London ❤️

Oh, my goodness. Given what we’re up against, what a bland, pathetic statement. This guy is MILQUETOAST!

Wow, what a wild week. Anyone need some wine recommendations to get through a bizarre election? I'm a sommelier on the side.

Kamala’s menu of potential VPs

If Eben Sadie is arguing that fine wine should be drunk and enjoyed rather than used as an opportunity for arbitrage, then I'm entirely in agreement: winemag.co.za/wine/opinion/e…

London 🍅 ❤️ #london #farmersmarket #queenspark

When I'm not covering the latest war or global cataclysm, I'm a sommelier. I journey around the world in search of lost and exotic grapes that make incredible wines. Patkara, this wine from Turkey, is nearly extinct. Only two growers still cultivate the grape in the rarified

Imagine doing jail time for this stupidity. 🤦🏽‍♂️

A generous mention for Eastern Promise and the Felix Hart Literary Universe. And an honour to be adjacent to the fabulous @hancrosbie and her Corker. #corker #easternpromise

The last imperial Chinese court eunuch could just about have heard the Spice Girls's debut album.

"I had kind of a rough night at the wine club. During the blindfolded tasting, I gave four stars to a Mexican Zinfandel." henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/frasier-the-…

If you are as sick of this shit as I am, bluesky has a great system of lists to help you find your folks—now 10M users there. #energytwitter #ClimateAction

Almost exclusively on Bluesky now, but returning occasionally to.... persuade you to give it a go too. For UK people it functions pretty well as early Twitter. Those follower numbers you like here I'd suggest are not entirely real; many dormant or steered away by the algorithm

Someone's just discovered Adrian Mole, haven't they? Dear God.

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It’s a fact that since we ran this front page, our engagement on this platform has collapsed. It’s not a great concern to the ongoing success of our business model which is entirely reliant on subscribers and newspaper buyers … but it’s an interesting coincidence!