@mathewparry.bsky.social
Currently of Vancouver, BC. Formerly of California and Wales. Locations are where it's at! Best wet. 🌈 #Venice
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My first post. They don't come better than this retweet.
Just absolutely adorable. ❤️
Hector's House began airing in the UK on this day in 1968 (it was redubbed from the original French series La Maison de Toutou).
September 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just absolutely adorable. ❤️
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
My good girl. ♥️
September 3, 2025 at 4:45 AM
My good girl. ♥️
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Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
www.cbc.ca
August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.
Donna Hay’s charred, roasted broccoli and halloumi. Forgot to take an after picture, but it looked satisfyingly like the shot in the book.
August 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Donna Hay’s charred, roasted broccoli and halloumi. Forgot to take an after picture, but it looked satisfyingly like the shot in the book.
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Ah Janey, your country needs you now...
Remember what Scotland thinks of Trump. Janey Godley got into some “good trouble” back in the day with a sign that said it all.
July 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ah Janey, your country needs you now...
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We did it. We’ve rescued St James’s, Llangua in Monmouthshire. In this short video, our Director, Rachel Morley, shares a quick overview of this remarkable project.
June 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We did it. We’ve rescued St James’s, Llangua in Monmouthshire. In this short video, our Director, Rachel Morley, shares a quick overview of this remarkable project.
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Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio https://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/grand-canal-looking-east-from-the-campo-san-vio-1723
June 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Grand Canal, Looking East from the Campo San Vio https://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/grand-canal-looking-east-from-the-campo-san-vio-1723
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This is the last thing the BBC needs
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is the last thing the BBC needs
Top of the Pops (13th June 1985). Today's show kicks off with Scritti Politti and The Word Girl.
June 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
@monicacesarato.bsky.social It was lovely to watch you on board my Air Canada flight from London to Vancouver a few days ago. See you in #Venice soon.
June 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@monicacesarato.bsky.social It was lovely to watch you on board my Air Canada flight from London to Vancouver a few days ago. See you in #Venice soon.
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The most british opening to a recipe:
Method
1. Put the kettle on,
Method
1. Put the kettle on,
#RecipeOfTheDay is Chocolate Pudding! Not only does it provide profound pleasure, but it’s also divinely quick and easy to make. True, it does need setting time in the fridge, though I have to tell you that eating it warm from the pan is an enticing option www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
Chocolate Pudding
We're talking pure, all-encompassing bliss. When you eat this cooled, it is like chocolate satin cream and almost shocking in its pleasurable intensity. But I love it straight out of the pan, too, whe...
www.nigella.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The most british opening to a recipe:
Method
1. Put the kettle on,
Method
1. Put the kettle on,
As we say what goes behind closed rush hour doors goes on the internet . Our forever farm friends starting the day stress free and with freedom
May 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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One of the many reasons Nigella will always reign supreme!
I am completely here for this response 😆
#DomesticGoddess
I am completely here for this response 😆
#DomesticGoddess
As many people have noticed – but let me point it for those who are having problems – all recipes on nigella.com come with a toggle to change metric to US measures and ingredients.
PS Tinned tomatoes, anchovies, olives, capers and spaghetti are not, I believe – even in America – difficult to find
PS Tinned tomatoes, anchovies, olives, capers and spaghetti are not, I believe – even in America – difficult to find
If you love translating grams into ounces and trying to find Nigella's ingredients in a store, you'll love this recipe. C'mon, Nigella, give us a break!
April 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One of the many reasons Nigella will always reign supreme!
I am completely here for this response 😆
#DomesticGoddess
I am completely here for this response 😆
#DomesticGoddess
📣Call for Papers📣 Lying in Legend and Tradition: The Nineteenth Legendary Weekend of The Folklore Society will be held on Saturday 6th - Sunday 7th September 2025 at Tullie House, Carlisle. Submission deadline: 1st July 2025. folklore-society.com/event/lying-...
Lying in Legend and Tradition: Call for Papers - The Folklore Society
Lies, liars and lying in legend and tradition are the subject of our 19th Legendary Weekend, 6-7 Sept, Tullie House, Carlisle. Come and join us!
folklore-society.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
📣Call for Papers📣 ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’. The Ninth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ joint seminar of The Royal Anthropological Institute & The Folklore Society, Thurs 23 Oct 2025. Proposal deadline 30 Jun 2025. folklore-society.com/blog-post/ca...
Call for Papers: ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’ - The Folklore Society
Call for Papers: ‘Revisiting Oral Narrative: Anthropology, Folklore and History’Ninth ‘Folklore and Anthropology in Conversation’ Symposium Joint SeminarThe Folklore Society and The Royal Anthropologi...
folklore-society.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Triumphant lilies top this exuberant display of flowers from 1670 by Jan de Heem. It's his birthday.
April 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Triumphant lilies top this exuberant display of flowers from 1670 by Jan de Heem. It's his birthday.
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
This is from a comedy sketch show, right?
Wait, it’s not!?
Wait, it’s not!?
Jackson County TN Christian nationalist Pastor Andrew Isker is apparently afraid that TSA scanners will make him become attracted to men - so he chooses a personal pat-down instead.
April 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is from a comedy sketch show, right?
Wait, it’s not!?
Wait, it’s not!?
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Let them eat turnips.
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
April 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let them eat turnips.
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Venetian Canal https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12457
April 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Venetian Canal https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12457
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Grand Canal Between the Palazzo Bembo and the Palazzo Vendramin https://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/grand-canal-between-the-palazzo-bembo-and-the-palazzo-vendramin
April 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Grand Canal Between the Palazzo Bembo and the Palazzo Vendramin https://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/grand-canal-between-the-palazzo-bembo-and-the-palazzo-vendramin