc.com/news/article...
- Peace Changed the Village Where War Changed Me www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...
- Reposted by Quentin Sommerville📌 We are looking for a new Director of Journalist Programmes The successful candidate will lead on the delivery, strategic development, and long-term financial sustainability of all Journalist Programmes at the Institute. Apply by Mon 1 Sept, noon (UK time) More info: buff.ly/FTCNDd1
- Reposted by Quentin Sommervillewww.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is a very good piece. When you are, to quote Starmer, the result of a squalid experiment doing untold damage to the UK then what do you self-define as? Living your life in opposition to a culture is unsustainable so how do you find/make/sustain your own?
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleFirst group of Syrian refugees returns home from Lebanon under new UN plan apnews.com/article/leba...
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleDesperation of people in Gaza is visible from space in extraordinary image from Planet Labs PBC captured on Saturday afternoon showing crowds on and around aid trucks north of Morag Corridor. The same scene is visible at street level in numerous videos like this one: www.instagram.com/p/DMkmVvNo6nj/
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleA FT analysis has identified a number of detention facilities housing hundreds more people than they were designed to hold. The experience has left lasting scars. on.ft.com/3IAh26M
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleIn Ukraine, some people with tourniquets can’t escape because drones are waiting to kill them. “There are so many people [in] Ukraine now with tourniquet syndrome, because the tourniquet’s on for more than six hours. They’re all getting very high arm amputations, leg amputations.” on.ft.com/3TKYraF
- “Alissa managed to keep both kids on the countertop, one hand on each, still trying to reassure them. As the house came undone, she grabbed one in each arm. This is the part that will forever haunt me. If I or anyone else had been closer to them, we would have helped her”
- How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Bigfork, MT
- Istanbul
- Ronnie in a sling
- Keith Haring at Doha Airport
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleA Roman-era mosaic, measuring 4.30 by 2 meters, has been discovered in Homs, Syria. The mosaic depicts Tyche, the goddess of luck, chance, and fortune. www.sana.sy/en/?p=356047... 🏺 #archaeology
- Golden Beirut
- Russia is targeting Ukrainian hotels to discourage journalists, report says www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
- “‘Age is irrelevant, it’s about the energy that you bring. You could be 30 and exhausted, or 70 and energised. I can sit across the table from somebody and feel the energy and passion that they have for life.’ I quietly sit up.”
- I never expected to have Lunch with Trinny of Trinny and Susannah, and I certainly never expected what happened the day after. But these are the joys of journalism! Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall on.ft.com/45d6WSv
- Our reporting on America’s drug crisis has been nominated at this year’s Monte Carlo TV Festival @festivaltvmc
- Our reporting from Myanmar is Emmy nominated
- Inadvertently signed up to a lifetime of outward bound courses
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleGood to see @sommervilletv.bsky.social say it how it is with regard to the Junta's "Ceasefire" in Myanmar. "the country's ruling junta agreed to a halt in its devastating military campaign. It then violated that ceasefire, again and again" "I saw them break it repeatedly" #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Melanie, the rescue chicken and her Easter egg stash.
- Yesterday I was asked if I was from pest control when I arrived at Broadcasting House.
- The bloke beside me was also asked the same. He explained that Banksy’s copyright protection lawyers are called Pest Control. Still, I think we were mistaken for rat-catchers.
- Well fancy that! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleThere’s a lot to be said for precedented times
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleSeems a great time to follow our new US markets editor @kateduguid.bsky.social
- Why is it wearing clothes?
- “Every generation has its burdens. The particular plight of Gen X is to have grown up in one world only to hit middle age in a strange new land. It’s as if they were making candlesticks when electricity came in. The market value of their skills plummeted.”
- “Yes it rained when the sun was shining! When that happens they say it’s because the devil bathing his wife.”
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleAnother week, another Pick! @therealnihal.bsky.social presents this week’s collection of curiosities in audio form on R4 this evening at 1815. #radio #podcasting www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Damascus, Syria
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleShot: Chaser:
- King Frank
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleIn Damascus in February, I met with dozens of Syrians. Their personal narratives should ground any thinking about Syria’s precarious transition. Takeaway: Syrians are divided along multiple lines — but Assad’s fall has removed the deadliest, most toxic threat. 1/7
- Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here …
- Gemmazye, Beirut
- Reposted by Quentin SommervilleGillian Tett and I chatted about the Mar-a-Lago Accord... stuff. I wasn't sure of the right word. It's stuff. Anyway have a listen if you fancy:
- A welcome change from drones
- Morning, Beirut
- I fooc’d | Inside Mexico’s drug cartels | www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
