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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · 10d

Dipping a toe in the Substack waters with this unpublished extract from The Seeker of Lost Paintings…

A Recipe for foccacia from a Roman kitchen under occupation

An unpublished extract from The Seeker of Lost Paintings

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · 27d

Really loved writing this - The Seeker of Lost Paintings, out now!

Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · 27d

New in Historia!
Sarah Freethy reveals the extraordinary story of Syndrome K, the supposedly deadly disease that saved lives in German-occupied Rome in 1943.
It helped inspire her new book, The. Seeker of Lost Paintings
Find out more at historiamag.com/syndrome-k
@sarahfreethy.bsky.social

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Sep 4

This time next week, The Seeker of Lost Paintings hits the shelves in the UK 🥀

Available for pre-order, or contact me directly for a personalised copy #theseekeroflostpaintings

Thank you @ajwestauthor.bsky.social for your kind words ♥️

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · Jul 28

Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Apr 15

A fascinating insight into life in Rome under occupation, the subject of my second novel The Seeker of Lost Paintings, out in September, Simon & Schuster

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Apr 15

‘The irony of Rossellini’s title was that Rome was anything but open. Much of the quotidian detail of life under the occupation that appears in the film also appears in Aunt Marjorie’s diary.’

Inigo Thomas on Roman life in the 1940s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Inigo Thomas · Diary: Rome, Closed City

Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City, released at the end of 1945. The movie begins with a version of the disclaimer...

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Apr 12

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Apr 12

NYT page one:

@nytimes.com

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 22

So Lumon hired a hundred employees to be a marching band, but they only have one supervisor to monitor an entire floor, which also includes a full time sacrificial goat farm. Who signed off on this? Their finance department must be huffing ether.
#Severance

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 21

Anyone else getting real Goldeneye (the game) vibes from the sound edit in the Severance finale? Coupled with endless corridors lit by alarms and massive balloon heads, I’m calling it an influence at least.

Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 20

Me too - can non-Americans join in a class action?

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Mar 17

I often wake up worried about Normally Weird & Weirdly Normal but with this sort of thing and the Panorama doc of a while back I am also feeling that I am getting ready for quite a fight

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Mar 17

very worried about Suzanne O Sullivan’s book about over diagnosis - in particular on ADHD - a Radio 4 book of the week loved by The Guardian - having spent a great deal of time talking to neurodivergent people -knowing the battles they’ve had & have - I fear this will be ammo for cynicism

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 17

This combined with the belief that all SEND kids are being given special treatment & have feckless parents who can’t be bothered to send them to school. It’s not only dangerous but cruel - no support, few accommodations and now with added scepticism that everyone is either a snowflake or a fraud.

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 9

Severance: aerial view of Salt’s Neck
Me (to camera): My, that looks like a very cold harbour…
#severance

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Mar 7

The question is settled, this is going to funnel money to quacks and grifters to create a CDC-approved fake "study" that supercharges vaccine misinformation.

It's not just a public health failure, it's a terrorist attack on public health.

George Pearkes @peark.es · Mar 7

Man

*CDC PLANS STUDY INTO VACCINES AND AUTISM: REUTERS
*CDC PLANS STUDY ON POTENTIAL AUTISIM-VACCINES CONNECTION: RTRS

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Mar 5

You know the ‘rise’ in autism? People thought girls & women couldn’t be autistic or might exhibit different traits. But gender isn’t relevant to neurotype, so it follows an equal split ought be autistic. The current ratio is roughly 3:1 male to female. We’ve got a way to go… #autism

Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 28

The irony of listening to the earlier show after all this unfolded, “See you Monday!”

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 27

That’s a plot twist as big as the ship sinking in Titanic.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Feb 27

Andrew Tate being allowed to come to the U.S. and avoid facing trial for sex trafficking in Romania is beyond stomach-churning. This man is a HUGE influencer and uses his platform/following to further abuse women who have accused him. Now he won’t face justice, reaffirming his lies to his followers

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 27

What’s missed in covering cuts is that most government programmes providing aid only exist because they’re shown to provide a greater saving in the long run. Government of any stripe is designed that way - there was never any such thing as a free lunch. These cuts will end up costing more.

Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 25

He really doesn’t want to believe the truth.

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Ian Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · Feb 19

Oh good shout, Trackotheday. It's like the Sunshine On Leith of classical music, simple but obliteratingly beautiful. Version for piano and violin here too...
music.apple.com/gb/album/spi...

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 15

Alternate suggestion: horses duvets

Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 14

Morals of a revolving door. Eyeliner of a 90s goth.

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you only listen to one podcast get on this. So insightful, intelligent, vital & realistically optimistic. Can’t be a coincidence that both hosts of The Daily Show are consistently having the best conversations. Really necessary in this moment. Ruha Benjamin, Christiana Mbakwe Medina & Trevor Noah

RIP… D.E.I. with Ruha Benjamin [VIDEO]

What Now? with Trevor Noah · Episode

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 13

And the home of the greatest innovations in art, which the Nazis then declared ‘degenerate’.

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Sarah Freethy @sarahfreethy.bsky.social · Feb 8

See also woman vomiting. Cast iron pregnancy guarantee.

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