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Richard Fitch

@tudorcook

Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about. All views own, yada yada yada. No expectation of mutual following.

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Yup. Every. Single. Time

12.03.2026 17:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Phone screen now 100% dirtier

12.03.2026 15:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Christina Faraday ยท At the Wellcome Collection: โ€˜Expectingโ€™

โ€˜A 15th-century recipe collection, open at a drawing of a swaddled baby in a rocking cradle, provides a wider context for the other proteins found on the birth scrollโ€™s surface: honey, milk, egg and legumes.โ€™

@cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Wellcome Collection.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

12.03.2026 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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Pretty sure that @christhebarker.bsky.social has seen Musk's first draft already

12.03.2026 14:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12.03.2026 12:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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a cartoon of a chef with the word perfect on the screen Alt: a cartoon of a chef with the word perfect on the screen

Perfection!

12.03.2026 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Charlie Bighamโ€™s first manufacturer to eliminate all edible food waste Charlie Bigham's said it had developed a number of pioneering processes to eliminate food waste

Charlie Bighamโ€™s claims to be first manufacturer to successfully eliminate all edible #foodwaste across its production process

11.03.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 24758 ๐Ÿ” 6697 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 216 ๐Ÿ“Œ 419
Image showing the new interface for the 2003 Medieval Markets & Fairs dataset.

Image showing the new interface for the 2003 Medieval Markets & Fairs dataset.

Medieval Markets & Fairs in England & Wales: remember the excellent dataset published back in 2003? I've given it a snazzy new interface, incorporating various updates which were made following publication.

Separately, I'm working on extending it to 1846...

ihr-digital.github.io/markets-and-...

11.03.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 50 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra hospitalised after suffering a stroke Biafra left the Dead Kennedys in 1986

www.nme.com/news/music/f...
Bugger!

10.03.2026 01:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"waddaya mean 'stacks not snacks'?"

09.03.2026 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe the soup tureens exhibition was closed ๐Ÿค” seems like the sort of thing I'd have taken pics of...who knows, was 18 years ago now
#GodImOld

09.03.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An eighteenth century table fish tank, Winterthur Collection

An eighteenth century table fish tank, Winterthur Collection

Though according to the images I took, or rather didn't, the soup tureens weren't the game changer I'd hoped for, as I have no other images....lots of this fish bowl though!

09.03.2026 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A sign saying "Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens"

A sign saying "Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens"

My camera roll reminds me that 18 years ago today I visited this game changer ๐Ÿ˜œ
My, how time has flown

09.03.2026 12:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1656 pairs according to Wikipedia

06.03.2026 22:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is it my imagination, or is London not very busy today??

06.03.2026 12:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Kings cross station roof

Kings cross station roof

Yes, equally as impressive....though been a few years since I last visited

06.03.2026 10:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The great court, British Museum

The great court, British Museum

I don't think I'll ever not be impressed by the roof over the Great Court at the British Museum

06.03.2026 10:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 363 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Schism?
Add this to all the rain of late and it might as well be the fourteenth century ๐Ÿ˜Ž

03.03.2026 15:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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david harris, 10th may 2019, five stars:

This was really yummy and simple. Instead of pork I used lamb, and in place of the onions I used a few leeks. My kids don't like paprika so I used oven chips instead, and as I'm watching my weight I substituted the crรจme fraรฎche with low fat sausages.

screenshot of a comment on bbc good food david harris, 10th may 2019, five stars: This was really yummy and simple. Instead of pork I used lamb, and in place of the onions I used a few leeks. My kids don't like paprika so I used oven chips instead, and as I'm watching my weight I substituted the crรจme fraรฎche with low fat sausages.

found the person in charge of food delivery substitutions

03.03.2026 12:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 537 ๐Ÿ” 106 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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I've been unemployed for a few months. I now set myself pretend jobs to prevent the rot setting in. My son thinks this guy is funny, which is a good enough excuse to make something. Any requests?

03.03.2026 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 870 ๐Ÿ” 294 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59 ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

Strong vibes

01.03.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
One whittle move at a time. #ad #LEGOCollective @LEGO
One whittle move at a time. #ad #LEGOCollective @LEGO YouTube video by slopsmcgee

Timeline cleanse, and god knows it's needed!
Anyone for chess?

youtube.com/shorts/Gfjcg...

28.02.2026 19:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At least that has Tasmania as cat food and not 'furball'!

27.02.2026 13:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜One for the agesโ€™: British Museum reveals when Bayeux Tapestry tickets will go on sale - Museums Association The exhibition is expected to attract up to 7.5 million visitors when it opens in September

News | โ€˜One for the agesโ€™: British Museum reveals when Bayeux Tapestry tickets will go on sale - the exhibition is expected to attract up to 7.5 million visitors when it opens in September

26.02.2026 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A mock Allister Heath article headline that says 'living fluffy kittens will lead to the irreversible decline of the west'

A mock Allister Heath article headline that says 'living fluffy kittens will lead to the irreversible decline of the west'

Fact!

26.02.2026 15:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. Itโ€™s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Hereโ€™s a little thread of whatโ€™s inside:

26.02.2026 12:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 739 ๐Ÿ” 217 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33 ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

What. Wait. What!

25.02.2026 14:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Metal detectorists find 2,000-year-old treasure in field The find - the first of its kind in west Wales - is incredibly rare and has been described as one of 'historical significance'

Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales.

Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs

Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...

25.02.2026 10:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 340 ๐Ÿ” 82 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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Shipwreck excavated from Studland beach in race against waves Archaeologists have safely recovered a section of a 17th century shipwreck on Studland Bay, after winter storms exposed historic timbers hidden for 400 years.

"Shipwreck excavated from Studland beach" share.google/NU6NHOxQ8tW7...

"Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have safely recovered the section of a 17th century shipwreck which was unexpectedly discovered on the beach at Studland in Dorset"

21.02.2026 11:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0