Marina O'Loughlin
@marinaoloughlin.bsky.social
Fingers in many pies
Re Penn: Danny Leigh in @financialtimes.com um nails it
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Re Penn: Danny Leigh in @financialtimes.com um nails it
Me in today's @ftweekend.com on the joy of the small restaurant. Feat. Dublin's Bar Pez, Simon Rogan's Aulis and the legend that is Andrew Edmunds
on.ft.com/3Xvn0tP
on.ft.com/3Xvn0tP
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Me in today's @ftweekend.com on the joy of the small restaurant. Feat. Dublin's Bar Pez, Simon Rogan's Aulis and the legend that is Andrew Edmunds
on.ft.com/3Xvn0tP
on.ft.com/3Xvn0tP
Have walked past this umpteen times yet never heard a word about it. Soho. Anyone?
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Have walked past this umpteen times yet never heard a word about it. Soho. Anyone?
...and here's the culprit that kicked me over the edge into full Lady Bracknell mode
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
...and here's the culprit that kicked me over the edge into full Lady Bracknell mode
Taken at Gatwick a couple of days ago. Sigh
September 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Taken at Gatwick a couple of days ago. Sigh
Bought this chap at auction by mistake. Thought he was tiny and had no idea that he MOVES. Couldn't love him more
August 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Bought this chap at auction by mistake. Thought he was tiny and had no idea that he MOVES. Couldn't love him more
Also THIS happened when I just Googled The Last of Us
😱😱😱
😱😱😱
August 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Also THIS happened when I just Googled The Last of Us
😱😱😱
😱😱😱
Mildly* creeped out by big plant having sprouted mushrooms seemingly overnight
*VERY. Post The Last Of Us, are they coming to get me while I sleep??
*VERY. Post The Last Of Us, are they coming to get me while I sleep??
August 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Mildly* creeped out by big plant having sprouted mushrooms seemingly overnight
*VERY. Post The Last Of Us, are they coming to get me while I sleep??
*VERY. Post The Last Of Us, are they coming to get me while I sleep??
please help me celebrate my ability to write something and not only forget that I wrote it, but all the learned shit therein
Sigh. I love tacos
archive.ph/vqGvZ
Sigh. I love tacos
archive.ph/vqGvZ
August 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
please help me celebrate my ability to write something and not only forget that I wrote it, but all the learned shit therein
Sigh. I love tacos
archive.ph/vqGvZ
Sigh. I love tacos
archive.ph/vqGvZ
One Club Row in Shoreditch is a blast - every which way. Fun menu, crowd, pianist, divine staff 🍸🍸🍸
July 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
One Club Row in Shoreditch is a blast - every which way. Fun menu, crowd, pianist, divine staff 🍸🍸🍸
July 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Someone asked grok for recommendations for cookery people.
(SO wrong, but I might adopt Fried Dough Queen)
(SO wrong, but I might adopt Fried Dough Queen)
July 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Someone asked grok for recommendations for cookery people.
(SO wrong, but I might adopt Fried Dough Queen)
(SO wrong, but I might adopt Fried Dough Queen)
D'you think I might get arrested for saying obliterate the whole bloody lot of em?
July 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
D'you think I might get arrested for saying obliterate the whole bloody lot of em?
Why is this so uniquely enraging? Listening to sodding Tik Tok on loudspeaker?? It makes me go POSTAL
June 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Why is this so uniquely enraging? Listening to sodding Tik Tok on loudspeaker?? It makes me go POSTAL
Shut the car door on my phone. Screen looks like this - totally unresponsive. Has it totally had it, do we think?
June 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Shut the car door on my phone. Screen looks like this - totally unresponsive. Has it totally had it, do we think?
National Restaurant Awards: The Ritz is the best restaurant the UK
Me 7 years ago: ya think?
archive.ph/Zw3Bj
Me 7 years ago: ya think?
archive.ph/Zw3Bj
June 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
National Restaurant Awards: The Ritz is the best restaurant the UK
Me 7 years ago: ya think?
archive.ph/Zw3Bj
Me 7 years ago: ya think?
archive.ph/Zw3Bj
Arrived senza incidente to little more than a gentle smoky parp
June 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Arrived senza incidente to little more than a gentle smoky parp
The artisan preparing my local delicacy
May 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The artisan preparing my local delicacy
Move over madeleines
May 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Move over madeleines
I've never empathised more with a Reddit post. Those chuggers infesting Farringdon are a menace
May 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I've never empathised more with a Reddit post. Those chuggers infesting Farringdon are a menace
Cold asparagus tonnato - what a move Quality Wines
May 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Cold asparagus tonnato - what a move Quality Wines
Very much in the spirit of @thefence.bsky.social - here's its editor reading my review of Keith McNally's memoir in the belly of the actual beast
May 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very much in the spirit of @thefence.bsky.social - here's its editor reading my review of Keith McNally's memoir in the belly of the actual beast
I have just eaten this wax-capped pear and some supermarché Roquefort and I'm hear to tell you I've never in my life eaten anything so perfect
May 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have just eaten this wax-capped pear and some supermarché Roquefort and I'm hear to tell you I've never in my life eaten anything so perfect