Author of A Sunny Place for Shady People & Vagabond Dreams. Host of Personal Landscapes pod. Editor-at-Large (Europe) for Canada's Outpost magazine. RGS Fellow.
Tokyo, Japan
Joined March 2009
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Historian Christopher Harding joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the central drama of Japanese history, everyday life during a century and a half of civil war, and how a new form of Buddhism helped reshape the arts.
A Short History of Japan @PenguinUKBooks
Christopher Harding joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about the central drama of Japanese history, everyday life during a century and a half of civil war, and how a new form of Buddhism helped reshape the arts.
@PenguinUKBooks
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Ryan Murdock retweeted
A juror who acquitted Yorgen Fenech wrote "not even her children mourn her" in a juror WhatsApp group they disturbingly named "The line of truth". Others hid prior hostile posts about Daphne.
Was this a trial capable of holding killers to account?
timesofmalta.com/article/not…
Ryan Murdock retweeted
Gwyn Morgan: We’re heading toward another failed government in Ottawa. The pivot toward a declining Europe, the staggering federal deficit, the secular sag in investment: these are all bad long-term signs financialpost.com/opinion/gw…
An update on the future of Personal Landscapes podcast, and great questions from listeners about writing, reading, travel, and more...
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Ryan Murdock retweeted
Heritage Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa must draw a “fine line” between “legitimate and illegitimate discussion” online.
That should alarm every Canadian. The government does not get to decide which opinions are legitimate.
Bill C-34 threatens free expression and privacy under the banner of online safety.
junonews.com/p/liberals-wres…
Take action today: send a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Attorney general opposing Bill C34:
jccf.ca/provincial-campaign-…
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Third @CdnHeritage attempt at regulating legal internet content will decide "what constitutes legitimate & illegitimate duscussion,” @MarcMillerVM tells reporters. Last 2 bills lapsed amid public outcry over censorship.
blacklocks.ca/no-illegitimat… #cdnpoli
Why are these guys so endlessly obsessed with controlling what Canadians can say, write and read?
Heritage Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa must decide what counts as “legitimate and illegitimate discussion” online — fuelling warnings the Carney government’s internet crackdown could become a censorship tool.
junonews.com/p/liberals-wres…
Ryan Murdock retweeted
Since trade talks with the U.S. dissolved, Carney has granted exclusive sit-down interviews to two U.S. outlets, but none in Canada, writes @terrynewman
nationalpost.com/opinion/ter…
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Today’s the day. My Canada travel book, TRUE NORTH: ON THE ROAD IN CANADA, is now in bookstores, on Amazon and elsewhere. Many thanks to longtime readers—and to new readers, welcome to my pages. paultheroux.com/buy-true-nor…
Ryan Murdock retweeted
You can tell your civilization is on the decline when the word “beauty” is mentioned less often than “power structures” in your humanities departments.
Canada is not “the most European of non-European countries”, Mr. Carney. I lived in the European Union for 15 years and traveled to all but three of its nation states, most of them multiple times. This is what I observed.
ryanmurdock.com/2026/09/cana…
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Protests for justice for Daphne & safety of journalists
🗓️ Wed, 16 September ⏱️11.30am
📍Brussels, Residence Palais
organised by press freedom groups
⏱️ 6.30pm - Embassies of Malta
📍Berlin
📍Dublin
📍Paris
📍The Hague
⏱️7.00pm
📍Valletta
Ryan Murdock retweeted
I was there for the Daphne Caruana Galizia verdict. It was like hearing a court rule the Earth is flat @StephenGrey
thenerve.news/p/daphne-carua…
Sara Wheeler joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about Jan Morris’s iconic writing style, her late-life obsession with Welsh nationalism, and the unreconcilable sense of longing at the heart of her work.
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Sara Wheeler joined me on Personal Landscapes podcast to talk about Jan Morris’s iconic writing style, her late-life obsession with Welsh nationalism, and the unreconcilable sense of longing at the heart of her work.
Listen on iTunes, Spotify etc
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Ryan Murdock retweeted
“The contrast between the bravery of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the cowardice of [Yorgen] Fenech is as shocking as his acquittal.”
observer.co.uk/opinion-and-i…
Ryan Murdock retweeted
In Malta, Yorgen Fenech admitted paying money to Daphne’s killers, admitted covering it up, and asked for a pardon 3 times - a jury acquitted him anyway. He walks free.
In Slovakia, Kočner was acquitted of Jan’s assassination (under appeal). He is in prison for tax evasion.
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The European Union’s mafia state just hit a new low. The accused mastermind of the brutal murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was acquitted last night in Malta.
You’ll wonder why after reading this short update.
ryanmurdock.com/2026/09/anot…
Ryan Murdock retweeted
As the trial of Yorgen Fenech moves through its second week, jurors are hearing from investigators and first responders. The details are harrowing. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia’s murderer wanted to make sure she didn’t survive the bomb blast.
More here ⬇️ linkedin.com/posts/the-daphn…
