Jenny Linford
@jennylinford.bsky.social
Food writer, cheese enthusiast, Londoner
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Repast: The Story of Food - @jennylinford.bsky.social, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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Jenny Linford, "Repast: The Story of Food" (Thames & Hudson, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Repast: The Story of Food - @jennylinford.bsky.social, @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
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#foodhistory #aghist #envhist
What a pleasure to be interviewed by Dr Miranda Melcher about my book for the British Museum Repast: The Story of Food for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Here's a link to the podcast.
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Jenny Linford, "Repast: The Story of Food" (Thames & Hudson, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What a pleasure to be interviewed by Dr Miranda Melcher about my book for the British Museum Repast: The Story of Food for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Here's a link to the podcast.
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
newbooksnetwork.com/repast
'We’re gonna spend our money with businesses who actually respect our dollars, respect our communities, and respect our diversity, equity, and inclusion.' says We Ain't Buying It.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social on consumer power.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social on consumer power.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'We’re gonna spend our money with businesses who actually respect our dollars, respect our communities, and respect our diversity, equity, and inclusion.' says We Ain't Buying It.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social on consumer power.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social on consumer power.
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November 24, 2025
November 24, 2025
U.S.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
November 24, 2025
'But I have to wonder whether, in our desire to never repeat the crimes of the 80s, we have overcorrected – whether we have thrown the starfruit-necklaced piglet out with the bathwater.' Ruby Tandoh on the allure of entertaining Martha Stewart style.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Goblets of borscht, turkey-shaped madeleines: why Martha Stewart’s fantastical menus are still an inspiration
The lifestyle guru’s advice on 1980s entertaining was absurd – but reminds us that hosting should always be fun
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November 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
'But I have to wonder whether, in our desire to never repeat the crimes of the 80s, we have overcorrected – whether we have thrown the starfruit-necklaced piglet out with the bathwater.' Ruby Tandoh on the allure of entertaining Martha Stewart style.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
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Turner was the first ‘modern’ painter; who directly inspired the impressionism of the 19thC and presaged the abstract expressionism of the 20thC. 'Evening Star,' (1830) is all the proof you need.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Turner was the first ‘modern’ painter; who directly inspired the impressionism of the 19thC and presaged the abstract expressionism of the 20thC. 'Evening Star,' (1830) is all the proof you need.
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A chance to buy original artworks from Axel Scheffler, Rebecca Cobb, Sydney Smith and many others who have featured in #NewIllustrationoftheDay. Bidding starts on 28 November, and bids start at £100. @childrensbkshow.bsky.social www.jumblebee.co.uk/thechildrens... #originalchildrensillustrations
The Children's Bookshow Art and Illustration Auction 2025
Make your bid in The Children’s Bookshow art and illustration auction and help support our programme of free in-school workshops in 2026.Each year, The Children's Bookshow gives 58 schools the incredi...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A chance to buy original artworks from Axel Scheffler, Rebecca Cobb, Sydney Smith and many others who have featured in #NewIllustrationoftheDay. Bidding starts on 28 November, and bids start at £100. @childrensbkshow.bsky.social www.jumblebee.co.uk/thechildrens... #originalchildrensillustrations
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
'Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.'
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
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November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
'Ultra-processed food (UPF) is linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a seismic threat to global health, according to the world’s largest review.'
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"They still have big designs on hurting this stewardship institution” warns America's former National Parks Director.
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National parks facing ‘nightmare’ under Trump, warns ex-director of service
Jonathan Jarvis, who led the agency from 2009 to 2017, laid out the dire consequences of not closing parks in shutdown
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November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"They still have big designs on hurting this stewardship institution” warns America's former National Parks Director.
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'What’s at stake, then, isn’t just representation: it’s the resilience and diversity of knowledge itself.' @theguardian.com Long Read
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
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November 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
'What’s at stake, then, isn’t just representation: it’s the resilience and diversity of knowledge itself.' @theguardian.com Long Read
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
'That’s the thing about culture: it persists. Culture is what people pass down. It brings shared meaning into our lives.' Zadie Smith
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Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
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November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
'That’s the thing about culture: it persists. Culture is what people pass down. It brings shared meaning into our lives.' Zadie Smith
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A powerful read from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
A powerful read from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Take a seat and we will tell all the traditional tales. We tell the stories, not read from a book, not learnt from a script, but told. See you @foodmuseumuk on Sunday 30th November from 10.30 onwards #stories #storytelling #myth #legend #folklore #traditional #christmas #fairy
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Take a seat and we will tell all the traditional tales. We tell the stories, not read from a book, not learnt from a script, but told. See you @foodmuseumuk on Sunday 30th November from 10.30 onwards #stories #storytelling #myth #legend #folklore #traditional #christmas #fairy
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The last thing I need is another cake book but...
Enjoying cooking from Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook, Dorie's Anytime Cakes. Such well written recipes. The Rum- Raisin Visiting Cake went down well!
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The last thing I need is another cake book but...
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Why is it so hard to run the BBC? Is impartiality possible? Is it even what polarised viewers even want?
An essay for the Weekend FT: www.ft.com/content/7124...
An essay for the Weekend FT: www.ft.com/content/7124...
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Why is it so hard to run the BBC? Is impartiality possible? Is it even what polarised viewers even want?
An essay for the Weekend FT: www.ft.com/content/7124...
An essay for the Weekend FT: www.ft.com/content/7124...
Enjoying cooking from Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook, Dorie's Anytime Cakes. Such well written recipes. The Rum- Raisin Visiting Cake went down well!
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Enjoying cooking from Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook, Dorie's Anytime Cakes. Such well written recipes. The Rum- Raisin Visiting Cake went down well!
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Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
A study suggests mRNA vaccines could help the body fight malignant cells, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh
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November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar
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I wrote this, about Flesh by David Szalay. It is a brilliant book, one of the most worthy Booker-winners in years. It’s also really, really important. This post contains stuff about childhood sexual abuse and how we let down boys and young men.
I wrote this, about Flesh by David Szalay. It is a brilliant book, one of the most worthy Booker-winners in years. It’s also really, really important. This post contains stuff about childhood sexual abuse and how we let down boys and young men.
Flesh by David Szalay
most correct and brilliant Booker-winner in years
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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I wrote this, about Flesh by David Szalay. It is a brilliant book, one of the most worthy Booker-winners in years. It’s also really, really important. This post contains stuff about childhood sexual abuse and how we let down boys and young men.
I wrote this, about Flesh by David Szalay. It is a brilliant book, one of the most worthy Booker-winners in years. It’s also really, really important. This post contains stuff about childhood sexual abuse and how we let down boys and young men.
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A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A key victory in Trump's road to power in America was successfully branding the majority of its established press as "fake news". Now, he is bringing this across the pond to the BBC – where these same tactics are favoured by prominent politicians and media outlets on the right. A dangerous moment.
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Congratulations to Ferdia Lennon - first the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction, and now the Rooney Prize for Literature, for his excellent novel Glorious Exploits. Here’s my review from Jan 2024:
“Far-fetched? Sure, but then so are ancient Syracusans who say things like ‘Gobshite’ and ‘bollix’.”
Me on Ferdia Lennon’s GLORIOUS EXPLOITS, which follows the capers of two lads caught up in the Peloponnesian War:
Me on Ferdia Lennon’s GLORIOUS EXPLOITS, which follows the capers of two lads caught up in the Peloponnesian War:
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon review — lads go wild in 412BC
In this madcap romp set in ancient Sicily two foul-mouthed friends put on the play Medea
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Congratulations to Ferdia Lennon - first the Everyman Bollinger Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction, and now the Rooney Prize for Literature, for his excellent novel Glorious Exploits. Here’s my review from Jan 2024:
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
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Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
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Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
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November 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes.
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it.
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...