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They’re not actually kippers. Or even herrings. But let each competitor take their cardboard bat, each creating the airflow to waft their fish forward in a space big enough for a race… Flipping the Kipper! The game which could yet save Christmas!
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
They’re not actually kippers. Or even herrings. But let each competitor take their cardboard bat, each creating the airflow to waft their fish forward in a space big enough for a race… Flipping the Kipper! The game which could yet save Christmas!
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🐟 'Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring' is ‘A prodigious achievement, by turns erudite and great fun' @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
It's out of stock with some retailers, but you can grab your copy at 50% off until midnight tonight directly from us ➡️ tinyurl.com/59kj4xxe
It's out of stock with some retailers, but you can grab your copy at 50% off until midnight tonight directly from us ➡️ tinyurl.com/59kj4xxe
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🐟 'Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring' is ‘A prodigious achievement, by turns erudite and great fun' @thespectator1828.bsky.social.
It's out of stock with some retailers, but you can grab your copy at 50% off until midnight tonight directly from us ➡️ tinyurl.com/59kj4xxe
It's out of stock with some retailers, but you can grab your copy at 50% off until midnight tonight directly from us ➡️ tinyurl.com/59kj4xxe
The Spectator: ‘a prodigious achievement, by turns erudite and great fun.’ I particularly like David Profumo’s ‘encyclupeidae’ and his ‘farctate with glistening details’ takes me happily back over 60yrs to excellent maths teacher Albert Knight’s school report comment, ‘loquacious, but inefficient.’
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Spectator: ‘a prodigious achievement, by turns erudite and great fun.’ I particularly like David Profumo’s ‘encyclupeidae’ and his ‘farctate with glistening details’ takes me happily back over 60yrs to excellent maths teacher Albert Knight’s school report comment, ‘loquacious, but inefficient.’
Today (Black Friday) to Mon 9th Dec all Hurst books from their website: 1/2 price + postage! Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring will only cost you £16.49. And there are lots more great titles too! www.hurstpublishers.com/book/rigbys-...
Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring | Hurst Publishers
An all-in-one deep dive into the Atlantic herring and its far-reaching dominions.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Today (Black Friday) to Mon 9th Dec all Hurst books from their website: 1/2 price + postage! Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring will only cost you £16.49. And there are lots more great titles too! www.hurstpublishers.com/book/rigbys-...
Great review of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring in The Skipper!
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great review of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring in The Skipper!
Readings from Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herrings (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) HERE, Clovelly Herring Festival, tomorrow afternoon (no rain forecast.
November 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Readings from Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herrings (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) HERE, Clovelly Herring Festival, tomorrow afternoon (no rain forecast.
Box o’ books in the back o’ the car; phone now a card reader… Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring @hurstpublishers.bsky.social perfect present for anyone who likes herring; necessary one for those who don’t! Off to Clovelly Herring Festival in the morning. Stop me and buy one!
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Box o’ books in the back o’ the car; phone now a card reader… Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring @hurstpublishers.bsky.social perfect present for anyone who likes herring; necessary one for those who don’t! Off to Clovelly Herring Festival in the morning. Stop me and buy one!
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring on Tour! In striking distance of North Devon? This Sunday at 1.30 I’ll be reading stuff at Clovelly Herring Festival (picarooner territory - see Herring Boats). Also looking forward to trying a Mike Smylie Kipper. Thanks Jess @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring on Tour! In striking distance of North Devon? This Sunday at 1.30 I’ll be reading stuff at Clovelly Herring Festival (picarooner territory - see Herring Boats). Also looking forward to trying a Mike Smylie Kipper. Thanks Jess @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social has just put up a podcast interview by the excellent Miranda Melcher on Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (@HurstPublishers all good bookshops etc). Can a man talk for an hour just about herring? Well, basically… yes.
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Graeme Rigby, "Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring" (Hurst Publishers, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social has just put up a podcast interview by the excellent Miranda Melcher on Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (@HurstPublishers all good bookshops etc). Can a man talk for an hour just about herring? Well, basically… yes.
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Book launch herring snacks: No 1, The Pie. Modelled on ones sent annually to kings & queens, Edward I to George III, based on complaints by Charles I; See Past(r)y. Raised crust, herrings, Parisian spice, orange zest, butter.
October 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Book launch herring snacks: No 1, The Pie. Modelled on ones sent annually to kings & queens, Edward I to George III, based on complaints by Charles I; See Past(r)y. Raised crust, herrings, Parisian spice, orange zest, butter.
First of the tart fillings in production for the launch of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (available from all food bookshops) - based on a Trinidadian dumpling filling, it brings together red herring, Scotch bonnet, red pepper & chadon beni. Mmmmh hmmmh!
October 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
First of the tart fillings in production for the launch of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (available from all food bookshops) - based on a Trinidadian dumpling filling, it brings together red herring, Scotch bonnet, red pepper & chadon beni. Mmmmh hmmmh!
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🐟🐟🐟Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring is out now! Congratulations @rigbysherrings.bsky.social!🐟🐟🐟
‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan
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‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan
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October 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🐟🐟🐟Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring is out now! Congratulations @rigbysherrings.bsky.social!🐟🐟🐟
‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan
🎣25% off w/code HERRING25➡️ tinyurl.com/4mdunzn4
‘This book is nothing short of a delight.’ — Richard Corrigan
🎣25% off w/code HERRING25➡️ tinyurl.com/4mdunzn4
Smells great and looks great! Hurrah! Out on Oct 2nd. Huge thanks to @HurstPublishers
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Smells great and looks great! Hurrah! Out on Oct 2nd. Huge thanks to @HurstPublishers
‘Who can tell from whence these tall Okes came?’ (Thomas Heywood, praising the oaks in Charles I’s flagship). Chopwell bloody Woods, Tommy - never the same since (Sovereignty of the Seas, Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring, out soon). Reparations for a king’s hubris.
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
‘Who can tell from whence these tall Okes came?’ (Thomas Heywood, praising the oaks in Charles I’s flagship). Chopwell bloody Woods, Tommy - never the same since (Sovereignty of the Seas, Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring, out soon). Reparations for a king’s hubris.
Books with sexual content are removed from some US libraries… Sadly, there’s explicit material in Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (out from @HurstPublishers on Oct 2), most egregiously a photo of sea turned milky with clouds of sperm… AI lists the similarities to human.
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Books with sexual content are removed from some US libraries… Sadly, there’s explicit material in Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring (out from @HurstPublishers on Oct 2), most egregiously a photo of sea turned milky with clouds of sperm… AI lists the similarities to human.
Gosh! 25% off @Waterstones already and it isn’t even out yet! #WPreorder But you must order by 23.59, Thu 31 Jul and, having clicked on Add Promotion Code in the Checkout, enter SUMMER25 - someone up there wants you to know more about herrings! www.waterstones.com/book/rigbys-...
July 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Gosh! 25% off @Waterstones already and it isn’t even out yet! #WPreorder But you must order by 23.59, Thu 31 Jul and, having clicked on Add Promotion Code in the Checkout, enter SUMMER25 - someone up there wants you to know more about herrings! www.waterstones.com/book/rigbys-...
The Spaniard has his chorizo, the Scotch woodcock his anchovy, give me my scrambled egg with kipper!
July 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The Spaniard has his chorizo, the Scotch woodcock his anchovy, give me my scrambled egg with kipper!
Such things as dreams are made on #37: kipper pitta with hummus, herb-marinated aubergine, lemon juice, lettuce & yoghurt.
July 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Such things as dreams are made on #37: kipper pitta with hummus, herb-marinated aubergine, lemon juice, lettuce & yoghurt.
Book’s out 25th Sept and there’s a launch at Newcastle’s Lit & Phil, Thu 9th Oct, 7.30pm (free, but book: bit.ly/4lesXoU). There will be herring snacks.
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Book’s out 25th Sept and there’s a launch at Newcastle’s Lit & Phil, Thu 9th Oct, 7.30pm (free, but book: bit.ly/4lesXoU). There will be herring snacks.
In the long struggle for control of Yarmouth’s herring fair, the Cinque Ports’ shield said, ‘Your 3 lions are backed by our ships.’ Yarmouth’s said, ‘Herring tails - that’s where the money comes from. In the long struggle… Yarmouth won.
June 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
In the long struggle for control of Yarmouth’s herring fair, the Cinque Ports’ shield said, ‘Your 3 lions are backed by our ships.’ Yarmouth’s said, ‘Herring tails - that’s where the money comes from. In the long struggle… Yarmouth won.
Only 4 to go until St John’s Day, when the Dutch fleet would gather for the start of the herring season off the Shetlands. A little invention is always needed to see you through the dark months.
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only 4 to go until St John’s Day, when the Dutch fleet would gather for the start of the herring season off the Shetlands. A little invention is always needed to see you through the dark months.
Warmer waters means smaller clupeids. This little herring once swam in proto-Morocco, in the Sea of Tethys between Laurasia & Gondwanaland, between 90 & 100 million years ago.
June 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Warmer waters means smaller clupeids. This little herring once swam in proto-Morocco, in the Sea of Tethys between Laurasia & Gondwanaland, between 90 & 100 million years ago.
Tip top herrings @laingartgallery by Ruskin Spear father of the Bonzo’s Roger Ruskin Spear. #herrings #herripedia #fishart
June 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Tip top herrings @laingartgallery by Ruskin Spear father of the Bonzo’s Roger Ruskin Spear. #herrings #herripedia #fishart
Dual use barrel: herrings on top; revolutionary propaganda below. How close did Norway come to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Finnmark? We may never know.
June 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Dual use barrel: herrings on top; revolutionary propaganda below. How close did Norway come to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Finnmark? We may never know.
Vorsprung durch the old fictions! You have to go a long way to find a herring T shirt espousing the Grand Migration Theory the great Marcus Elieser Bloch thought he’d put to bed back in 1783. Well, all right, you can get them online.
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Vorsprung durch the old fictions! You have to go a long way to find a herring T shirt espousing the Grand Migration Theory the great Marcus Elieser Bloch thought he’d put to bed back in 1783. Well, all right, you can get them online.