the second ~edition of my Substack Dining Out is with subscribers now. you can also read online here: diningout.substack.com/p/dining-out-0…

distinct lack of Sambas on the Peckham to Dalston overground this morning… sense of fear and uncertainty in the air…

the first proper post from my Substack, Dining Out, is available today, all about lunch, my mom, moms in general, nostalgia, Fab lollies, etc. if you like it, you can subscribe to receive a weekly little email about a fun place to eat :))

diningout.substack.com/p/dining-out-0…

hello :) something cool: I now have a Substack called Dining Out, about food and restaurants and fun. subscribe for a weekly restaurant review (first one tomorrow!), written by me and illustrated by Lucy Letherland, and read more below 🍝

diningout.substack.com/p/dining-out-h…

lauren o'neill Nepo

how does one come to be involved in the Blue Man Group

I have a piece in Guardian Opinion today about the marketing phrase 'neighbourhood restaurants', food-as-lifestyle, AirSpace, social media, cynicism, the long overdue expansion of food media and some other stuff :)

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

west London is absolutely off its box I’ve just passed a dog groomers that does coffee

he's a 10 but he submits his pics to Friday Fit Gods

a united Ireland in our lifetimes, free Palestine

men love saying ‘Tony Bourdain’

my grandad's birthday there today, I miss him. he was so crap at driving he once mounted a roundabout taking me to school in the Rover. going to think abt him and say 'that Guinness is shite' when I drink a pint later

every single boyfriend in London is at ML Buch

if i ever made you LAUGH on the INTERNET then a pre-order of my book would be appreciated. thanks lnk.to/FourStars

a million caveats but if I’m real it was just cool to go to work every day and see ur writing get better and funnier purely bc u were surrounded by the best and the funniest, and u wanted to make them laugh. where else etc

vice.com/en/article/qvp…

If Vice dies, we lose, amongst other brilliant things, arguably the greatest article ever written by anyone ever in the history of the written word. vice.com/en/article/dpw…

Join us to celebrate the work of Sofia Coppola and Priscilla’s release on MUBI UK & Ireland ! We’re hosting a party dedicated to the director with music, a live podcast, food, clothes, a quiz from Letterboxd and LOTS lots more 🩰 ⁠🎞️
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why is the green colour of the sent message bubbles on WhatsApp so ugly. would it kill them to make it cute. a little pink for the girls

Cher when she made The Shoop Shoop Song

students on the bus talking abt pub golf. didn’t realise they were still up to that manner of thing. feels quaint, like Yeah by Usher or the welfare state. pleased for them.