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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Ciaran. It's been an amazing few days.

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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you Peter. It was definitely a wonderful surprise.

Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you.

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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · 3d

This was a truly extraordinary day. I am so grateful to all the fellows of @selwyn1882.bsky.social for electing me and to Bishop Sarah for conducting the installation. We all offer her our warmest congratulations on her appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury.

University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 5d

Congratulations to Dame Sarah Mullally on becoming the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dame Sarah was in Cambridge to install the new Master of Selwyn College @@selwyn1882.bsky.social, Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social, yesterday evening.

📸 Nigel Cooper

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 4d

@suzanneraine.bsky.social was installed as new Master @selwyn1882.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk yesterday by the Bishop of London, Dame Sarah #Mullally, who was announced today as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.

University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 5d

Congratulations to Dame Sarah Mullally on becoming the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury.

Dame Sarah was in Cambridge to install the new Master of Selwyn College @@selwyn1882.bsky.social, Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social, yesterday evening.

📸 Nigel Cooper

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Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 3d

Sermon of Sarah #Mullally, Bishop of London, at the installation of @suzanneraine.bsky.social as the first female Master of @selwyn1882.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, deputising during the vacancy of the See of #Canterbury, the evening before the announcement of her as Archbishop-designate of Canterbury!

Choral Evensong and Installation of Suzanne Raine as the 14th Master of Selwyn College

YouTube video by Selwyn College Chapel

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 9d

Riveting ep of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social this week as @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I welcome expat food writer Chris Newens, author of Moveable Feasts: Paris in Twenty Meals, who reveals surprising findings about Paris food! Tune in!
@profilebooks.bsky.social

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 12d

Would you like to know HOW TO EAT EVERYTHING IN PARIS today? Tune in to our revelatory @garlicandpearls.bsky.social chat with Chris Newens, author of terrific food memoir Moveable Feasts!
Insights galore! A sample…
@profilebooks.bsky.social @robertloyko-greer.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 20d

Recent events have highlighted the importance of diversifying transport corridors, with railways central in the foreign policy strategy of Russia, China and the West. But it is not without risk, warns Sophia Nina Burna-Asefi.

Why Central Asia Focuses so Much on Railways

Recent events have highlighted the importance of diversifying transport corridors, with railways central in the foreign policy strategy of Russia, China and the West. But it is not without risk.

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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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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · Aug 14

It"s time for my annual reposting of this piece. Somehow things happen in August- is it because we aren't paying enough attention and things just slip? Or is it that rogues take advantage? @engelsbergideas.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/essays/bewar...

Beware the Ides of August

World-altering events often happen in the middle of August. Is this a coincidence or is it something about the time of year?

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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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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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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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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · Aug 1

There's a big storm heading for the U.K. and the BBC says: "Many temporary summer structures including tents could be damaged". Perhaps Club Med would have been better:

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Aug 1

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social we kick off our shoes and I retrace for @suzanneraine.bsky.social
the history of Club Med! Tune in.

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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · Jul 30

Is it going wrong?

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 30

When I think of camping, these are the images that come to mind. Thankfully - as she nonchalantly cracks open a tin of beans - @suzanneraine.bsky.social paints a far more inspiring picture in this week’s episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social Tune in from your campsite or luxury suite!

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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · Jul 25

I imagine you to be a very resilient camper.

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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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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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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · Jul 20

I was prepared to think this was bonkers but half way through I realised the French might have been on to something.

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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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · Jul 11

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social the indefatigable @suzanneraine.bsky.social concludes her breathtaking narrative of the last clash between Louis of France and the English troops led by William Marshall - and the redoubtable Nicola de la Haie. What would Macron think,I ask myself.

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John Nilsson-Wright @jnilssonwright.bsky.social · Jul 10

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@suzanneraine.bsky.social and Ali Ansari pass the baton to @wjhurst.bsky.social and me for our @camgeopolitics.bsky.social regular podcast. A very tough act to follow.

Episode 54: What just happened?

Podcast Episode · On Geopolitics · 09/07/2025 · 44m

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