Excited that my new book now has a gorgeous American cover. Behold, The Comet!
Ed Caesar
@edcaesar.bsky.social
Writer @newyorker. Author of "The Moth and the Mountain" and "Two Hours". "The Comet" will be published in February 2027. https://celadonbooks.com/book/the-comet/
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
⚡️Update: Explosions again heard in Kyiv amid ongoing large-scale attack. Several explosions were again heard in Kyiv around 7:20 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
Large-scale Russian missile and drone attack across Ukraine, including Kyiv, kills 9, injures 89
Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack against Ukraine overnight on June 2, targeting Kyiv with missile and drone fire.
kyivindependent.com
And the winners of the Paul Foot Award for investigative and campaigning journalism 2026 are... Peter Geoghegan and Khadija Sharife of Democracy for Sale.
The glorious celebration of journalism that is the Paul Foot Awards feat. the exceptionally worthy shortlist being celebrated by Ian Hislop and the winner, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social for Democracy For Sale’s brilliant work exposing Labour Together
As good a magazine story as you’ll read this year.
Ed Caesar@edcaesar.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It has been a while since I've read a "long read" at The New Yorker that engrossed me like this one just did. I tried to find a pull quote from it to entice you, but was faced with choice overload as there were so many; this is a fascinating story *very* well told. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
newyorker.com
In the fifth year after the full-scale invasion, Ukraine is under ever-more devastating drone and missile attacks. For @newyorker.com, I flew with a Ukrainian stunt pilot who--with a crew of other daredevils--now hunts Shaheds from an old skydiving plane. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Stunt Pilot Hunting Russian Drones
A Ukrainian flying ace is leveraging his aerobatics skills to protect his countrymen from nightly attacks.
newyorker.com
⚡️Update: Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 1, injures 24. The number of injured victims in Russia's overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region has risen to 24, officials reported.
'Damage in every district of Kyiv' — Massive Russian ballistic missile, drone attack kills 1, injures 24
Russian forces launched a large-scale missile attack on Kyiv overnight on May 24, officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
⚡️Update: 1 killed, 16 injured in Kyiv as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse.
1 killed, 16 injured in Kyiv as Russia's mass daytime attack continues overnight, causing building collapse
One person was killed, and 16 others were injured, with 10 people rescued from under a partially collapsed building in Kyiv overnight on May 14 as Russia launched a large-scale missile attack across U...
kyivindependent.com
Kyiv is under massive drone attack. An apt building collapsed
‘We don’t know what successful money launderers are doing in the present moment. All we do know is what unsuccessful ones have been caught doing in the past.’ John Lanchester on money laundering, online early from the next issue. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · Squillions: Where’s all the cash?
If it were an industry, money laundering would be the third biggest business in the world, behind commercial property...
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In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel
In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family.
newyorker.com
I’m loving this incredibly niche passion project, which ultimately reveals an old joke. Jonathan Swift final move, lost to history. @newyorker.com @edcaesar.bsky.social
Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?
A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.
newyorker.com
David Kenny knows who ruined Jonathan Swift's last joke. I wrote about a joyful literary detective story for @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Jonathan Swift Wrote His Own Epitaph. Was It a Joke?
A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.
newyorker.com
An update on Daniel Kinahan, and Sean McGovern, for @newyorker.com . Trigger warning: contains a mention of Amor Towles "A Gentleman In Moscow" www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How Daniel Kinahan’s Cocaine Empire Began to Crumble
After living freely in Dubai for a decade, the notorious Irish drug dealer has finally been arrested, and is likely to be sent back to Dublin to stand trial.
newyorker.com
⚡️Russian overnight attack on Odesa damages kindergarten and residential buildings, injures 16. Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
Russian drones hit residential neighborhoods in Odesa overnight, at least 16 injured
Russia launched a mass drone attack on Odesa overnight on April 30, striking residential neighborhoods across multiple districts of the city and injuring at least 16 people, local officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
As Sebastian Sawe was running 1:59:30 in the London marathon, I was thinking about @edcaesar.bsky.social and his wonderful book Two Hours
Two Hours
Two hours to cover twenty-six miles and 385 yards. An exceptional feat of speed, mental strength and endurance. The sub-two-hour marathon is running's Everest, a feat once seen as impossible for the h...
penguin.co.uk
Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil found dead after being trapped in rubble following Israeli strike, obstruction of rescue: cpj.org?p=583367
CPJ calls for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon - Committee to Protect Journalists
UPDATE: On April 22, the Red Cross reported that they had found the body of Amal Khalil under the rubble. Beirut, April 22, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists is outraged that the Israeli Defen...
cpj.org
Very excited about the Tour de France Femmes having stages in the UK in 2027! Extra excited to see the race on the roads I cycle on ❤️ Glorious Peak District climbs and the town we call home. Such an amazing sport: the spectacle comes to your home! Link: www.letourfemmes.fr/en/grand-dep...
⚡️Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Kyiv as Russia launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine's capital overnight on April 16.
Explosions heard in Kyiv as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine
Explosions were heard in Kyiv as Russia launched ballistic missiles at Ukraine's capital overnight on April 16.
kyivindependent.com
From a court report *today*. [and yes, I know this isn't at all unusual]
Children playing on an abandoned car in Moss Side, Manchester, 1957, photo by Robert Smithies, Guardian photographer.
“Every piece of writing—whether story or argument or rumination, book or essay or letter home—requires the freshness and precision that convey a distinct human presence.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
What Tracy Kidder Stood For
His deep, immersive writing had moral stakes and changed people’s lives.
theatlantic.com
I loved this book.
The Author, Séamas O'Reilly@seamas.bsky.social · 4mo agoAt long last, the cover launch of my debut novel PRESTIGE DRAMA is here! It's a funny, angry book about Derry, history, memory and Troubles-scented television. I think it's quite good, however I can *confirm* that it's quite short. And you can pre-order it everywhere NOW: geni.us/Prestige_Drama
Gutted to hear of the death of Tracy Kidder, who was a hero of mine. I adored Mountains Beyond Mountains and Strength In What Remains. His prose was clean, gorgeous, and buttressed by thousands of hours of reporting. He was drawn to human goodness. RIP.
"In the midst of what is going on now, it is hard, when you sit down at a desk, to feel confident that morning after morning spent fiddling with words and rhythms is a justified activity – especially as there is never any certainty that the whole thing won’t have to be scrapped." — T.S. Eliot, 1942