From the FT's Southern Africa correspondent:
"If only there was a way to put Cape Town back on the post-pandemic tourism map," South Africans said. And a finger curled on the monkey's paw. https://t.co/NpVXp380Pi
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl) March 24, 2021
Mr. Cotterill's long running thread looking at Great Britain through the eyes of a foreign correspondent was just plain brilliand:
The English People's Congress promised a firm line over a power-sharing deal with northern separatists today. https://t.co/EuxTiqXpla
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl) March 3, 2017
A liberal opponent of the premier within the ruling party stepped down as a legislator. He will retain editorial control of a mouthpiece.
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl) April 19, 2017
LOCAL COLOUR: A journalist association in the capital hailed the state supreme leader as a "beacon of stability". https://t.co/trGHGH48R1
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl) April 28, 2017
Scroll upward, upward, past the Zambezi, continuing north, scrolling upward, past the headwaters of the Nile, scrolling, scrolling...
I frankly have no idea how many tweets it's been.
As we noted some years ago:
See also the FT's Joseph Cotterill who should win an award for his foreign correspondent in Britain thread, that is if there were an award for staying in character in the longest running pastiche on the twitter box, now over two years:
If interested here's the kickoff via Medium:
