Anna Wright

PIEROGI'S!

This week's episode on BBC Food Programme I make them with Zuza Zak as my guide.

We got all our ingredients from our local Polski Sklep, aka Polish Shop.

We explore the Polski Sklep, it's a story of migration, community & superb food.

Friday 11am BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds

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Lovely programme -- very good on the evolution of the Polski Sklep in the UK over time -- ref. transformative events like EU accession and Brexit -- and the shops' continued popularity as both community hubs and purveyors of fine produce

Sharp analysis from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social.
Putin's illegal war on Ukraine is being fought on a number of fronts, including the economic one of primary interest to the White House's own "prickly potentate".

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Trump and the end of American soft power [FREE TO READ] Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy

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The Observer view on the Trump-Zelenskyy clash: a moment of dark reckoning | Observer editorial With or without the US, Europe must learn to defend itself, and Ukraine, against Russian aggression

"[...] ending aid to Ukraine would be a step too far for the UK, even for this highly abnormal regime in Washington."
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Verrat im Oval Office. #Print

'“That was a train wreck by design,” said Sam Greene, a professor of Russian politics at King’s College London. “The quiet conversation since Munich has been about setting Ukraine up for a fall..."'

Kinzinger-Sykes: Today's Oval Office Disgrace Adam Kinzinger and I react to an ugly meltdown.

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Traurig. Sehr traurig. Der Niedergang der „Washington Post“ unter Trump-Großspender Jeff Bezos.

Going for Gold was a wonderful quiz show and was doing more for peace and cooperation in Europe than all the MEPs put together....maybe.
RIP Henry Kelly

‘I am war. We Ukrainians all became a war. Nothing else about us matters now’. Victoria Amelina wrote these words in February 2022. They appear in a book published in February 2025—posthumously—because Victoria was killed in one of Russia’s numerous war crimes. 1/3

Fantastically lucid piece by Tim Bouverie in @engelsbergideas.bsky.social

"Why reward [Putin] now with a peace deal made at Ukraine’s expense? Why undermine NATO? Why send the strongest possible signal to the rest of the world that the United States, far from condemning acts of unprovoked international aggression, will, henceforth, side with the perpetrators of violence?"

Ein Mexikaner rollt Trump mit einem Betonklotz an den Füßen über einen Holzsteg zum Wasser, in dem schon die Haie lauern. Trump: „No! It‘s Gulf of AMERICA!“ Mexikaner: „Whatever.“

„Sprache ist ein Machtmittel:
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Such an important story -- went through a similar CHC assessment battle with my Mum. She only received care to support the tube feeds initially. 24-hour care and a hospital bed at home came too late, and there was no hospice bed available in the end.

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‘Women Of A Certain Age Are Having The Last Laugh’ – The Internet Reacts To News That Grace Dent Will Replace Gregg Wallace On Masterchef Grace Dent has received widespread support and congratulations after it was announced that she will be replacing beleaguered host Gregg Wallace on Masterchef. Read more on Grazia.

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Exactly -- so, the idiomatic thing is to take 10 items or less to the self-service checkout at the supermarket (or grocery store, if you prefer)

The global impact of the US election | London Business School LBS faculty discuss what a second Trump administration looks like for the world

The global impact of the US election

London Business School faculty discuss what a second Trump administration looks like for the world
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There's a certain resemblance to Brian May

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