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Katie Mather

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Deputy Editor and Wine Content Lead, Pellicle. Drinks writer!! A Place To Be zine out now: https://www.pelliclemag.com/shop/a-place-to-be-a-zine-about-drinking-in-liminal-spaces-by-katie-mather www.katiematherwrites.com

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · Jul 2

Here it is, the story I've been burying myself in for months. The Canary islands are special to me but in Tenerife I found La Orotava, and local wine, and I fell in love all over again.

But can I go back knowing tourism is destroying, has destroyed, so much?

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

Con Altura — Making Wine and Preserving Culture in Tenerife’s Vineyard Heartland — Pellicle

By the edge of Puerto de la Cruz’s tiny harbour in northern Tenerife, a seafood grill operates out of a converted shipping container. Boys fish from the harbour walls, and girls jump into the choppy w...

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 5h

Euston was invented to make sure every northerner who travels to London instantly regrets it

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 5h

How mad will I look if I take my new heels to the gym to break them in on the treadmill?

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James @derpjames.bsky.social · 6h

I saw this on the same shelf as a load of slop-labelled beer. Pretty much guaranteed my purchase. 🙌

The front of a beer can entitled "AI is killing art!". The image is a skull wearing sunglasses with a pencil and pen through it.

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 8h

GOOD

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been to Bonn? My latest blog post/newsletter is up now.

www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/bonn

Bonn — Katie Mather Writes

A very good place

www.katiematherwrites.com

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josh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 23h

Franz kafka ruined waking up as a giant bug. now if you wake up as a bug it's automatically "kafkaesque"

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 20h

My whole career

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 20h

Lovely. She works at a place called Polari that I very much want to visit.

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks for your intimate knowledge of the place, it does fit some pieces into the puzzle. The old town is very fun to walk around, I need more time to explore it properly and pop into some kines

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 20h

Charlotte Church makes me want to write epic poetry

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!! So nice to hear you enjoyed it. I can't pinpoint it but I just felt comfortable there. It's a bit more easy-breezy and eccentric than the major cities. That's Rhineland I guess!

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 21h

Just don't class it as a beer destination — try the wine, or just visit other things instead.

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 21h

I met a lovely Québécois woman during harvest and I think I agree with you. Montreal sounds great.

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 21h

Please read my latest story all about Bonn, a little city full of municipal buildings coloured in by quirky local characters I unexpectedly fell for

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been to Bonn? My latest blog post/newsletter is up now.

www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/bonn

Bonn — Katie Mather Writes

A very good place

www.katiematherwrites.com

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Juliane @jululette.bsky.social · 1d

„Bonn has the arts growing out of the cracks in its mid-century concrete.“

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been to Bonn? My latest blog post/newsletter is up now.

www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/bonn

Bonn — Katie Mather Writes

A very good place

www.katiematherwrites.com

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for your solid reccos!

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Have you ever been to Bonn? My latest blog post/newsletter is up now.

www.katiematherwrites.com/the-gulp/bonn

Bonn — Katie Mather Writes

A very good place

www.katiematherwrites.com

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 1d

Thing I just learned. “Lede” as in “bury the lede” is a deliberate misspelling of “lead”. It’s part of a lexicon of misspellings used for annotations by journalists and subs so that notes on copy are removed, rather than included in the body of the text by accident. Others include “dek” and “hed”.

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Parents, are your children addicted to Fortnum & Mason digestives? Know the signs

Dr Mark | 北马克 |🍉🇦🇺🇲🇾🇹🇭 @ajaanmark.bsky.social · 1d

Are they hoping to start a Young Tory cosplay trend on TikTok
www.thetimes.com/article/8c9a...

Meet the young Tories dreaming of a bright blue future

The Conservatives know they have a problem with Gen Z voters. At the party conference, The Times met a new breed of activists who are embracing the challenge

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Camper English @alcademics.bsky.social · 1d

not to sound too San Francisco, but the disco cowboy who won this year’s Hunky Jesus posed on his mirror ball bison behind Steph Curry at the opening party of his reservations-only whiskey bar last night

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 1d

Ever closer to being the sort of person who owns an Acid Running tshirt (derogatory)

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2d

You fucking know it

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2d

Trainline sending me a push notification like "nice one guv!! What a bargain you just snapped up!" like it didn't try to make my life harder every step of the way

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2d

My plan of bringing her around with kindness obviously isn't working, time for a new plan

Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2d

If only I could reach hahah

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