Rachel McCormack
@rmccormack.bsky.social
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Wrote Chasing The Dram, on Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet.
Have a Substack on art and food and drink https://rmccormack.substack.com/
Wrote Chasing The Dram, on Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet.
Have a Substack on art and food and drink https://rmccormack.substack.com/
I liked being drunk when the other place was good
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I liked being drunk when the other place was good
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It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's frustrating how Russia has built this entire myth of invincibility around itself. It lost the Crimean war, a war with Japan in 1905, the first world war, an invasion of Poland in 1920, and in Afghanistan. It won the second world war only with Allied logistical support.
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Brazil, Morocco and a no-hoper team from a mountainous, divided island of white sand beaches whose inhabitants speak a pidgin of their colonial master’s tongue.
Haiti are of course the other team in group C
Haiti are of course the other team in group C
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Brazil, Morocco and a no-hoper team from a mountainous, divided island of white sand beaches whose inhabitants speak a pidgin of their colonial master’s tongue.
Haiti are of course the other team in group C
Haiti are of course the other team in group C
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Bizarre mix-up at draw as winner of World Cup accidentally revealed seven months in advance
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bizarre mix-up at draw as winner of World Cup accidentally revealed seven months in advance
There’s some weird law of the universe that takes over and Scotland always has to play Brazil.
Even I notice it and I have spent a lifetime knowing nothing about football
Even I notice it and I have spent a lifetime knowing nothing about football
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There’s some weird law of the universe that takes over and Scotland always has to play Brazil.
Even I notice it and I have spent a lifetime knowing nothing about football
Even I notice it and I have spent a lifetime knowing nothing about football
I miss when Twitter was good. it would be hilarious during a television crisis such as this.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I miss when Twitter was good. it would be hilarious during a television crisis such as this.
‘Heidi Klum’s knickers are like concrete‘ my mother.
If anyone knows her stylist and tell me the mark of concrete I’d be pleased to know
If anyone knows her stylist and tell me the mark of concrete I’d be pleased to know
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
‘Heidi Klum’s knickers are like concrete‘ my mother.
If anyone knows her stylist and tell me the mark of concrete I’d be pleased to know
If anyone knows her stylist and tell me the mark of concrete I’d be pleased to know
THE INAUGRAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE PEOPLE!!!
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
THE INAUGRAL FIFA PEACE PRIZE PEOPLE!!!
Every single time I come onto this place.
I had forgotten just how confident men can be in their pronouncements that are often utter nonsense.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Every single time I come onto this place.
In the days before social media cancellation.
Helen Garner‘s Diaries (1995)
Helen Garner‘s Diaries (1995)
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In the days before social media cancellation.
Helen Garner‘s Diaries (1995)
Helen Garner‘s Diaries (1995)
I had forgotten just how confident men can be in their pronouncements that are often utter nonsense.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I had forgotten just how confident men can be in their pronouncements that are often utter nonsense.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
It’s good to be reminded. Well done that man.
This is really fascinating especially the tiny bit about the establishment’s fascination with the exotic and that exotic changing fashion. So the orientalism of the Brighton Pavillion becomes Balmoral Castle.
Plus ça change
open.spotify.com/episode/6Y6Q...
Plus ça change
open.spotify.com/episode/6Y6Q...
Romantic History: Balmoral
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is really fascinating especially the tiny bit about the establishment’s fascination with the exotic and that exotic changing fashion. So the orientalism of the Brighton Pavillion becomes Balmoral Castle.
Plus ça change
open.spotify.com/episode/6Y6Q...
Plus ça change
open.spotify.com/episode/6Y6Q...
Someone up from England who wanted to rewild the place.
I'm going with either the Ark of the Covenant or a Betamax VCR.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Someone up from England who wanted to rewild the place.
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Keep in mind that given the intense/widespread opposition in Ukr to the "little Ru" conception, if Ru managed to conquer Ukr, it will intensify the genocidal policies it now pursues in the occupied territories to achieve this "transformation". Ru openly talk about killing millions if necessary.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Keep in mind that given the intense/widespread opposition in Ukr to the "little Ru" conception, if Ru managed to conquer Ukr, it will intensify the genocidal policies it now pursues in the occupied territories to achieve this "transformation". Ru openly talk about killing millions if necessary.
listening to Muriel Spark describe Edinburgh as the home of all hypocrites.
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
listening to Muriel Spark describe Edinburgh as the home of all hypocrites.
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We honor the millions of Ukrainians who were starved by the Soviet regime and vow to never forget their resistance and loss.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We honor the millions of Ukrainians who were starved by the Soviet regime and vow to never forget their resistance and loss.
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
🧵 1/2 ⬇️
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What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
To repeat: the Trump administration peace deal was always a deal for peace between Russia and the US, not Russia and Ukraine. In it, it seems, the US gets Ukraine's resources, Russia gets Ukraine's land, and Ukraine gets to say thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
What was true of the Trump administration's original, extortionate minerals plan is equally true of this peace plan. It will probably be true of the next White House plan, and the one after that.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Dangerous nostalgia’: did Spain’s ‘pact of forgetting’ after Franco leave new generation open to far right?
Events to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator’s death are intended to remind Spaniards, particularly the young, of the dangers of fascism
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'More than 21% of those surveyed felt the Franco era was “good” or “very good”.'
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Not so good for those lying in unmarked shallow graves.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The more of us reading Françoise Gilot’s book on Picasso as a way to truly understand this the better.
I think we can all agree that you can publish a game-changing bit of science (especially if you have more than a bit of help with the tricky crystal structures) but also be a massive fucking prick. We contain multitudes, yeah?
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The more of us reading Françoise Gilot’s book on Picasso as a way to truly understand this the better.
One of the more entertaining parts of living in Scotland again in the past decade is certain sections of central Edinburgh thinking they are radical.
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
One of the more entertaining parts of living in Scotland again in the past decade is certain sections of central Edinburgh thinking they are radical.
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IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
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It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
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October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The best of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only
I have been out at an event full of young people and I am here to inform you that moustaches are back. Some are a throwback to the heyday of Magnum PI and sadly others, the height of Vichy France.
(You all may know this but I might as well live in a cave in Assynt for all the street life I see)
(You all may know this but I might as well live in a cave in Assynt for all the street life I see)
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I have been out at an event full of young people and I am here to inform you that moustaches are back. Some are a throwback to the heyday of Magnum PI and sadly others, the height of Vichy France.
(You all may know this but I might as well live in a cave in Assynt for all the street life I see)
(You all may know this but I might as well live in a cave in Assynt for all the street life I see)
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selfies. If you take them can you tell me why?
October 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
selfies. If you take them can you tell me why?