Suzanne Raine
@suzanneraine.bsky.social
Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge; Visiting Professor KCL; Trustee of IWM, RUSI and IBCC Lincolnshire. Before that the FCO.
HMS Belfast, plucky hero of the Battle of the North Cape where she played a key role in the sinking of the Scharnhorst, fired a VE Day salute in London at 3pm this afternoon.
May 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
HMS Belfast, plucky hero of the Battle of the North Cape where she played a key role in the sinking of the Scharnhorst, fired a VE Day salute in London at 3pm this afternoon.
You'd love the Black Church in Braşov
April 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You'd love the Black Church in Braşov
Stunning design of the theatre in Braşov, Romania.
April 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Stunning design of the theatre in Braşov, Romania.
Things are looking peachy in England today. Can't beat a great British train journey @murielzagha.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Things are looking peachy in England today. Can't beat a great British train journey @murielzagha.bsky.social
Reading The Towers of Trebizond, by Rose Macaulay, published 1956. Aunt Dot and the Reverend Chantry-Pigg have just been to Russia and offered their views on democracy. In case of any doubt it's a satire.
February 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Reading The Towers of Trebizond, by Rose Macaulay, published 1956. Aunt Dot and the Reverend Chantry-Pigg have just been to Russia and offered their views on democracy. In case of any doubt it's a satire.
This is what happens when for some reason you've never been able to get your head around kgs and don't do online grocery shopping very often @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This is what happens when for some reason you've never been able to get your head around kgs and don't do online grocery shopping very often @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
It's almost time for making marmalade. @garlicandpearls.bsky.social have done some exploration around the theme for you this week. What lies behind this shortcut symbol for Britishness?
January 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
It's almost time for making marmalade. @garlicandpearls.bsky.social have done some exploration around the theme for you this week. What lies behind this shortcut symbol for Britishness?
Is it a cake? Is it a pie? Only @murielzagha.bsky.social has the answer. The Christmas Corkers are over but we're still celebrating Christmas with this most ancient of French traditions.
Spotify: spoti.fi/4gQWzGS
Apple: apple.co/3Dw67IS
Spotify: spoti.fi/4gQWzGS
Apple: apple.co/3Dw67IS
December 27, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Is it a cake? Is it a pie? Only @murielzagha.bsky.social has the answer. The Christmas Corkers are over but we're still celebrating Christmas with this most ancient of French traditions.
Spotify: spoti.fi/4gQWzGS
Apple: apple.co/3Dw67IS
Spotify: spoti.fi/4gQWzGS
Apple: apple.co/3Dw67IS
Day Three of Garlic & Pearls Christmas Corkers and look what @murielzagha.bsky.social got! What's not to love about a cracker? @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Day Three of Garlic & Pearls Christmas Corkers and look what @murielzagha.bsky.social got! What's not to love about a cracker? @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
Have you booked tickets to your local Panto yet? Perhaps you are in one? @murielzagha.bsky.social opens her mind to new, British, artistic horizons in this pre-Christmas edition of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social to get you in the festive mood.
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December 20, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Have you booked tickets to your local Panto yet? Perhaps you are in one? @murielzagha.bsky.social opens her mind to new, British, artistic horizons in this pre-Christmas edition of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social to get you in the festive mood.
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apple.co/4iI0OWT
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Eau de Cologne du Coq by Guerlain. I found this bottle on the Danish island of Fanø and asked @murielzagha.bsky.social to tell me its story. I couldn't have imagined quite such an exotic tale. To find out more listen to this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Eau de Cologne du Coq by Guerlain. I found this bottle on the Danish island of Fanø and asked @murielzagha.bsky.social to tell me its story. I couldn't have imagined quite such an exotic tale. To find out more listen to this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
St Lucy herself.
December 13, 2024 at 11:08 AM
St Lucy herself.
Oslo this morning!
December 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Oslo this morning!
It's St Lucy's Day and where better to be than the early morning service in Oslo, which was utterly beautiful. And saffron buns for breakfast.
December 13, 2024 at 7:45 AM
It's St Lucy's Day and where better to be than the early morning service in Oslo, which was utterly beautiful. And saffron buns for breakfast.
I have listened to The World's Biggest Paving Slab by English Teacher more than any other song this year. Because it's fantastic and it's about Yorkshire.
For more about giant slabs stone try this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
For more about giant slabs stone try this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
December 12, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I have listened to The World's Biggest Paving Slab by English Teacher more than any other song this year. Because it's fantastic and it's about Yorkshire.
For more about giant slabs stone try this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
For more about giant slabs stone try this week's episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @murielzagha.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
I used to come to the Brandenburg Gate in the early 1980s, when the wall ran in front of it and we had to climb the watchtowers to peer into the East. It always sends a shiver down my spine to be able just to walk through it. It's important not to forget there was a time when we couldn't.
December 6, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I used to come to the Brandenburg Gate in the early 1980s, when the wall ran in front of it and we had to climb the watchtowers to peer into the East. It always sends a shiver down my spine to be able just to walk through it. It's important not to forget there was a time when we couldn't.
Is it grim up north or do we like it like that? In this episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I compose "a short poem" for @murielzagha.bsky.social dedicated to the spirits of the moors and slabs of rock.
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
Apple: apple.co/3D33JsQ
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
Apple: apple.co/3D33JsQ
December 6, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Is it grim up north or do we like it like that? In this episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I compose "a short poem" for @murielzagha.bsky.social dedicated to the spirits of the moors and slabs of rock.
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
Apple: apple.co/3D33JsQ
Spotify: spoti.fi/3P2UYSx
Apple: apple.co/3D33JsQ
Who doesn't want to slay dinosaurs? @murielzagha.bsky.social shows why the French do it better in this week's episode of Garlic & Pearls
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Z9jx4O.
Apple: apple.co/4fKSqUH
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Z9jx4O.
Apple: apple.co/4fKSqUH
November 29, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Who doesn't want to slay dinosaurs? @murielzagha.bsky.social shows why the French do it better in this week's episode of Garlic & Pearls
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Z9jx4O.
Apple: apple.co/4fKSqUH
Spotify: spoti.fi/3Z9jx4O.
Apple: apple.co/4fKSqUH
Thought I'd post this little teaser...
November 23, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Thought I'd post this little teaser...
Amusingly, Spotify declares that there is nothing else like Garlic & Pearls, the Franco-British podcast which @murielzagha.bsky.social and I offer to the world...
November 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Amusingly, Spotify declares that there is nothing else like Garlic & Pearls, the Franco-British podcast which @murielzagha.bsky.social and I offer to the world...
There's a new episode of Garlic & Pearls out in which I demonstrate to the endlessly patient @murielzagha.bsky.social why the British spend so much time talking about roads. And get to pick MY FAVOURITE A ROAD @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/4i33hL2
Apple: apple.co/4i3e340
Spotify: spoti.fi/4i33hL2
Apple: apple.co/4i3e340
November 22, 2024 at 7:55 AM
There's a new episode of Garlic & Pearls out in which I demonstrate to the endlessly patient @murielzagha.bsky.social why the British spend so much time talking about roads. And get to pick MY FAVOURITE A ROAD @garlicandpearls.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/4i33hL2
Apple: apple.co/4i3e340
Spotify: spoti.fi/4i33hL2
Apple: apple.co/4i3e340