Jack Monroe
@jackmonroe.bsky.social
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Jack Monroe
@jackmonroe.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Took Laurie to the local dog cafe today. Friendly older gentleman bought a large packet of communal biscuits and handed them around. Two down, I’m thinking they’re pleasantly savoury and go really rather well with a cuppa. By the third I realised I’m the only human with one in my mouth.
Saw 2025 in on the couch with the Teen and the large dog, a packet of gingerbread Oreos, summer fruits squash, watching Ted (his choice - opened up some, uh, ‘casual discussions’.) The cat was asleep in a box in the hall, as is his wont when it’s windy. Liking 2025 so far. Think I’ll stick with it.
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Saw 2025 in on the couch with the Teen and the large dog, a packet of gingerbread Oreos, summer fruits squash, watching Ted (his choice - opened up some, uh, ‘casual discussions’.) The cat was asleep in a box in the hall, as is his wont when it’s windy. Liking 2025 so far. Think I’ll stick with it.
Things Can Only Get Better on the London fireworks display made me properly lol. Good old Sadiq. Happy New Year, folx x
January 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Things Can Only Get Better on the London fireworks display made me properly lol. Good old Sadiq. Happy New Year, folx x
In the past few days I’ve binge watched Black Doves, Poor Things and Megalopolis, and have concluded that I now want to watch every single thing Aikaterina Hadjipateras (aka Kathryn Hunter) has ever been in. I’m obsessed. I adore her. What a phenomenal actor.
December 28, 2024 at 11:46 PM
In the past few days I’ve binge watched Black Doves, Poor Things and Megalopolis, and have concluded that I now want to watch every single thing Aikaterina Hadjipateras (aka Kathryn Hunter) has ever been in. I’m obsessed. I adore her. What a phenomenal actor.
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“When I was growing up, our home was my family’s security. We can’t build a strong future for our country unless people have a safe home today”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes in his Christmas message for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/keir...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes in his Christmas message for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/keir...
December 20, 2024 at 7:06 AM
“When I was growing up, our home was my family’s security. We can’t build a strong future for our country unless people have a safe home today”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes in his Christmas message for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/keir...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes in his Christmas message for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/opinion/keir...
If you ever fancy a glimpse of what privatised healthcare looks like, try taking a pet to the vets without insurance. General examination, antibiotic eye drops, anti-inflammatories, and two sets of blood tests: £511.
December 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
If you ever fancy a glimpse of what privatised healthcare looks like, try taking a pet to the vets without insurance. General examination, antibiotic eye drops, anti-inflammatories, and two sets of blood tests: £511.
Spending a thrilling evening in an NHS briefing and then highlighting the highlights in yesterdays Devolution White Paper. Athough it’s probably going to be a colossal PITA from an admin point of view to initially implement, it certainly looks exciting. Ambitious, but exciting.
December 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Spending a thrilling evening in an NHS briefing and then highlighting the highlights in yesterdays Devolution White Paper. Athough it’s probably going to be a colossal PITA from an admin point of view to initially implement, it certainly looks exciting. Ambitious, but exciting.
Dinner for 2: 400g canned tomatoes, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 v large carrot, 1/2 a large onion, 4 canned anchovies, 2 tbsp butter, 1 chx stock cube, 150ml water. Blitz to a smooth liquid. Add 1 tsp mixed dried herbs, pinch of salt, plenty of black pepper.
Pour into saucepan, boil, simmer.
Pour into saucepan, boil, simmer.
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Dinner for 2: 400g canned tomatoes, 4 cloves of garlic, 1 v large carrot, 1/2 a large onion, 4 canned anchovies, 2 tbsp butter, 1 chx stock cube, 150ml water. Blitz to a smooth liquid. Add 1 tsp mixed dried herbs, pinch of salt, plenty of black pepper.
Pour into saucepan, boil, simmer.
Pour into saucepan, boil, simmer.
I’ve decided, after 37 years of singing about it with increasing curiosity, this is going to be the year that I research, create, and proactively ‘bring some figgy pudding’ to everyone who visits over the festive period, as a social cue. You won’t go until you get some? Fine. I’ve come prepared. 🎄
December 17, 2024 at 2:23 PM
I’ve decided, after 37 years of singing about it with increasing curiosity, this is going to be the year that I research, create, and proactively ‘bring some figgy pudding’ to everyone who visits over the festive period, as a social cue. You won’t go until you get some? Fine. I’ve come prepared. 🎄
Bought a copy of In Defence Of The Realm as a Christmas present for a fellow nerd and it’s a thousand pages of very long tight paragraphs in very tiny print. Top tier chess move from GCHQ, publishing the only official biography of their secrets in a format that literally nobody can get through. 👏
December 14, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Bought a copy of In Defence Of The Realm as a Christmas present for a fellow nerd and it’s a thousand pages of very long tight paragraphs in very tiny print. Top tier chess move from GCHQ, publishing the only official biography of their secrets in a format that literally nobody can get through. 👏
Also: Red One is a glorious film! Bit darker than I thought it might be, but Dwayne Johnson was *excellent*. Possibly his finest movie so far. Am a bit late to the festive spirit this year, but that’s certainly got me into the swing of it. 🎅🎄🎁
December 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Also: Red One is a glorious film! Bit darker than I thought it might be, but Dwayne Johnson was *excellent*. Possibly his finest movie so far. Am a bit late to the festive spirit this year, but that’s certainly got me into the swing of it. 🎅🎄🎁
Standing in a bookshop with the Teen earlier marvelling at all the books written by people I KNOW and pointing them all out to him with barely contained wonder. Oh look it’s Otto! And Alice! And Dean! And Susie! And Grace! And
Teen: Mama… YOU write books. They’re over there.
Me: Oh. Yeah. So I do!
Teen: Mama… YOU write books. They’re over there.
Me: Oh. Yeah. So I do!
December 14, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Standing in a bookshop with the Teen earlier marvelling at all the books written by people I KNOW and pointing them all out to him with barely contained wonder. Oh look it’s Otto! And Alice! And Dean! And Susie! And Grace! And
Teen: Mama… YOU write books. They’re over there.
Me: Oh. Yeah. So I do!
Teen: Mama… YOU write books. They’re over there.
Me: Oh. Yeah. So I do!
Took the Teen for our annual one-day smash-and-grab Christmas Shopping Bonanza. Not very well at the mo so bundled up in bobble hat, big cosy scarf, sunglasses. Woman at the till in the bookshop: ‘oh I thought it was you, I recognised your smile! I loved that tin can cooking you did on the telly!’ ☺️
December 14, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Took the Teen for our annual one-day smash-and-grab Christmas Shopping Bonanza. Not very well at the mo so bundled up in bobble hat, big cosy scarf, sunglasses. Woman at the till in the bookshop: ‘oh I thought it was you, I recognised your smile! I loved that tin can cooking you did on the telly!’ ☺️
I love how much LinkedIn believes in me.
Todays job picks for me:
-Global Senior Vice President, Tony Blair Institute
- Speakers Committee for IPSA, House of Commons
- Media Editor, Financial Times
- Head of Operations, The Royal College of Surgeons for England
- Part time bar staff, Popworld
Todays job picks for me:
-Global Senior Vice President, Tony Blair Institute
- Speakers Committee for IPSA, House of Commons
- Media Editor, Financial Times
- Head of Operations, The Royal College of Surgeons for England
- Part time bar staff, Popworld
December 13, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I love how much LinkedIn believes in me.
Todays job picks for me:
-Global Senior Vice President, Tony Blair Institute
- Speakers Committee for IPSA, House of Commons
- Media Editor, Financial Times
- Head of Operations, The Royal College of Surgeons for England
- Part time bar staff, Popworld
Todays job picks for me:
-Global Senior Vice President, Tony Blair Institute
- Speakers Committee for IPSA, House of Commons
- Media Editor, Financial Times
- Head of Operations, The Royal College of Surgeons for England
- Part time bar staff, Popworld
Keeping fish is like making risotto: everyone tells you for years how difficult and technical it is but IT REALLY ISN’T. Just follow some basic instructions, keep an eye on it, don’t mess with the quantities, and enjoy the results. Gatekeepers be damned.
December 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Keeping fish is like making risotto: everyone tells you for years how difficult and technical it is but IT REALLY ISN’T. Just follow some basic instructions, keep an eye on it, don’t mess with the quantities, and enjoy the results. Gatekeepers be damned.
Two years and nine months I’ve had this daft dog and I seriously admire her relentless determination to get the cat to play with her. A dozen times a day. Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce *swipe* bounce bounce bounce bounce rinse and repeat forever.
December 13, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Two years and nine months I’ve had this daft dog and I seriously admire her relentless determination to get the cat to play with her. A dozen times a day. Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce *swipe* bounce bounce bounce bounce rinse and repeat forever.
Currently up transcribing notes from tonight’s full council meeting; it was long, highly entertaining in places, but ultimately a snapshot of local democracy in action and what can be achieved when proactive, visionary, resident-focused individuals come together to build a city we can be proud of.
December 13, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Currently up transcribing notes from tonight’s full council meeting; it was long, highly entertaining in places, but ultimately a snapshot of local democracy in action and what can be achieved when proactive, visionary, resident-focused individuals come together to build a city we can be proud of.
Having great fun with the nonsense of todays news cycle, especially for all of those ‘advisors’ early on in my career who told me to choose between food and politics because the two never mixed. Vindication has been a long time coming, so excuse me while I enjoy it.
December 12, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Having great fun with the nonsense of todays news cycle, especially for all of those ‘advisors’ early on in my career who told me to choose between food and politics because the two never mixed. Vindication has been a long time coming, so excuse me while I enjoy it.
Back in the day, journalists would often ask politicians the price of everyday groceries in order to ascertain whether they were in touch with the working class, or not.
With that in mind, Farage decrying milk as ‘left wing’ and Badenoch’s anti-bread stance is quite the chess move.
With that in mind, Farage decrying milk as ‘left wing’ and Badenoch’s anti-bread stance is quite the chess move.
December 12, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Back in the day, journalists would often ask politicians the price of everyday groceries in order to ascertain whether they were in touch with the working class, or not.
With that in mind, Farage decrying milk as ‘left wing’ and Badenoch’s anti-bread stance is quite the chess move.
With that in mind, Farage decrying milk as ‘left wing’ and Badenoch’s anti-bread stance is quite the chess move.
I know ‘bread and circuses’ is a time honoured distraction and de-escalation technique for the proletariat, I’m just surprised it’s taken the ruling classes this long to actually combine the two.
#LetThemEatSteak
#LetThemEatSteak
December 12, 2024 at 11:17 AM
I know ‘bread and circuses’ is a time honoured distraction and de-escalation technique for the proletariat, I’m just surprised it’s taken the ruling classes this long to actually combine the two.
#LetThemEatSteak
#LetThemEatSteak
Sandwiches are God Tier; anything can be slapped between slices of bread and carried single handedly as a perfectly portable meal. I grew up running around mess rooms full of firefighters and have witnessed folk scooping entire roast dinners into rolls when the bells go off, I will die on this hill.
December 12, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Sandwiches are God Tier; anything can be slapped between slices of bread and carried single handedly as a perfectly portable meal. I grew up running around mess rooms full of firefighters and have witnessed folk scooping entire roast dinners into rolls when the bells go off, I will die on this hill.
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Between 11.00 and 15.00 every Friday, Sacred Heart Church in Southend will be opening their doors for a community warm cafe and offering hot (and homemade!) soup, good company, and a warm place to sit, as well as a craft group - all free of charge.
December 12, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Between 11.00 and 15.00 every Friday, Sacred Heart Church in Southend will be opening their doors for a community warm cafe and offering hot (and homemade!) soup, good company, and a warm place to sit, as well as a craft group - all free of charge.
The LTA has banned all trans women from playing tennis as women. Does this mean that a trans man (who by LTA rules would be considered female) would be forced to play as a woman? Because trans men have* more of a ‘testosterone advantage’ than trans women, and this is where the argument collapses.
December 12, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The LTA has banned all trans women from playing tennis as women. Does this mean that a trans man (who by LTA rules would be considered female) would be forced to play as a woman? Because trans men have* more of a ‘testosterone advantage’ than trans women, and this is where the argument collapses.
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If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Turn2us PIP Helper
Use the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process.
pip.turn2us.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”
Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk
Well this feels very on brand.
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Well this feels very on brand.
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My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
January 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.