WinchesterLunch 🇺🇦
@winchesterlunch.bsky.social
Work in IT but also write historical novels. #1 bestseller debut published by Harper Collins - https://amzn.eu/d/ceHuLT7
London Irish. You can take the girl out of Cricklewood but you can't etc
London Irish. You can take the girl out of Cricklewood but you can't etc
Another weekend of fireworks ffs.
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Another weekend of fireworks ffs.
Aargh! Got my first (and probably last, they'll never invite me back) book club event on Thursday and they've just sent me the questions. They're also doing a quiz about the book - what if I, the author, get all the answers wrong?
Excited and also mildly alarmed by it all.
Excited and also mildly alarmed by it all.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Aargh! Got my first (and probably last, they'll never invite me back) book club event on Thursday and they've just sent me the questions. They're also doing a quiz about the book - what if I, the author, get all the answers wrong?
Excited and also mildly alarmed by it all.
Excited and also mildly alarmed by it all.
Does Beth Rigby ever stop interrupting? It’s almost constant - asks person a question and she talking over them before they’ve even said one word in response. I’m sure she used to be better than this.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Does Beth Rigby ever stop interrupting? It’s almost constant - asks person a question and she talking over them before they’ve even said one word in response. I’m sure she used to be better than this.
Sat here at the emergency dentist waiting for an emergency wisdom tooth extraction. Agitation level 8/10
Woman opposite is reading a coffee table style book of gardening by Monty Don.
Great day so far 🙄
Woman opposite is reading a coffee table style book of gardening by Monty Don.
Great day so far 🙄
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Sat here at the emergency dentist waiting for an emergency wisdom tooth extraction. Agitation level 8/10
Woman opposite is reading a coffee table style book of gardening by Monty Don.
Great day so far 🙄
Woman opposite is reading a coffee table style book of gardening by Monty Don.
Great day so far 🙄
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Good lord.
Also, genuinely interesting thread for someone who knows zero about graphic design.
Also, genuinely interesting thread for someone who knows zero about graphic design.
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good lord.
Also, genuinely interesting thread for someone who knows zero about graphic design.
Also, genuinely interesting thread for someone who knows zero about graphic design.
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They invented Warhammer in 1983 by looking out the window.
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
They invented Warhammer in 1983 by looking out the window.
Go on, Ed. Drag him.
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Go on, Ed. Drag him.
Lewis Goodall not holding back on The News Agents. Absolutely grim experience for him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Lewis Goodall not holding back on The News Agents. Absolutely grim experience for him.
I’ve got 4,5 and 6 on permanent loop at the moment. Mainly 6.
November 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I’ve got 4,5 and 6 on permanent loop at the moment. Mainly 6.
Hopefully someone can help me. It's a dashi miso issue. I've got dashi stock, and dashi miso paste, but the recipe says make dashi then add miso. What's that about - do I make some dashi stock then separately add miso paste? I've dashi miso paste, not miso paste.
Very confused.
Very confused.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hopefully someone can help me. It's a dashi miso issue. I've got dashi stock, and dashi miso paste, but the recipe says make dashi then add miso. What's that about - do I make some dashi stock then separately add miso paste? I've dashi miso paste, not miso paste.
Very confused.
Very confused.
I saw this film when I was probably too young and it gave me a lifelong fear of very black eyes (pupils, not bruises). I was terrified for weeks after and even recently, after having those eyedrops that enlarge your pupils, I was wary about accidentally looking in a mirror for the next three hours
Sat Nov 8, 9pm, @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, Murder by Decree pits Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson vs Jack the Ripper and an establishment plot to cover up the sex-crimes of the British royal family. 4/5. #TPTVsubtitles
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Murder by Decree - film-authority.com
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October 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I saw this film when I was probably too young and it gave me a lifelong fear of very black eyes (pupils, not bruises). I was terrified for weeks after and even recently, after having those eyedrops that enlarge your pupils, I was wary about accidentally looking in a mirror for the next three hours
This interview on Sky right now is so depressing. Jess Philips is so clearly the next target for the rw. And the grooming inquiry only came about because of opposition pressure. Fml.
They’re backing Rupert Lowe to fix it instead. I could weep.
They’re backing Rupert Lowe to fix it instead. I could weep.
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This interview on Sky right now is so depressing. Jess Philips is so clearly the next target for the rw. And the grooming inquiry only came about because of opposition pressure. Fml.
They’re backing Rupert Lowe to fix it instead. I could weep.
They’re backing Rupert Lowe to fix it instead. I could weep.
Why had I never heard of Black Monday 1360 before? Straight into the second book, no messing.
Why is this not better known - it sounds completely terrifying!
Why is this not better known - it sounds completely terrifying!
October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Why had I never heard of Black Monday 1360 before? Straight into the second book, no messing.
Why is this not better known - it sounds completely terrifying!
Why is this not better known - it sounds completely terrifying!
Am I alone in watching Lidia Poet on Netflix? Series 1 was ok but 2 is proving highly entertaining.
Also - if you like frocks the costumes are amazing (no idea if they’re authentic, the 1880s are not my period).
Also - if you like frocks the costumes are amazing (no idea if they’re authentic, the 1880s are not my period).
October 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Am I alone in watching Lidia Poet on Netflix? Series 1 was ok but 2 is proving highly entertaining.
Also - if you like frocks the costumes are amazing (no idea if they’re authentic, the 1880s are not my period).
Also - if you like frocks the costumes are amazing (no idea if they’re authentic, the 1880s are not my period).
accidentally left the freezer door ajar for an hour. After what happened to the boiler yesterday beginning to feel like my domestic appliances are trying to kill me.
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
accidentally left the freezer door ajar for an hour. After what happened to the boiler yesterday beginning to feel like my domestic appliances are trying to kill me.
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I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I dust my house. My AI Robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
Courtesy of @showerabsolute.bsky.social * I tried some of those San Nicasia or whateverthey'recalled crisps and now I can't stop eating them.
Honestly thought that crisps marked "olive oil" flavour would be a bit meh but they are a revelation.
*I think that's who recommended them anyway...
Honestly thought that crisps marked "olive oil" flavour would be a bit meh but they are a revelation.
*I think that's who recommended them anyway...
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Courtesy of @showerabsolute.bsky.social * I tried some of those San Nicasia or whateverthey'recalled crisps and now I can't stop eating them.
Honestly thought that crisps marked "olive oil" flavour would be a bit meh but they are a revelation.
*I think that's who recommended them anyway...
Honestly thought that crisps marked "olive oil" flavour would be a bit meh but they are a revelation.
*I think that's who recommended them anyway...
Flu jabbed!!
Love me a good dose of vaccine.
Love me a good dose of vaccine.
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Flu jabbed!!
Love me a good dose of vaccine.
Love me a good dose of vaccine.
Any of you people who know how to cook got any (easy) ideas for a savoy cabbage side dish?
I was going to fry it in butter with maybe some caraway seed but that's all I ever do so bit bored with it.
I was going to fry it in butter with maybe some caraway seed but that's all I ever do so bit bored with it.
October 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Any of you people who know how to cook got any (easy) ideas for a savoy cabbage side dish?
I was going to fry it in butter with maybe some caraway seed but that's all I ever do so bit bored with it.
I was going to fry it in butter with maybe some caraway seed but that's all I ever do so bit bored with it.
Didn’t care for the Rich Tea anecdote
September 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Didn’t care for the Rich Tea anecdote
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Writing fiction in the third person past tense is starting to feel as stubbornly anachronistic as making studio sitcoms with a laughter track.
September 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Writing fiction in the third person past tense is starting to feel as stubbornly anachronistic as making studio sitcoms with a laughter track.
Vast improvement on Steve Brine here in Winchester. When Chambers posts it's usually about stuff he's doing, either this or driving a truck to Ukraine. When Brine used to post he was snarky and rude then got in a strop and went off on one.
Thousand of puppies & kittens smuggled by criminal gangs across Europe in the back of vans & sold in the UK for profit, with no care for their welfare. Well, no more! Thanks to the support of my @libdems.org.uk colleagues, we got my Animal Welfare Bill through Parliament.
youtube.com/shorts/M9ptP...
youtube.com/shorts/M9ptP...
Vet MP passes Animal Welfare Bill to stop abusers
YouTube video by Danny Chambers
youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Vast improvement on Steve Brine here in Winchester. When Chambers posts it's usually about stuff he's doing, either this or driving a truck to Ukraine. When Brine used to post he was snarky and rude then got in a strop and went off on one.
I had to take a paracetamol this morning. How long have I got left?
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I had to take a paracetamol this morning. How long have I got left?
Would be up for reading some Thirty Years Wars discourse. Favourite bit me A level, that.
can we at least start litigating some different wars? somebody do some wars of the roses posting, that could tie up the timeline for at least two years, you can cross the streams with GoT posting and really deep fry some brain worms
I love how at least once a month we litigate WWII on this website
September 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Would be up for reading some Thirty Years Wars discourse. Favourite bit me A level, that.