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Finished #HighCaucasus by Tom Parfitt (pub. Headline Books) Hugely enjoyable and, for anyone interested in an outsider’s experience of #Chechnya #Georgia #Ingushetia #Ossetia & #Russia, a very timely read. A reminder that borders are never set in stone.

This video of a Dagestani lady telling her new smart speaker how to make chudu is👌🏻 Wishing happiness and tasty victuals to all on New Year's Eve!

I’m really excited that my book on the history of Russia’s “illegal” spies comes out soon. It’s taken me years of work and covers a century of Soviet/Russian history... Below, a short thread about the book, as well as info on how to pre-order a copy.

In which drinking (delicious) Caucasus mineral water - I suspect Borjomi or Essentuki - is put on a par with Indiana Jones supping monkey brains: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

RIP David Lynch.

I'm not on here often (you'll find me at the blue place), but I had just to say how much I enjoyed reading High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt. Utter compelling, and an immensely worthy Stanfords nominee for best travel book last year.

So glad to endorse this brilliant new book - please buy, you won't regret it!

A "haunting, piercingly perceptive account of one of Europe’s least-known provinces" - another stellar review of Howard Amos's new book, Russia Starts Here: thetimes.com/culture/books/…

I know now I will also add High Caucasus to my Best of 2025 book list! It is an exquisitely well-written book that tells the remarkable story of journalist Tom Parfitt's perilous 1,000-mile trek from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea to help him find peace after witnessing the

NEW We asked judge Tom Parfitt to talk us through the six-book shortlist for the title of Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year fivebooks.com/best-books/bes… Cc. Tom Parfitt, @stanfordstravel, Noo Saro-Wiwa, James Rebanks, @clarammond, Tom Chesshyre, @phoebersmith, @jeffyoungwriter

"I would venture to say he’s now one of the five or six best known writers to have emerged from Russia and the Soviet Union in the twentieth century." fivebooks.com/best-books/vas…

Iain Pears’s latest book is non-fiction and it’s wonderful. My review is in today’s Sunday Times ⁦Times Culture⁩ ⁦Times Books⁩ thetimes.com/article/00d664…

Attention e-readers! My memoir High Caucasus is available from today for a limited time for £0.99! amazon.co.uk/High-Caucasus-…

This is brilliant. Come and listen to Rob in person at Epic Studios, Norwich, next Monday... norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/green-sh…

Big crowd in Norwich last night for Robert Macfarlane talking about the galvanising power of accepting waterways and forests as conscious beings, deserving of rights, just as many indigenous people experience them. Separate bravo to co-hosts Patrick Barkham and the Wensum!

Delighted to be chairing this talk with Howard Amos in London on June 5 about his brilliant book, Russia Starts Here. Please join us! Details/tickets: pushkinhouse.org/whats-on/event…

Sadly, I’m already committed that evening, but if you’re free, do go along to Pushkin House for this: Howard Amos has written a great book and he and Tom Parfitt are fine storytellers and nuanced observers of Russia