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Yotam Ottolenghi’s chestnut recipes Chestnuts are one of the true flavours of autumn, and they’re as handy an ingredient for savoury dishes as for sweet

Time for winter... timed for yummy @ottolenghi.bsky.social chestnut recipes and the new John Lewis Xmas ad. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Artsdepot 'saved' thanks to new long-term lease with Barnet Council The North Finchley arts venue had been under threat of closure or sale amid maintenance issues and funding cuts

So pleased to see Labour MP @sarahsackman.bsky.social help secure long term future of Artsdepot. barnetpost.co.uk/2025/11/07/a...

"We cannot always, maybe even most of the time, live on the surface of our lives.

But that’s where we are, these days." Beautiful writing as ever from Jeanette Winterson's extraordinary #Substack. What a place for finding good writing.

Lol

AI tools used by English councils downplay women’s health issues, study finds Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes

Councils' use of #GenAI to make decisions about people discriminates against women and harms gender equality, finds @lseblogs.bsky.social. Labour's new legislation (Data Use & Access Act) waters down the requirements in this area @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Happy birthday @artforexample.bsky.social !

#Nowspinning The Rip Tide by Beirut

#vinyl #vinylsky #VinylCommunity #nowplaying

Spot, sandpits, rockets, racing and even a parrot! Anyone else run put of ideas to entertain under 5s in the summer holidays yet? #parenting #earlyyears

Will Smith discovers surprising Welsh connections - BBC News The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air actor and rapper Will Smith lived in Bryn Mawr, or big hill in Welsh.

"Big Will on the big hill"
This piece made me chuckle www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdjxm88rk4go.amp

Enjoyed @thetimes.com money mentor newsletters - sad to receive last one. Thanks for the great reads James Andrews

My granny gave me 8 lavender plants from her gravel front garden. One year later, one survived & thrived. #thelavenderthatlived

Very impressed by my 4 year old's giraffe! #drawing

I think those things and I vote Labour.

Oh god it's just so good on vinyl @liammcnulty.bsky.social #fatherjohnmisty #mahashmashana

We'd love to install a heat pump but even with gov subsidy, cheapest quote was £5.5k (Octopus). Twice the price of a gas boiler. Our existing supplier Ovo quoted £7.5k...

Important news: the Weston Library in Oxford (part of the Bodleian) has added a small baby play space.

And they've called it the Toddleian.

www.barnet.gov.uk/sustainabili...

Great news that Barnet Council have launched their new Community Energy Fund today 👏

In ur cupboard stealin' ur Marine Girls vinyl @liammcnulty.bsky.social

Nuff said. #liveinthenow #Paris @liammcnulty.bsky.social

TGV bring me all the views #frenchriviera

A fun night hearing Simon Armitage read from his new collection Dwell @faberbooks.bsky.social #poetry #dwell #beehotels

Concerning indeed.

A nice fluffy bee who has just stepped out of a salon and is feeling good but also very thirsty.

Bafflingly there are still people out there in the world who think being passionate about nature is “kind of weird”. or “a niche interest”. These people have it all wrong. Nature isn’t some quirky sideline to the main business. It IS the main business. Nature is us.

Putting US aid cuts in perspective

Good thinking re Cap Ferrat! Will do an update on how it goes...

Next up: London to Nice by train with under 5s... wish us luck

Nine nine nine for a lost god

‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?

30% of children in South Wales living in poverty. What Michael Sheen has done cancelling debts is bold and brilliant. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Our first Christmas cake, on Huw's first Christmas, made in aid of @warchilduk.bsky.social . Donate here - please donate here: www.justgiving.com/page/elen-gr...

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 by Judi Dench YouTube video by The Woodland Trust

Beautiful recital by Judi Dench of Shakespeare sonnet for @wtscotsocial.bsky.social
youtu.be/W-Ra9GW1Xas?...

The big smartphone school experiment A school in Essex banned devices for three weeks — and let the scientists in. Here’s what happened next

The @thetimes.com has two good pieces on dangers of big tech- one on #smartphones in school & one on unregulated #LLMs by Anthony Seldon. Ed tech should benefit pupils not harm them. www.thetimes.com/best-schools...