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Kavey
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Food, Travel & Life | Greedy Londoner transplanted to Wales – city girl turned country mouse | Writer, Photographer, Potter & Business Analyst | She/her | Lefty Woke Pro-EU | Free 🇵🇸 & 🇺🇦 | 💍@petedrinks.com | Next trip: Japan

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Kavey @kavey.bsky.social · 29d
If you are thinking about a visit to South Korea, my post detailing the itinerary of our 4 week trip a couple of years back may give you ideas and inspiration. Do please take a look! (Warning, it's a LONG post!) #southkorea #travel #traveladdicts
kavey.bsky.social Kavey @kavey.bsky.social · Oct 26
NEW KAVEY EATS TRAVEL POST: 4 Week South Korea Travel Itinerary | Food, Culture, History, Cities & Nature
www.kaveyeats.com/4-week-south...
Kavey Eats » 4 Week South Korea Travel Itinerary | Food, Culture, History, Cities & Nature
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rankamateur.bsky.social
This 🧵
snig.bsky.social Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · Oct 1
Nigel Farage has been a lifelong racist. He's been a racist since his school days. David Lammy was forced to apologise for saying Farage flirted with the Hitler Youth - but what do you call it when someone sings Hitler Youth songs? Read Chloe Deakin's letter on Farage's fascism and racism at school.
From Chloe Denkin 01-734 1717 and 1778 E3 ALBANY PICCADILLY WIV ORH 4th June 1981 Dear Master, I am happy to say that I am not acquainted with N. P. Farage, of ASRY happy, because judging from hereporis i haveter ceived he is not someone with whom I would wish to be acquainted; and becaure I am, therefore, able to write on the ground of no personal prejedice, but on that conceraing p. inciple. You will recati that at the recent, and longthy, moeting about the selection of prefects, the nomads by a hegy that Sara was "a fascist, but that was no reason why ho would not make a good prefect" invoked considerable reaction from members of the Common Room. Another collesgue, who teaches the boy, des-cribed his publicly professed racist and neo-fascist views; and he citod a particular inciler in which Farage was so offensive to a boy in his set, that he had to be removed from the lesson. This mastor stated his view that that behaviour was precisely why the boy should not he made a prefect. Yet another colleague deseribed how, at a CCE camp organized by the College, Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shout-in Hitler-you songs; and when it was suggested by a master thie boys who expressed such views "don't really mean them", the College Chaplain himself commented that, on the contrary, in his experience views of that kind expressed by boys of that age are onted, and are mennt, At the end of that meeting I had not a scintilla of doubt that after the facts disclosed to you, Farage's nomination would no longer be considered. Nor, I imagine, had my colleagues; other-wise, we would have expressed ourselves even more strongly. But yesterday I was told by a senior boy, in terms of st that Farage was indeed to be selected; and today, of course, his appointment was announced in Assembly an announcement, I gather, which was met with disbelief and derision. To say that is too late to reverse this decision, or that Farage', acdir 3 will be restricted to particular areas of College te, or that he will be supervised within them, is futile. His appointment will have four immediate consequences. First, it will vastly increase his own confidence, and sense of self-justification. Secondly, he will have the privilege of listing his appointment as a profect at Dulwich College in his uni-versity and other applications. Thirdly, his peers, according to their own views, will either adopt him as an exemplar, or, as is much more likely, regard his appointment with disillusionment and cynicism when Ley observe that his notorious views and behaviour, well known to poth Master and members of the staff, are, as it would aptent, condoned by them. Fourthly, those members of the Common Room, such as myself, who believed that a firm daca fon had been reached through a democratic process, will be shock, saddened, angered, and disheartened. You will appreciate that I regard this as a very serious matter. i have often heard you tell our senior boys that they are the nation's future leaders. It is our collective responsibility to ensure that these lenders are enlightened and compassionate. As you know, the national and educational press has recently given much prominence to the growing concern at the exploitation of school pupils by extremists of all kinds. A school of the stature and high roputation of Dulwich College which openly con-domned the recent troubles in Brixton, and offered its facilities freely to the foreca of law and order, ought not to be seen laside or outside its confines to be giving its endorsement, expressly or by implication, to budding extremists of the opposite kind. A school which is proud of its selectiveness, conservatism, and discipline, cught not to allow these characteristics to degen erate into intolerance, political extremism, or bullying of the nastiest kind, in its pupils. The matter of the appointment of Farage as a prefect may be thought by some to be minuscule against these deep considerations. It is not so. I am by disposition, tolerant; and in politics, moderate. But as a member of the Common Room, I find it distasteful that a boy such as Farage should have bestowed upon him the prestige of office and authority: wore I a parent or a pupil, I would find it profoundly so. In view, as I am aware, of the wide concern within the College about this matter, I am sending a copy of this letter to the chairman of the Common Room. Yours very sincerely, David Emms, Esq., MA, The Master of Dulwich College.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
kavey.bsky.social
1 year since I posted this Kavey Eats cookbook review of the very excellent Hokkaido by Tim Anderson:
www.kaveyeats.com/hokkaido-tim...
Me standing in our dining room holding up a coy of the Hokkaido cookbook. There are bookshelves behind me and I'm wearing a Hokusai wave T-shirt.
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
kavey.bsky.social
Sunday roast chicken leftovers round 1 was a risotto using stock made from the carcass and some of the roast chicken meat plus bacon and leeks. Looks basic but was so nicely balanced and there was a hint of flavours from the herby spices on the skin.
Deep white bowl containing a very soupy risotto with a greenish liquid from which a mountain of rice, chopped chicken, bacon and leeks rise up. Bowl is on a lap tray with a green edge.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
kavey.bsky.social
Had a whole day in the office for a huge away day thing (they still call them away days even though they are half in our offices). Hip and back totally fucked.
But the good news is that I didn't punch anyone or get myself sacked for my opinions! Trust me, this is an achievement! 😁😁😁😁
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
the "Rachel's beef trifle" energy of this truly laid me out

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laurenmorrill.bsky.social Lauren Morrill @laurenmorrill.bsky.social · 2d
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
this one broke me

just the most sitcom hijinks energy
emsetc.bsky.social EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 2d
When I was 4, I fell through a weird gap in the stair railing into the large pan of turkey drippings. It took my mom over a week to get all the grease out of my hair.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 2d
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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salutethepig.berlin
"We are not asking for apologies. We are asking for consequences. We call on the Government to remove every privilege, allowance and honour granted to Boris Johnson as a former Prime Minister."

www.change.org/p/strip-mich...
Stop funding Boris Johnson - Sign the Petition
We are calling for all publicly funded support and privileges granted to Boris Johnson as a former Prime Minister to be withdrawn.  SIGN THE PETITION HERE.  Boris Johnson’s actions during the pandemic...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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snig.bsky.social
A reminder of some of Enoch Powell’s views.
"Sometimes people point to the increasing proportion of immigrant offspring born in this country as if the fact contained within itself the ultimate solution. The truth is the opposite. The West Indian or Asian does not, by being born in England, become an Englishman. In law he becomes a United Kingdom citizen by birth; in fact he is a West Indian or an Asian still. Unless he be one of the small minority, he will by the very nature of things have lost one country without gaining another, lost one nationality without acquiring a new one. Time is running against us and them. With the lapse of a generation or so we shall at last have succeeded - to the benefit of nobody - in reproducing 'in England's green and pleasant land' the haunting tragedy of the United States" "People seriously underestimate the scope of large-scale voluntary but organized, financed and subsidized repatriation and re- emigration becomes indeed an administrative and political task of great impracticable nor, still less, inhuman, but on far-sighted ... The resettlement of a the policy and thus neglect and despise the chief key to the situation A programme of magnitude, but something neither absurdly the contrary as profoundly humane as it is substantial proportion of the Commonwealth immigrants in Britain is not beyond the resources and abilities of this country, if it is undertaken as a national duty .... organized now on the scale which the urgency of the situation demands, preferably under a special Ministry for Repatriation or other authority charged with concentrating on this task". "We can perhaps not reduce the eventual total of the immigrant and immigrant-descended population, much, if at all, below its present size: with that, and with all that implies, we and our children and our children's children will have to cope until the slow mercy of the years absorbs even that unparalleled invasion of our body politic".
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.

As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.

And that's noteworthy too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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salutethepig.berlin
Let's mandate this everywhere -- for all the platforms -- as a start. And not just for govt. organisations but post offices, banks, etc etc.

Make it the tech coys. problem to fix under penalty. of large fines. Not ours to get caught out by...

appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Singapore orders block of iMessage scams that fake government addresses
The Singapore government has ordered Apple to crack down on the spread of fake government messages on iMessage, in a bid to cut down the amount of scams.
appleinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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meemalee.bsky.social
Last time I sang in public was 2012!

Here’s a snippet of me having a go at Torn by Natalie Imbruglia at @kavey.bsky.social’s 40th birthday party!
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
kavey.bsky.social
Happy birthday to @jenniferearle.bsky.social 🎂💐🎂💐🎂💐
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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eatcookexplore.bsky.social
RIP Skye Gyngell. You blazed a path for women in hospitality.
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My snowdrop necklace made by casting a real snowdrop in recycled silver My lily of the valley necklace made by casting a real lily of the valley flower in recycled silver My wren necklace, individually handmade like all my jewellery designs, made by sculpting a tiny wren in recycled silver My bluebell necklace made by casting a real English bluebell from a friend's garden in recycled silver
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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werkoderko.bsky.social
If you can't cook for shit, it's better to bring a good shop-bought dish, I'd say
squirrellma.bsky.social Squirrel_MA @squirrellma.bsky.social · 3d
Buy a better quality item or something that's special. Leave it in the packaging in case someone needs to ck out ingredients.
tuppenceforthem.bsky.social DebmBudd @tuppenceforthem.bsky.social · 4d
#ThingsAreTerrible but apparently, it is not that awful to buy a side dish or dessert for the Thanksgiving pot-luck. Gifted. share.inquirer.com/xuV61P
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
kavey.bsky.social
The person doing the job when I joined on a 3 month contract left within 2 weeks of my joining AND it was a job I'd been interested for years so I volunteered to take over it along with what I was originally employed for. Stayed with them for 4.5 years!
recursecenter.bsky.social Recurse Center @recursecenter.bsky.social · 15d
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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protopigeon.lol
She’s still ahh princess
Four shots of Princess Diana plate where the food has been made into hairstyles like spaghetti or mashed potato hair. It says “I like to use my Diana plate but I never cover her beautiful face.”
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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snig.bsky.social
Brand new blog post - my Samyang Carbonara instant noodle review:
snigskitchen.blogspot.com/2025/11/samy...
Samyang Carbonara instant noodle review
Korean noodle products seem to be immensely popular in the UK at the moment. It doesn’t matter whether I am in the supermarket, or an et...
snigskitchen.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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kbfoodphotos.bsky.social
This is not a sarcastic question, it is genuine:

How come when people have a baby they don't name it for days or weeks? You've had 9+ months to come up with two names. One boy one girl. What gives?

(I do not have or intend to have an offspring)
November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
kavey.bsky.social
The difference 6 days make:
Fuchsia in the rain, Sunday 16 November 2025 Fuchsia in the rain, Sunday 16 November 2025 Yellowed fuchsia in the rain, Saturday 22 November 2025 Fuchsia in the rain, Sunday 16 November 2025
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
kavey.bsky.social
This is the kind of genius I'm here for. Hell yes!
curlywurlyfi.bsky.social Fi KP @curlywurlyfi.bsky.social · 4d
Delighted/terrified to report that microwaving Camembert = instant fondue. Winter is looking up 🔥🧀
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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snig.bsky.social
I'm an educator and don't claim to be perfect. I have forgotten names, or taken too long to learn them. It's difficult when you meet a large number of new students at the same time. But deliberately changing someone's name because you find it "difficult" is totally unacceptable.
'Teacher refuses to learn my real name so I got revenge'
A woman has blasted her teacher for purposely calling her by the wrong name simply because she 'couldn't be bothered' to learn how to pronounce it correctly - and people say she did the right thing
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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snig.bsky.social
Please can you post a picture of Nige's missive lining the budgie's cage? I wish your budgie happy sh*tting!
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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waltersnoot.bsky.social
All of us in Wales have had a letter from Nige. That's gone straight into the budgie's cage. The pre paid return envelope will also be put to good use.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
kavey.bsky.social
I know I know but when the recipes are so tasty it's hard to pull away from a given cookbook!
So here's another from @sabrinaghayour.bsky.social's Persiana Easy cookbook, cooked by @petedrinks.com. Yesterday's evening meal.
Chicken meatballs and thick noodles in broth with some turmeric batons. In a blue bowl. Chicken meatballs and thick noodles in broth with some turmeric batons. With chopped coriander leaves over it. In a blue bowl with spoon in.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM