Antonio De Vecchi
@antoniodevecchi.bsky.social
I don't believe in skimmed milk. Searching for the perfect taste - Co-founder, gelato maker
at Gelato Village - #SlowFood advocate
📍 Leicester 🇬🇧 - Piemonte 🇮🇹
at Gelato Village - #SlowFood advocate
📍 Leicester 🇬🇧 - Piemonte 🇮🇹
So typically City Mayor:
he knocks down another bit of city centre (at last!! Heard about it for the last ten years), with NO idea what to do after the rubbles have gone.
#leicester
BBC News - Work to begin ahead of Leicester city centre shopping revamp - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
he knocks down another bit of city centre (at last!! Heard about it for the last ten years), with NO idea what to do after the rubbles have gone.
#leicester
BBC News - Work to begin ahead of Leicester city centre shopping revamp - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Work to begin ahead of Leicester city centre shopping revamp
Plans for the Green Dragon Square development were first approved in 2023.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
So typically City Mayor:
he knocks down another bit of city centre (at last!! Heard about it for the last ten years), with NO idea what to do after the rubbles have gone.
#leicester
BBC News - Work to begin ahead of Leicester city centre shopping revamp - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
he knocks down another bit of city centre (at last!! Heard about it for the last ten years), with NO idea what to do after the rubbles have gone.
#leicester
BBC News - Work to begin ahead of Leicester city centre shopping revamp - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely!
Glad to read someone who speaks out the truth (with an understanding of the subject), in contrast with the in house populist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Glad to read someone who speaks out the truth (with an understanding of the subject), in contrast with the in house populist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different | Alberto Grandi
The comforting tourist-brochure idea of what Italian food looks like obscures a story shaped by hunger, migration and innovation, says Alberto Grandi, author and professor of food history
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Absolutely!
Glad to read someone who speaks out the truth (with an understanding of the subject), in contrast with the in house populist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Glad to read someone who speaks out the truth (with an understanding of the subject), in contrast with the in house populist propaganda.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bach before 7am
BBC Radio 3
Breakfast
Now Playing
Johann Sebastian Bach, James Galway, Phillip Moll & Sarah Cunningham
Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (1st mvt)
Breakfast
Now Playing
Johann Sebastian Bach, James Galway, Phillip Moll & Sarah Cunningham
Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (1st mvt)
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Bach before 7am
Reposted by Antonio De Vecchi
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm sure most of the brexiteers can't do without their passports being stamped: END OF FREE MOVEMENT, KEEP OUR BORDERS SAFE!
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I assume the stamps will be needed until they’re sure the new system is in place at all entry points. Extra irony remembering that Brexit architect Gove’s former in-laws lived in this city for decades …
December 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I'm sure most of the brexiteers can't do without their passports being stamped: END OF FREE MOVEMENT, KEEP OUR BORDERS SAFE!
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"Christmas in Leicester"
As exciting as it can be!
As exciting as it can be!
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
"Christmas in Leicester"
As exciting as it can be!
As exciting as it can be!
So, they paid a consultancy firm £1.4m to save £1m...
Well done, still £23m to go! 🤦🏻
BBC News - Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, still £23m to go! 🤦🏻
BBC News - Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap
The Reform UK-led authority says it is unlikely to be able to balance it books without using reserves.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
So, they paid a consultancy firm £1.4m to save £1m...
Well done, still £23m to go! 🤦🏻
BBC News - Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Well done, still £23m to go! 🤦🏻
BBC News - Leicestershire County Council faces 'real crisis' over £23m budget gap - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
They better not scrutinise mine! 🫣
But I have NO intention to visit the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
The world is a big place and I can happily do without USA
But I have NO intention to visit the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
The world is a big place and I can happily do without USA
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
They better not scrutinise mine! 🫣
But I have NO intention to visit the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
The world is a big place and I can happily do without USA
But I have NO intention to visit the U.S. for the foreseeable future.
The world is a big place and I can happily do without USA
What are my key takeaways from Japan?
I had tea properly brewed for the first time ever.
The best coffee.
Public toilets can be clean and do all sorts of things that I had never experienced before.
People can be kind and respectful to each other.
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I had tea properly brewed for the first time ever.
The best coffee.
Public toilets can be clean and do all sorts of things that I had never experienced before.
People can be kind and respectful to each other.
🇯🇵
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What are my key takeaways from Japan?
I had tea properly brewed for the first time ever.
The best coffee.
Public toilets can be clean and do all sorts of things that I had never experienced before.
People can be kind and respectful to each other.
🇯🇵
I had tea properly brewed for the first time ever.
The best coffee.
Public toilets can be clean and do all sorts of things that I had never experienced before.
People can be kind and respectful to each other.
🇯🇵
Reposted by Antonio De Vecchi
Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
Surprise, surprise!
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BREAKING: Trump Praises His “A-Plus-Plus” Economy While the Paramount Corruption Scandal Blows Up
open.substack.com/pub/reallyam...
open.substack.com/pub/reallyam...
BREAKING: Trump Praises His “A-Plus-Plus” Economy While the Paramount Corruption Scandal Blows Up
We’re reporting some breaking news this lunch hour: Donald Trump just declared that the U.S.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Surprise, surprise!
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You know that a place that you have visited has done something good, when you're already planning to come back and haven't even left yet.
Arigatō Gozaimashita 🇯🇵🙏🏻
Arigatō Gozaimashita 🇯🇵🙏🏻
December 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You know that a place that you have visited has done something good, when you're already planning to come back and haven't even left yet.
Arigatō Gozaimashita 🇯🇵🙏🏻
Arigatō Gozaimashita 🇯🇵🙏🏻
Reposted by Antonio De Vecchi
It’s the 78th birthday of Jimmy Lai, the campaigner for Hong Kong’s freedom, who has now been jailed for 1800+ days. His health is bad and he’s not getting proper treatment. As a rich man, he could easily have stayed away from HK. Instead, he returned and stood by his friends.
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It’s the 78th birthday of Jimmy Lai, the campaigner for Hong Kong’s freedom, who has now been jailed for 1800+ days. His health is bad and he’s not getting proper treatment. As a rich man, he could easily have stayed away from HK. Instead, he returned and stood by his friends.
He knocked down most of the city center.
Now City Mayor has run out of contractors.
BBC News - Council aims to finish Leicester rail station revamp by mid-2029 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now City Mayor has run out of contractors.
BBC News - Council aims to finish Leicester rail station revamp by mid-2029 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Council aims to finish Leicester rail station revamp by mid-2029
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says a fresh attempt to find a contractor will soon start.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
He knocked down most of the city center.
Now City Mayor has run out of contractors.
BBC News - Council aims to finish Leicester rail station revamp by mid-2029 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now City Mayor has run out of contractors.
BBC News - Council aims to finish Leicester rail station revamp by mid-2029 - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Antonio De Vecchi
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
Hiroshima, 80 years later...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Hiroshima, 80 years later...
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Of course!
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Of course!
Konbanwa Kyoto!
Good evening Kyoto!
Good evening Kyoto!
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Konbanwa Kyoto!
Good evening Kyoto!
Good evening Kyoto!
Ohayō Kyoto!
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December 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ohayō Kyoto!
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Il ⚽ corrotto dà il meglio di sé!
In attesa del Nobel il suo amico slurp slurp Infantino consegna a Trump il FIFA Peace Prize, inventato per “premiare le persone che hanno intrapreso azioni eccezionali e straordinarie per la pace e così facendo hanno unito le persone in tutto il mondo”.
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Il ⚽ corrotto dà il meglio di sé!
Reposted by Antonio De Vecchi
Ummmm. Where do I start?! I don't know anyone, anyone at all, with 'native British Ancestry'! How many generations are we going back? Very few (umm 2) and that kicks me out to Ireland & 3, back to France!
We're a melting pot! I'm not sure what 'ancestral British' even is!
We're a melting pot! I'm not sure what 'ancestral British' even is!
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ummmm. Where do I start?! I don't know anyone, anyone at all, with 'native British Ancestry'! How many generations are we going back? Very few (umm 2) and that kicks me out to Ireland & 3, back to France!
We're a melting pot! I'm not sure what 'ancestral British' even is!
We're a melting pot! I'm not sure what 'ancestral British' even is!
As a former overseas nurse I remember how bad was the racism from patients to staff over 20 years ago: the browner the skin, the worst it was.
I can't even imagine how unbearable the situation can be nowadays!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I can't even imagine how unbearable the situation can be nowadays!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
As a former overseas nurse I remember how bad was the racism from patients to staff over 20 years ago: the browner the skin, the worst it was.
I can't even imagine how unbearable the situation can be nowadays!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I can't even imagine how unbearable the situation can be nowadays!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...