Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon
@lucyantal.bsky.social
Cook, occasional writer, campaigner for fair food access for all. https://finom.home.blog/
Pottering to make this from yesterdays’s @guardian
House is scented with toffee apples.
House is scented with toffee apples.
November 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Pottering to make this from yesterdays’s @guardian
House is scented with toffee apples.
House is scented with toffee apples.
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Searching for a gift for the food/social history buff this Christmas? How about a signed copy of one of my books?
I have all 4 in stock - and there's currently 25% off A Dark History of Sugar at the moment.
More information here:
britishfoodhistory.com/books/
I have all 4 in stock - and there's currently 25% off A Dark History of Sugar at the moment.
More information here:
britishfoodhistory.com/books/
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Searching for a gift for the food/social history buff this Christmas? How about a signed copy of one of my books?
I have all 4 in stock - and there's currently 25% off A Dark History of Sugar at the moment.
More information here:
britishfoodhistory.com/books/
I have all 4 in stock - and there's currently 25% off A Dark History of Sugar at the moment.
More information here:
britishfoodhistory.com/books/
Which path?
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Which path?
Tree twine
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Tree twine
This to infinity. Why are our Home Office Ministers incapable of understanding this?
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This to infinity. Why are our Home Office Ministers incapable of understanding this?
Watching Judgement at Nuremberg . Incredible performances by Montgomery Clift & Judy Garland, playing against type.
a woman is covering her mouth with her hand in a black and white photo
Alt: Judy Garland is covering her mouth with her hand in a black and white photo
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watching Judgement at Nuremberg . Incredible performances by Montgomery Clift & Judy Garland, playing against type.
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It’s hard to overstate how awful this is.
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
It’s hard to overstate how awful this is.
After yesterday’s hoolie, it’s weirdly still & quiet.
November 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
After yesterday’s hoolie, it’s weirdly still & quiet.
It’s crumpet weather. I go tandsmør with salted butter & a little honey. What’s your topping of choice?
four pancakes are being cooked in a pan on a stove
Alt: five crumpets are being cooked in a pan on a stove
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November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s crumpet weather. I go tandsmør with salted butter & a little honey. What’s your topping of choice?
Candles lit against the gloom.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Candles lit against the gloom.
Dreich day. Cannot wait to get home & huddle.
a black and white photo of rain drops on a window
Alt: a black and white photo of rain drops on a window
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November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Dreich day. Cannot wait to get home & huddle.
Not pretty. But tasty. Radicchio, pear, walnut, blue cheese, garlic.
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Not pretty. But tasty. Radicchio, pear, walnut, blue cheese, garlic.
First world problems, but GOD people who claim something on Freecycle, then ghost you about collecting REALLY hack me off.
a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .
Alt: a little girl in a red and purple dress is angrily gesturing with a brush .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
First world problems, but GOD people who claim something on Freecycle, then ghost you about collecting REALLY hack me off.
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If you think (correctly) that tech bros and Nazis ruined journalism and politics why are you still on X or Substack
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you think (correctly) that tech bros and Nazis ruined journalism and politics why are you still on X or Substack
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Can you trademark a word as generic as “vegetable”? Good article on the debacle of Bloomsbury halting the release of Yasmin Khan’s Sabzi, following a threat by a deli of the same name who claimed the trademark. Literally a billion people use the word “sabzi” daily, common to more than one language.
A Cornish deli trademarked a word for vegetables – and all hell broke loose
When a Cornish deli claims to ‘own’ a Farsi word spoken by a billion people, and a book with the same name disappears from Amazon, something’s gone badly wrong. Hannah Twiggs asks what this latest fig...
www.the-independent.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Can you trademark a word as generic as “vegetable”? Good article on the debacle of Bloomsbury halting the release of Yasmin Khan’s Sabzi, following a threat by a deli of the same name who claimed the trademark. Literally a billion people use the word “sabzi” daily, common to more than one language.
Still colours hanging on in the walled garden. No filters used!
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Still colours hanging on in the walled garden. No filters used!
Sepia sun.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Sepia sun.
I have made kheer. I wanted basic beeyatch rice pudding, but pudding rice was not to be had. So saffron & cardamom basmati rice pudding with sultanas & almonds it is. Nice.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I have made kheer. I wanted basic beeyatch rice pudding, but pudding rice was not to be had. So saffron & cardamom basmati rice pudding with sultanas & almonds it is. Nice.
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Our first official newsletter went out last week. And if you’re not on the mailing list you can read it here.
Make sure you don’t miss the next one, email sales@netherton-foundry.co.uk and we’ll do the rest.
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Netherton-ne...
Try it, you might like it!
Make sure you don’t miss the next one, email sales@netherton-foundry.co.uk and we’ll do the rest.
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Netherton-ne...
Try it, you might like it!
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our first official newsletter went out last week. And if you’re not on the mailing list you can read it here.
Make sure you don’t miss the next one, email sales@netherton-foundry.co.uk and we’ll do the rest.
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Netherton-ne...
Try it, you might like it!
Make sure you don’t miss the next one, email sales@netherton-foundry.co.uk and we’ll do the rest.
www.netherton-foundry.co.uk/Netherton-ne...
Try it, you might like it!
Rest of world: ooh look! Solar magnetic storm. Northern lights!
Liverpool: it’s throwing it down with heavy cloud cover.
Liverpool: it’s throwing it down with heavy cloud cover.
a pair of white circles with holes in the middle on a black background .
Alt: a pair of eyes in the middle on a black background .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rest of world: ooh look! Solar magnetic storm. Northern lights!
Liverpool: it’s throwing it down with heavy cloud cover.
Liverpool: it’s throwing it down with heavy cloud cover.
Reposted by Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon
Not enough attention is given to the partners of male poets.
“James’s note continued, rambling, arrogant, scared, mediocre as always. Yes. he had lots more to say.”
timwrite.net/the-poets-wi...
“James’s note continued, rambling, arrogant, scared, mediocre as always. Yes. he had lots more to say.”
timwrite.net/the-poets-wi...
The poet’s wife writes
I became intensely jealous about exactly what was happening during those lunches.
timwrite.net
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not enough attention is given to the partners of male poets.
“James’s note continued, rambling, arrogant, scared, mediocre as always. Yes. he had lots more to say.”
timwrite.net/the-poets-wi...
“James’s note continued, rambling, arrogant, scared, mediocre as always. Yes. he had lots more to say.”
timwrite.net/the-poets-wi...
Doing well. Left house & car keys in front door. From 1pm yesterday.
a man is covering his mouth with his hands and the word schitts creek is on the bottom right
Alt: a man is covering his mouth with his hands and the word schitts creek is on the bottom right
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November 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Doing well. Left house & car keys in front door. From 1pm yesterday.
I made a hearty soup using the leftovers from my friend’s Sunday dinner Greek lemon, lamb & potato dish. Very comforting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I made a hearty soup using the leftovers from my friend’s Sunday dinner Greek lemon, lamb & potato dish. Very comforting.
Happy cake day to @bad-girls-bad-boy.bsky.social
cookie monster is standing in front of a cake and says cake
Alt: cookie monster is standing in front of a cake and says cake
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November 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Happy cake day to @bad-girls-bad-boy.bsky.social