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I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
New Year Doughnuts - Oliebollen
You can’t set foot in the Netherlands in the festive period without encountering these Dutch doughnuts, even though it’s on New Year’s Eve that they are most traditionally eaten; indeed, it’s said tha...
www.nigella.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I admire the Dutch for many reasons, one of which is that they celebrate the New Year with doughnuts. I’ve taken a leaf out of their book, and so Oliebollen, the doughnuts in question, are #RecipeOfTheDay.
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
And Happy New Year! www.nigella.com/recipes/new-...
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Birt Acres died in Whitechapel #OTD 27 Dec 1918. A prolific film maker in late 19th-early 20th cent, he gave the first public film screenings in England in 1896 & patented cinematograph system 1898. He is buried at Queen's Road Cemetery, Walthamstow. The Derby filmed in 1895 youtu.be/WbHxO6RJnxg?...
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Birt Acres died in Whitechapel #OTD 27 Dec 1918. A prolific film maker in late 19th-early 20th cent, he gave the first public film screenings in England in 1896 & patented cinematograph system 1898. He is buried at Queen's Road Cemetery, Walthamstow. The Derby filmed in 1895 youtu.be/WbHxO6RJnxg?...
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Freezing nights put people sleeping rough at serious risk.
If you see someone who needs help, a quick report to StreetLink alerts local outreach teams so they can offer support and a safe place to stay. Find out how at thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone who needs help, a quick report to StreetLink alerts local outreach teams so they can offer support and a safe place to stay. Find out how at thestreetlink.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Freezing nights put people sleeping rough at serious risk.
If you see someone who needs help, a quick report to StreetLink alerts local outreach teams so they can offer support and a safe place to stay. Find out how at thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone who needs help, a quick report to StreetLink alerts local outreach teams so they can offer support and a safe place to stay. Find out how at thestreetlink.org.uk
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Snow at the Ancient House, Walthamstow in early 20th cent. Then used partly as a bookshop, this is a former 15th cent hall house and the earliest surviving domestic building in Waltham Forest. Internal conversion now gives several dwellings #ArchiveAdventCalendar
#MerryChristmas @arascot.bsky.social
#MerryChristmas @arascot.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Snow at the Ancient House, Walthamstow in early 20th cent. Then used partly as a bookshop, this is a former 15th cent hall house and the earliest surviving domestic building in Waltham Forest. Internal conversion now gives several dwellings #ArchiveAdventCalendar
#MerryChristmas @arascot.bsky.social
#MerryChristmas @arascot.bsky.social
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For some reason I can’t reply to this, so quote-crashing to say I’ve always wanted to hear The Cure’s Christmas album and in fact if they don’t do one I may have to do it myself
Groups and artists you wish had made Christmas albums:
Jonathan Richman
Cocteau Twins
Bobby Hutcherson
The Everly Brothers
Blossom Dearie
Jonathan Richman
Cocteau Twins
Bobby Hutcherson
The Everly Brothers
Blossom Dearie
December 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
For some reason I can’t reply to this, so quote-crashing to say I’ve always wanted to hear The Cure’s Christmas album and in fact if they don’t do one I may have to do it myself
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It’s heartbreaking to think of anyone sleeping rough at Christmas.
Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields is offering beds and pathways to long-term support in partnership with Westminster City Council, helping people off the streets for good.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields is offering beds and pathways to long-term support in partnership with Westminster City Council, helping people off the streets for good.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
London's homelessness crisis at Christmas: Rough sleepers 'dying on the streets'
The Connection at St Martin’s will provide 50 beds for rough sleepers this Christmas under a new initiative with Westminster City Council
www.standard.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It’s heartbreaking to think of anyone sleeping rough at Christmas.
Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields is offering beds and pathways to long-term support in partnership with Westminster City Council, helping people off the streets for good.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Connection at St Martin-in-the-Fields is offering beds and pathways to long-term support in partnership with Westminster City Council, helping people off the streets for good.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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Opinion I I am sharing this story because I know there are millions out there just like me
🖋️ Kate Lister
➡️ Read more: trib.al/ViyAnYw
🖋️ Kate Lister
➡️ Read more: trib.al/ViyAnYw
December 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Opinion I I am sharing this story because I know there are millions out there just like me
🖋️ Kate Lister
➡️ Read more: trib.al/ViyAnYw
🖋️ Kate Lister
➡️ Read more: trib.al/ViyAnYw
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December 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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It is now theoretically possible to be the Man Who Shopped for a Liberty Valance.
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It is now theoretically possible to be the Man Who Shopped for a Liberty Valance.
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The church bells of Walthamstow, St Mary's await rehanging, following restoration work in 1896. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells @arascot.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The church bells of Walthamstow, St Mary's await rehanging, following restoration work in 1896. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Bells @arascot.bsky.social
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been unmasked.
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
The hero has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, a Sydney local who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
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Farewell to the great Stanley Baxter, one of the true comedy greats of the postwar era.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter dies aged 99
Baxter enjoyed a decades-spanning career on radio, TV and film, and was famous for impersonating famous people including Queen Elizabeth II
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Farewell to the great Stanley Baxter, one of the true comedy greats of the postwar era.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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While I listen to you @mrjamesob.bsky.social this beauty popped up!
Murder rates in comparable US cities.
Look at London?
Anyone who spouts Trumps lies is a traitor.
Look at London?
Anyone who spouts Trumps lies is a traitor.
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
While I listen to you @mrjamesob.bsky.social this beauty popped up!
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Form a ring around the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband can't be called chocolate any more
Nestle has used more vegetable oil in it recipes, meaning the treats no longer qualify as chocolate under UK law
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Form a ring around the Tunnock's Caramel Wafer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Chocolates and Christmas treats under the mistletoe at Walthamstow market, early 1900s. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #FestiveFood @arascot.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Chocolates and Christmas treats under the mistletoe at Walthamstow market, early 1900s. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #FestiveFood @arascot.bsky.social
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Star Radio at 35 Old Church Road, Chingford Mount. The shop was established by Bert Star in 1935. In this photo from c.1960s, many cutout stars decorate the upper windows. The distinctive facade survives, and this is now a sewing equipment shop. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Star @arascot.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Star Radio at 35 Old Church Road, Chingford Mount. The shop was established by Bert Star in 1935. In this photo from c.1960s, many cutout stars decorate the upper windows. The distinctive facade survives, and this is now a sewing equipment shop. #ArchiveAdventCalendar #Star @arascot.bsky.social
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Of all the end of year love for Justin’s ‘Tremolo Diaries’ I am particularly delighted and grateful to have this recognition from Alexis and @theguardian.com
And on a personal note, gratifying also to see Kate’s book included. Which means ❤️ for our last Nine Eight book and our first New Modern
And on a personal note, gratifying also to see Kate’s book included. Which means ❤️ for our last Nine Eight book and our first New Modern
The @theguardian.com Music Books of the Year. Huge congratulations to Justin Currie. “Perceptive, funny, winningly cantankerous”
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Of all the end of year love for Justin’s ‘Tremolo Diaries’ I am particularly delighted and grateful to have this recognition from Alexis and @theguardian.com
And on a personal note, gratifying also to see Kate’s book included. Which means ❤️ for our last Nine Eight book and our first New Modern
And on a personal note, gratifying also to see Kate’s book included. Which means ❤️ for our last Nine Eight book and our first New Modern
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Painfully accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Painfully accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
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A reminder that London is far safer than many major cities, that crime is falling and that racists hate both these truths because they undermine their vicious little divisive narrative.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A reminder that London is far safer than many major cities, that crime is falling and that racists hate both these truths because they undermine their vicious little divisive narrative.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.
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UK Music has surveyed music creators on their experiences of touring the EU following Brexit. And the picture is still bad and is getting worse.🚨
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
EU Touring: Impact of Brexit Worsening, Says UK Music Report
02.12.2025: The impact of Brexit on EU touring for UK creators is getting worse, a new survey featured in UK Music’s This Is Music report has revealed. Our This Is Music report into the economic…
www.ukmusic.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
UK Music has surveyed music creators on their experiences of touring the EU following Brexit. And the picture is still bad and is getting worse.🚨
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
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Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
Former Tory MP Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform UK
He joins Daniel Jellyman
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Two more Conservative MP rejects hop over to Reform UK. Jonathan Gullis and Lia Nici.
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
More and more, Reform UK looks simply as if the Tories ran off stage, then came back on two minutes lates, wearing a comedy moustache-and-glasses disguise. ~AA
uk.news.yahoo.com/former-tory-...
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”