Adam Lechmere
@adamlechmere.bsky.social
Wine journalist and publisher of The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide (Académie du Vin Library), contrib ed to Club Oenologique. London
The most useful and informative article I've read all year and interestingly I find I've been guilty of lots of these infractions over the decades. My pet hate: queuing
Nice collection of thoughts on pub etiquette! If we could immediately action the ‘no tissues, wet wipes or crisp packets shoved in glasses’ point that would be lovely.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The most useful and informative article I've read all year and interestingly I find I've been guilty of lots of these infractions over the decades. My pet hate: queuing
Has anybody, ever, not suppressed a tiny but concentrated wince of sheer hatred at the words, "Hi! I'm your virtual assistant - how can I help?"
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Has anybody, ever, not suppressed a tiny but concentrated wince of sheer hatred at the words, "Hi! I'm your virtual assistant - how can I help?"
"(London) in their forced intimacy, in their inexorable flow of ideas and influences and cuisines, they are the fullest expression of what it is to be human"
Lovely piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lovely piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"(London) in their forced intimacy, in their inexorable flow of ideas and influences and cuisines, they are the fullest expression of what it is to be human"
Lovely piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lovely piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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I love these Flamingo editions: 2001 retro eds of 60s titles, so from here they're double retro. Rather appropriate for Ballard somehow... (found in @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop Herne Hill)
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I love these Flamingo editions: 2001 retro eds of 60s titles, so from here they're double retro. Rather appropriate for Ballard somehow... (found in @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop Herne Hill)
Never been in Gail's on account of Brexit champion Luke Johnson being behind it. Now it seems it's exploiting its workers to boot
At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 loaf of bread?
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 loaf of bread?
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
'We're just a bakery': Does Gail's rely on low-paid migrant workers to further its expansionist vision?
The economics and migration behind the Gail’s expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.
www.vittlesmagazine.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Never been in Gail's on account of Brexit champion Luke Johnson being behind it. Now it seems it's exploiting its workers to boot
At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 loaf of bread?
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
At Gail’s, what is the human cost behind a £5 loaf of bread?
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
Whenever I go to the Lake District I always think, "it's just a whole lot of hills and lakes, and sheep. What it needs is more attractions like zip wires."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Legal bid to overturn Elterwater Quarry zip wire plan fails
Friends of the Lake District says it is considering appealing the decision.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Whenever I go to the Lake District I always think, "it's just a whole lot of hills and lakes, and sheep. What it needs is more attractions like zip wires."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite right too. That Jenrick speech was infamous. Grubby little racist
More of this across the board from politicians please. You can disagree with @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the @greenparty.org.uk on issues, but you have to admit they are the only ones actually taking the rhetoric, fully and uncompromisingly, on immigration back from Reform.
British.
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Quite right too. That Jenrick speech was infamous. Grubby little racist
I know the feeling...
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know the feeling...
Sainsbury's seven circles of automated receptionist hell: a chirpy and deeply irritating northern voice (this is London, not Yorkshire) telling you "We'd REALLY like to help you" while doing precisely the opposite. Why post a number at all?
@sainsburys.bsky.social
@sainsburys.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Sainsbury's seven circles of automated receptionist hell: a chirpy and deeply irritating northern voice (this is London, not Yorkshire) telling you "We'd REALLY like to help you" while doing precisely the opposite. Why post a number at all?
@sainsburys.bsky.social
@sainsburys.bsky.social
"These strange, terrible children, dancing on the corpse of a party which was once home to Disraeli and Churchill..."
Powerful stuff from Dunt on Badenoch and the "tedious little bore" Jenrick
Powerful stuff from Dunt on Badenoch and the "tedious little bore" Jenrick
October 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"These strange, terrible children, dancing on the corpse of a party which was once home to Disraeli and Churchill..."
Powerful stuff from Dunt on Badenoch and the "tedious little bore" Jenrick
Powerful stuff from Dunt on Badenoch and the "tedious little bore" Jenrick
Ridiculous "snub" headline with deliberate image echo of George W Bush's "America is under attack" moment - implying the decision is a threat to American values on a par with 9/11: the Nobel committee as Al-Quaeda
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ridiculous "snub" headline with deliberate image echo of George W Bush's "America is under attack" moment - implying the decision is a threat to American values on a par with 9/11: the Nobel committee as Al-Quaeda
Just to remind all my American friends that today is 10/10/25.
Not 10/10/25
Not 10/10/25
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Just to remind all my American friends that today is 10/10/25.
Not 10/10/25
Not 10/10/25
This is brilliant
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is brilliant
Thanks Jamie for a nice review - The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide is now 6 titles: Bordeaux, Rioja, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, Tuscany and Napa Valley - and more to come!
@jamiegoode.bsky.social
@jamiegoode.bsky.social
Book reviews: The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide: Rioja, Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley – wineanorak.com
wineanorak.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thanks Jamie for a nice review - The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide is now 6 titles: Bordeaux, Rioja, Rhone Valley, Switzerland, Tuscany and Napa Valley - and more to come!
@jamiegoode.bsky.social
@jamiegoode.bsky.social
Is this a tautology or not?
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Is this a tautology or not?
I may be wrong but I'm convinced that Farage will be a footnote. Ludicrous demagogues have taken over countries before, but Farage is so desperate & needy, with so little substance, so quick to snap, his lieutenants so obviously incapable of running anything, it can't hold
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I may be wrong but I'm convinced that Farage will be a footnote. Ludicrous demagogues have taken over countries before, but Farage is so desperate & needy, with so little substance, so quick to snap, his lieutenants so obviously incapable of running anything, it can't hold
A venerable pair - both still very fine. Not tired but just thinking about settling down for a rest
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A venerable pair - both still very fine. Not tired but just thinking about settling down for a rest
ker-dinnggg! The Fat Duck wins Most Annoying Christmas Email in September Award with this email header:
"Only 61 Sleeps until Christmas at The Fat Duck"
"Only 61 Sleeps until Christmas at The Fat Duck"
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ker-dinnggg! The Fat Duck wins Most Annoying Christmas Email in September Award with this email header:
"Only 61 Sleeps until Christmas at The Fat Duck"
"Only 61 Sleeps until Christmas at The Fat Duck"
Right wing tactics: foment disturbance, crack down, crack down harder, voila. It works as a punch in the face is mostly effective. It's worked for every tin-pot tyrant since cavemen were walloping each other with bits of flint. And we're still falling for it. It's so wretchedly predictable...
September 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Right wing tactics: foment disturbance, crack down, crack down harder, voila. It works as a punch in the face is mostly effective. It's worked for every tin-pot tyrant since cavemen were walloping each other with bits of flint. And we're still falling for it. It's so wretchedly predictable...
This picture will be THE iconic - and infamous - image of 2025
September 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This picture will be THE iconic - and infamous - image of 2025
1966 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon followed by 69, 74 and so on to 2000. The 66, the year it all started, fresh as a daisy, a really lovely wine, six decades old and with at least two more before it elegantly begins its slow decline.
September 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
1966 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon followed by 69, 74 and so on to 2000. The 66, the year it all started, fresh as a daisy, a really lovely wine, six decades old and with at least two more before it elegantly begins its slow decline.
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At the World Championship in Massage, more than 260 competitors from 58 countries face off in nine categories, including Swedish, Thai, chair, and Eastern- and Western-freestyle massage. Sarah Larson reports from the event in Denmark.
Rivals Rub Shoulders in the World of Competitive Massage
Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind.
www.newyorker.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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