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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 17d

There is so much to be worried about. But we're still very excited for the Peckham Conker Championships in the arches on 4 October. Recent windy weather has led to a plentiful harvest...

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Sep 7

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I am (only figuratively) at the wheel, and I lead my copilot @suzanneraine.bsky.social on a dizzying tour of French roundabouts, which are more eccentric than one might think! Tune in!

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Aug 15

Another Summer Short this week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social in which I and @suzanneraine.bsky.social ponder the histories and meanings of our respective emblematic headgear. Yes - it’s the béret and bobble hat face-off.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Aug 9

Who wears it best? @murielzagha.bsky.social

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Aug 9

This week on the nonpareil 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 podcast @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I probe the many meanings of the high vis/gilet jaune, including as a fashion statement. Tune in!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Aug 8

The shorts have arrived!

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Aug 7

Tune in tomorrow for the first of a short (naturally) series of zappy summery @garlicandpearls.bsky.social podcasts in which @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I compare and contrast similar things that our two nations do very differently…

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Aug 4

Don't go camping in Britain! Try this instead!

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Aug 3

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social another French myth - Club Med. Was/is it really, as its founder hoped, ‘the antidote to civilisation’? Is it possible to return to the state of nature… at an all-inclusive resort? I investigate with fellow holidaymaker @suzanneraine.bsky.social
Tune in!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Aug 1

Storm Floris is arriving this weekend so for those of you now regretting a decision to have a British camping holiday, @murielzagha.bsky.social outlines the benefits of the obviously preferable Club Med option:

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 25

I have been on ONE camping holiday in Britain in all my life. 🤔 Can @suzanneraine.bsky.social entice me back? Tune in and find out.

Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jul 25

It's holiday time! And nothing better than a spot of camping, which, as @suzanneraine.bsky.social explains to @murielzagha.bsky.social, was of course invented here.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jul 25

It's holiday time! And nothing better than a spot of camping, which, as @suzanneraine.bsky.social explains to @murielzagha.bsky.social, was of course invented here.

Apple: bit.ly/4f7omTL
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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our intrepid reporter, emboldened by her new Garlic & Pearls knowledge, travelled to the other side of the world to find a people even more intent on pickling things than we are.

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 23

While in Japan, emboldened by my ‘memorable’ British pickled onion initiation at the hands of @suzanneraine.bsky.social in an early ep of our podcast, I felt it my duty to our @garlicandpearls.bsky.social listeners to try umeboshi - salted ‘pickled (brined) plums’, though ume is closer to apricots.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jul 21

If it feels like what we all really need is radical change, here's one which was tried earlier but may just work a second time:

Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 18

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I don my red Phrygian hat and recount the story of the French Revolutionaries’ attempt to recalibrate time itself for a new regime and a regenerated humanity. @suzanneraine.bsky.social deploys some healthy British scepticism.

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 15

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social the concluding part of the 1217 Battle of Lincoln, complete with Louis of France’s last-ditch return with fleet, a retinue of knights and the flamboyant ‘magician pirate’ Eustace the Monk! St Bartholomew appears too! @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jul 4

Next week President Macron will make a state visit to the U.K. In honour of the occasion, Garlic & Pearls offer a two parter on the real turning point in the relationship between these islands and France @murielzagha.bsky.social

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The Battle of Lincoln, part 1: Will Prince Louis of France secure the crown of England?

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jun 29

The perfect companion for the heatwave is our illuminating podcast @garlicandpearls.bsky.social where I tell
@suzanneraine.bsky.social the pulpy story of ORANGINA: ‘Secouez-moi, secouez-moi!’

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jun 29

A very nice thing. We at @garlicandpearls.bsky.social are honoured and delighted!
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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jun 27

A drink as iconic as Orangina is more than a drink, I tell @suzanneraine.bsky.social in this week’s ep of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social - it’s a carrier of 🇫🇷 identity. Listen to the story of ORANGINA!
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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jun 24

This week, @garlicandpearls.bsky.social is, thrillingly, all about PIRATES (and also maritime insurance)!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jun 22

@murielzagha.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jun 22

This week we address the British fascination with pirates. Any guesses who we're describing here?

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jun 21

This week on
@garlicandpearls.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social takes to the high seas with tales of PIRATES and the British obsession with the marine Robin Hoods. Pictured: Blackbeard, John Morgan, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. 🏴‍☠️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · Jun 20

Though I was very sad to miss the Garlic and Pearls live ‘Summer Special’, I thoroughly enjoyed this piratical delight, as ‘Captain Pugwash’ was one of the highlights of my early childhood.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jun 20

He was such a good pirate.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jun 20

One of the greatest British cathedral cities and much under appreciated.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · Jun 20

Lincoln.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Jun 20

Manchester City Police Force with their fleet of Mini Coopers, 1968. (Gamma-Keystone/Getty, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk).

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