Lucas Cumiskey
@lucascumiskey.bsky.social
Investigative reporter, @hyphenonline.com
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Stories and tips to lucas.cumiskey@hyphenonline.com
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🔴 EXC from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: babies and toddlers have been referred to the government’s controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016, new data reveals.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🔴 EXC from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: babies and toddlers have been referred to the government’s controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016, new data reveals.
🚨Exclusive: Babies and toddlers have been referred to the government’s controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016
@libdems.org.uk MP Munira Wilson said ‘These figures are deeply concerning and raise serious questions’ about Prevent hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
@libdems.org.uk MP Munira Wilson said ‘These figures are deeply concerning and raise serious questions’ about Prevent hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
Babies and toddlers referred to Prevent hundreds of times
More than 200 referrals made to counter-terror scheme for children aged three or under since 2016, most citing ‘Islamist’ concerns
hyphenonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨Exclusive: Babies and toddlers have been referred to the government’s controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016
@libdems.org.uk MP Munira Wilson said ‘These figures are deeply concerning and raise serious questions’ about Prevent hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
@libdems.org.uk MP Munira Wilson said ‘These figures are deeply concerning and raise serious questions’ about Prevent hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
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🔴 NEW from @anitamureithi.bsky.social: the government's former resettlement minister Lord Khan told an audience at #HyphenFestival2025 that the 'life in the UK' test for new citizens is not fit for purpose & Starmer's 'island of strangers' speech was 'not right'.
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‘Life in the UK’ test not fit for purpose — Lord Wajid Khan
Speaking at inaugural Hyphen Festival, Labour peer adds that government must do more to tackle cost of living crisis
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November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🔴 NEW from @anitamureithi.bsky.social: the government's former resettlement minister Lord Khan told an audience at #HyphenFestival2025 that the 'life in the UK' test for new citizens is not fit for purpose & Starmer's 'island of strangers' speech was 'not right'.
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Beyond proud that my @hyphenonline.com colleagues @lucascumiskey.bsky.social, Saman Javed and @anitamureithi.bsky.social have been shortlisted in the #BritishJournalismAwards2025 – days after our northern corr Aisha Rimi won Journalist Media Personality of the Year at the Black Muslim Awards 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Beyond proud that my @hyphenonline.com colleagues @lucascumiskey.bsky.social, Saman Javed and @anitamureithi.bsky.social have been shortlisted in the #BritishJournalismAwards2025 – days after our northern corr Aisha Rimi won Journalist Media Personality of the Year at the Black Muslim Awards 2025.
Hands up if you remember 'Party Marty'? The BYOB event extraordinaire of the Boris Johnson Covid-era? Well, he's got a new gig as ambassador to Libya www.gov.uk/government/n...
Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya: Martin Reynolds
Following his appointment in December 2024 to succeed Dr Martin Longden CMG OBE as His Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Libya, Mr Martin Reynolds CB CMG will now take up his new post during Octobe...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hands up if you remember 'Party Marty'? The BYOB event extraordinaire of the Boris Johnson Covid-era? Well, he's got a new gig as ambassador to Libya www.gov.uk/government/n...
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BREAKING: A crossbench peer who was among five independent experts tasked with producing an Islamophobia definition has issued a warning as the group submits its proposals to the government.
Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social 👇
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Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social 👇
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Islamophobia working group submits proposals to government
Shaista Gohir, part of the group working on a definition of Islamophobia, says attacks on members are intended to scare government
hyphenonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
BREAKING: A crossbench peer who was among five independent experts tasked with producing an Islamophobia definition has issued a warning as the group submits its proposals to the government.
Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social 👇
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Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social 👇
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The family of Ayaan Ali Waeys, a Black Muslim woman who died after giving birth to a stillborn baby, have called for urgent action on racial inequalities in maternity care.
An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.
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An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.
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Ayaan Ali Waeys’ death followed missed opportunities — coroner
Ayaan Ali Waeys died of natural causes, coroner concludes, but says medics had chances to ‘change course of events’
hyphenonline.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The family of Ayaan Ali Waeys, a Black Muslim woman who died after giving birth to a stillborn baby, have called for urgent action on racial inequalities in maternity care.
An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.
✍🏿 @anitamureithi.bsky.social
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An inquest found ‘missed opportunities’ in her treatment.
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British Muslims with investments and pensions in sharia-compliant funds may be unknowingly profiting from Israel’s war in Gaza and the occupation economy, a @hyphenonline.com investigation has found.
Full story from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social.
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Full story from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social.
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Halal investments ‘unknowingly’ profiting from war in Gaza
Sharia-compliant funds including the HSBC Islamic Global Equity Index have more than $1bn tied up in firms such as Microsoft and Alphabet
hyphenonline.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
British Muslims with investments and pensions in sharia-compliant funds may be unknowingly profiting from Israel’s war in Gaza and the occupation economy, a @hyphenonline.com investigation has found.
Full story from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social.
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Full story from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social.
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Worrying to see that accounts which spread disinformation related to the riots last July are *still going* on X - and spreading racist lies about British Muslim politicians.
Thank you @hyphenonline.com & @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for this important and concerning investigation
Thank you @hyphenonline.com & @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for this important and concerning investigation
X accounts that fuelled the 2024 riots with disinformation are still targeting prominent British Muslims.
Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
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Illo: Michelle Thompson
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Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
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Illo: Michelle Thompson
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End Wokeness: Riot-fuelling X account still targeting Muslims
US-based X account identified by MPs as a key player in spreading disinformation ahead of 2024's violence. Then it started another pile-on
hyphenonline.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Worrying to see that accounts which spread disinformation related to the riots last July are *still going* on X - and spreading racist lies about British Muslim politicians.
Thank you @hyphenonline.com & @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for this important and concerning investigation
Thank you @hyphenonline.com & @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for this important and concerning investigation
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In July, @CommonsSITC found the #OnlineSafetyAct doesn't address the algorithmic amplification of misinformation used to fuel harm during the unrest last summer.
Read @onlinehyphen’s piece on how the same X accounts still target UK Muslims: hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
Read @onlinehyphen’s piece on how the same X accounts still target UK Muslims: hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
End Wokeness: Riot-fuelling X account still targeting Muslims
US-based X account identified by MPs as a key player in spreading disinformation ahead of 2024's violence. Then it started another pile-on
hyphenonline.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In July, @CommonsSITC found the #OnlineSafetyAct doesn't address the algorithmic amplification of misinformation used to fuel harm during the unrest last summer.
Read @onlinehyphen’s piece on how the same X accounts still target UK Muslims: hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
Read @onlinehyphen’s piece on how the same X accounts still target UK Muslims: hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
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Full report from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for @hyphenonline.com 👇
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End Wokeness: Riot-fuelling X account still targeting Muslims
US-based X account identified by MPs as a key player in spreading disinformation ahead of 2024's violence. Then it started another pile-on
hyphenonline.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Full report from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social for @hyphenonline.com 👇
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Reposted by Lucas Cumiskey
X accounts that fuelled the 2024 riots with disinformation are still targeting prominent British Muslims.
Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
Illo: Michelle Thompson
hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
Illo: Michelle Thompson
hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
End Wokeness: Riot-fuelling X account still targeting Muslims
US-based X account identified by MPs as a key player in spreading disinformation ahead of 2024's violence. Then it started another pile-on
hyphenonline.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
X accounts that fuelled the 2024 riots with disinformation are still targeting prominent British Muslims.
Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
Illo: Michelle Thompson
hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
Former equalities minister Anneliese Dodds warns she’s ‘very concerned’ by their ‘hate-filled rhetoric’.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
Illo: Michelle Thompson
hyphenonline.com/2025/07/30/e...
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Last night, MPs voted to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group whilst colleagues a few corridors away heard harrowing accounts from doctors of Gaza’s healthcare collapse.
@lucascumiskey.bsky.social reports⬇️
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@lucascumiskey.bsky.social reports⬇️
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MPs banned Palestine Action while doctors told parliament of Gaza horrors
Vote to proscribe direct action group came as medics a few corridors away spoke of the Gaza healthcare system’s collapse under Israeli bombing
hyphenonline.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Last night, MPs voted to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group whilst colleagues a few corridors away heard harrowing accounts from doctors of Gaza’s healthcare collapse.
@lucascumiskey.bsky.social reports⬇️
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@lucascumiskey.bsky.social reports⬇️
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🌹NEW: A major survey of Muslim Labour politicians has warned the ‘historic ties’ between Muslims and the party are at ‘breaking point’, with more than half of those surveyed saying the govt has represented their communities badly hyphenonline.com/2025/06/05/l...
Relationship between Labour and Muslims ‘at breaking point’ — internal survey
Labour Muslim Network surveyed hundreds of MPs, councillors and mayors and found most were critical of party’s handling of Islamophobia and Gaza
hyphenonline.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🌹NEW: A major survey of Muslim Labour politicians has warned the ‘historic ties’ between Muslims and the party are at ‘breaking point’, with more than half of those surveyed saying the govt has represented their communities badly hyphenonline.com/2025/06/05/l...
🌹 Exclusive: Some 155,000 more Muslim children are affected by the two-child benefit cap than previously thought
@hyphenonline.com's findings have sparked calls from Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network for ministers to axe policy 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
@hyphenonline.com's findings have sparked calls from Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network for ministers to axe policy 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
155,000 more Muslim kids affected by two-child benefit cap than thought
Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings
hyphenonline.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🌹 Exclusive: Some 155,000 more Muslim children are affected by the two-child benefit cap than previously thought
@hyphenonline.com's findings have sparked calls from Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network for ministers to axe policy 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
@hyphenonline.com's findings have sparked calls from Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network for ministers to axe policy 👇 hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: 150k more Muslim kids are affected by the two-child benefit cap than thought.
Muslims are the worst hit faith group, with 744,863 kids living in 3+ child households.
Pressure mounting on the government to reconsider.
hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
Muslims are the worst hit faith group, with 744,863 kids living in 3+ child households.
Pressure mounting on the government to reconsider.
hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
155,000 more Muslim kids affected by two-child benefit cap than thought
Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings
hyphenonline.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🔴 EXCLUSIVE from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: 150k more Muslim kids are affected by the two-child benefit cap than thought.
Muslims are the worst hit faith group, with 744,863 kids living in 3+ child households.
Pressure mounting on the government to reconsider.
hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
Muslims are the worst hit faith group, with 744,863 kids living in 3+ child households.
Pressure mounting on the government to reconsider.
hyphenonline.com/2025/06/02/t...
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@greenparty.org.uk housing lead @elliechowns.bsky.social grills the government in parliament over findings from Hyphen's investigation that laid bare the dearth of social rent homes approved during Labour’s first six months in power.
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Minister grilled over ‘concerning’ Hyphen investigation into social homes
Green party housing lead Ellie Chowns took Labour’s Matthew Pennycook to task during debate on planning and infrastructure bill
hyphenonline.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@greenparty.org.uk housing lead @elliechowns.bsky.social grills the government in parliament over findings from Hyphen's investigation that laid bare the dearth of social rent homes approved during Labour’s first six months in power.
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🏠 The @greenparty.org.uk’s housing lead @elliechowns.bsky.social has grilled the government in parliament over findings from our @hyphenonline.com social rent homes investigation 👇
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Minister grilled over ‘concerning’ Hyphen investigation into social homes
Green party housing lead Ellie Chowns took Labour’s Matthew Pennycook to task during debate on planning and infrastructure bill
hyphenonline.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🏠 The @greenparty.org.uk’s housing lead @elliechowns.bsky.social has grilled the government in parliament over findings from our @hyphenonline.com social rent homes investigation 👇
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🔴Exclusive: over half of England’s councils approved zero homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by Hyphen suggest.
Lib Dem MP Gideon Amos described our findings as 'deeply concerning'.
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Lib Dem MP Gideon Amos described our findings as 'deeply concerning'.
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Just 6% of homes approved in Labour’s first six months were for social rent
Data from 119 English councils shows that council houses made up just 6% of planning approvals in Labour’s first half-year in office
hyphenonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🔴Exclusive: over half of England’s councils approved zero homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by Hyphen suggest.
Lib Dem MP Gideon Amos described our findings as 'deeply concerning'.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
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Lib Dem MP Gideon Amos described our findings as 'deeply concerning'.
✍🏻 @lucascumiskey.bsky.social
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...
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🔴 Big exclusive leading Hyphen this morning – data from 119 councils shows half didn't greenlight a SINGLE social rent home in Labour's first six months.
Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k.
Full story here 👇
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Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k.
Full story here 👇
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...
Just 6% of homes approved in Labour’s first six months were for social rent
Data from 119 English councils shows that council houses made up just 6% of planning approvals in Labour’s first half-year in office
hyphenonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🔴 Big exclusive leading Hyphen this morning – data from 119 councils shows half didn't greenlight a SINGLE social rent home in Labour's first six months.
Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k.
Full story here 👇
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...
Some of these councils have waiting lists for social housing well over 10k.
Full story here 👇
hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...
🔴 Exclusive: More than half of England’s councils did not approve the building of any homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by @hyphenonline.com suggest
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Just 6% of homes approved in Labour’s first six months were for social rent
Data from 119 English councils shows that council houses made up just 6% of planning approvals in Labour’s first half-year in office
hyphenonline.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔴 Exclusive: More than half of England’s councils did not approve the building of any homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by @hyphenonline.com suggest
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🚨Exclusive: A Tory candidate in next week’s local elections once shared a platform with Enoch Powell and was turfed out of the party after handing out an anti-immigration pamphlet referring to “civil war” in Bradford, @hyphenonline.com can reveal hyphenonline.com/2025/04/25/n...
Revealed: Yorkshire Tory council hopeful once shared stage with Enoch Powell
Murphy was kicked out of the Conservative party in 1989 after handing out anti-immigration leaflets warning of a ‘civil war’ in Bradford
hyphenonline.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨Exclusive: A Tory candidate in next week’s local elections once shared a platform with Enoch Powell and was turfed out of the party after handing out an anti-immigration pamphlet referring to “civil war” in Bradford, @hyphenonline.com can reveal hyphenonline.com/2025/04/25/n...
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🔴 EXC on @hyphenonline.com from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: a Muslim civil servants' group that was suspended and smeared by the deputy PM over allegations of pro-Palestine lobbying was later found to have done nothing wrong. Instead of apologising, the government tried to cover up the result.
March 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🔴 EXC on @hyphenonline.com from @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: a Muslim civil servants' group that was suspended and smeared by the deputy PM over allegations of pro-Palestine lobbying was later found to have done nothing wrong. Instead of apologising, the government tried to cover up the result.
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Civil Service Muslim Network cleared of Gaza lobbying claims - Hyphen hyphenonline.com/2025/03/26/c...
@mohammedshafiq.bsky.social, chair of #PCS national Black members’ committee, represented the now exonerated civil servant during the investigation.
@mohammedshafiq.bsky.social, chair of #PCS national Black members’ committee, represented the now exonerated civil servant during the investigation.
Civil Service Muslim Network cleared of Gaza lobbying claims
Call for apology over Tory government CSMN suspension
hyphenonline.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Civil Service Muslim Network cleared of Gaza lobbying claims - Hyphen hyphenonline.com/2025/03/26/c...
@mohammedshafiq.bsky.social, chair of #PCS national Black members’ committee, represented the now exonerated civil servant during the investigation.
@mohammedshafiq.bsky.social, chair of #PCS national Black members’ committee, represented the now exonerated civil servant during the investigation.
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I wrote about ginger for @hyphenonline.com as part of a series on spices. Did you know it's mentioned in the Quran and was a luxury item in Europe throughout medieval times?
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Ginger, a history: from ancient luxury item to spice rack staple
How a fragrant root from Asia found its way to biscuit tins all over the world
hyphenonline.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I wrote about ginger for @hyphenonline.com as part of a series on spices. Did you know it's mentioned in the Quran and was a luxury item in Europe throughout medieval times?
hyphenonline.com/2025/03/25/g...
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