for Vittles i wrote about one of the GOATed genres of food: iranian stews

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The Labour Party You must know ousting democratically selected people of colour & replacing them with people of the same colour that you’ve chosen is straight from the colonial playbook? Because we do. It doesn’t make you less racist; it makes your racism more cynical. #StandwithFaiza

This spring, an awful ghost appeared to me by night and told me about a copy of Hamlet that is secretly passed down from one great actor to the next. But before I had time to cry, “thrift, Horatio!”, it had disappeared. By then I was sworn. My piece: ft.com/content/217736…

one of my most abiding, bitter resentments from becoming Labourpilled between 2015 and 2019 is having to know who this guy is. no normal person should be burdened with knowing who this guy is. but now normal people will know. they can suffer like we have suffered

My Dad is a farmer & grows wheat for Weetabix. For Vittles, we traced the entire chain from seed to cereal & what we found was revelatory. Even though it travels 50km from farm to factory, it touches on the biggest global challenges in farming & why many are protesting.

This week we’re looking at Britain’s relationship to wheat. In today’s essay Jack Thompson traces the supply chain of Weetabix, the country’s favourite cereal, from seed to box - taking in colonialism, seed monopoly, and the future of British farming.

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Excellent article Vittles today on Weetabix bundled with colonial history and the power of big (seed) corp, its role as a health food marketed far and wide, in Hong Kong its Chinese name is 維他麥 (Vita-wheat) similar to the drink ‘Vitasoy’

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The atrocity in Rafah, like atrocity after atrocity already committed in Gaza, is indefensible. The footage is so horrifying that I struggle for words. Leaders of Western states who declared Rafah a red line: where is your spine? Your conscience? Action is long past overdue.

A fantastic meal last night at Janda Diner. After seeing the Milk Fried Chicken in Vittles I knew I had to visit.
Rendang Kerang (cockles), Solok Lada (mackerel stuffed pepper) and King Prawn Char Kuey Teow all delicious too.

🍓 ‘We lived between layers of history, squatting in some period drama of new-age feudalism – still beholden, despite the utopian frills, to landed gentry.’

I enjoyed writing this essay (and recipe!) for Vittles. Thank you dr girlboss (odhran).

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Today's newsletter by Marianne Brooker is about the neo-feudal reality of life in a ‘commune’, where communal eating and talk of utopian living hide the old class distinctions that it all depends on. Also, a recipe for crumble!

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Today I'm in Guardian Opinion writing on this VERY environmental issue - the unequal privatisation of Britain's urban parks for festivals!

We must fight new enclosures if we want the next generation to love & protect nature! Save green spaces now.🌿

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super excited to publish this fantastic essay by Marianne Brooker today – the first piece i commissioned for Vittles (cc Fitzcarraldo Editions) vittlesmagazine.com/p/midnight-cru…

How Much Can You Say? On BBC Radio 4

I've been working on this documentary for the last 6 months, live on air at 19.10, Sunday 19th May.

Chronicling the tentacles of drugs - mostly heroin - that have stretched on the streets of north London. Speaking with women & young people.

Have your say on the design of the new BBQ area in Burgess Park!
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Deadline 5pm tonight! Fri 17th May ⬇️

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Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo.
Out July 4th 2024.
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Gboyega was so proud of this book.
Sharing news of Adam today, we are here with pride too.
This book is going to be commmunity raised and held, for the things we hold for one another are deeply loved.
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