Me: I should eat more healthily.
Also me: but what if I fried those potatoes in the duck fat I saved in the fridge?
@hackloon.bsky.social
Music, food, wine, history…
Me: I should eat more healthily.
Also me: but what if I fried those potatoes in the duck fat I saved in the fridge?
Ah well, at least I got to see Othello!
15.11.2025 23:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ooof. That looks an amazing program! Sad I missed it
15.11.2025 23:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is not true. By virtue of being an MP he is UK tax resident.
04.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I bought some bacon which was on offer on Ocado and it turns out it is Guinness infused. And actually…
It’s horrible. Really terrible.
In case anyone on here is interested…
ebay.us/m/eDSvbl
Roasted plums with sage, molasses, olive oil, and sea salt. Finished when cooled with red wine and balsamic vinegar. AMAZING.
31.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Definitely autumn now…
23.10.2025 20:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Magazina?
04.10.2025 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not nice. Hope it’s finally getting better! X
04.10.2025 13:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Awwww. Flu? Or just generic meh?
04.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0So sad that I never saw her on stage. Her performances in those Alan Bennett monologues are some of the finest pieces of television ever.
03.10.2025 22:23 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Starting to think (and not for the first time) that Freemasons would be better off excluding police officers, rather then vice versa…
03.10.2025 22:20 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Those Bennett monologues were all genius - I I think her finest moment on TV.
03.10.2025 21:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He likes the first couple of chapters, but is reserving final judgement…
@richardosman1.bsky.social
Someone wants a cuddle…
19.09.2025 19:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s a fair amount of napping but also about 45 minutes of the best music ever written. (And the snacks are terrible and as overpriced as the tickets)
19.09.2025 19:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wagner really is quite an expensive pass time in London 😳 But at least I’m going to see Siegfried twice next year!
19.09.2025 19:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s good, but not as good as the Mitre pub next door! (I work just around the corner…)
17.09.2025 18:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I love the idea. But I’m not sure if he agrees…
09.09.2025 21:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0There was a huge battle when the Online Safety Act was going through parliament as to whether “protections” from “legal but harmful” content should apply to everyone – because it’s an obvious free speech threat.
The gov agreed just to appoint to children. That’s now being overturned.
This review is spot on. Freddie is even more of a hero now than he was when playing - a genuine inspiration and providing some (much needed) hope.
07.09.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ugh. Reform canvassers at my door. They now know what I think of their party, at least. (And I managed not to be actually rude to them, which was quite difficult).
07.09.2025 11:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Cardinal Priest of one of my absolute favourite churches in Rome - Santa Prassede, just hidden around the corner from Maria Maggiore
27.08.2025 18:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s enough to keep anyone busy…
27.08.2025 07:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am reserving judgement until after the Bruckner from the Vienna Phil!
26.08.2025 22:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Definitely worth it for a cracking Sibelius 2 from Nelsons and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchestra!
26.08.2025 21:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can’t remember the last time I actually stood up at the Proms.. maybe 15 years?!
26.08.2025 18:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1This would be awesome and also mean that I would end up going to France for the weekend whenever I was a bit irritated with work 😂
25.08.2025 08:05 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Before and after! Next step is new shed in the corner…
19.08.2025 11:22 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0