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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Many thanks, Jonathan, for flagging up @garlicandpearls.bsky.social and the work of myself and my indefatigable co-host @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This week on the @garlicandpearls.bsky.social podcast @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I go to the theatre, in the first part of a diptych about the longest-running plays in Britain and in France. First - yes, it’s THE MOUSETRAP! #themousetrap✨ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gar…

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social it’s Halloween. The French don’t do Halloween (‘Allo Ouine? Qu’est-ce que c’est?’) - so instead @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I contemplate the wondrous Paris Catacombs. Bones! Skulls!A neo-classical theatrical display! Tune in - remember you must die…

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It’s that time of year again, so here’s a reminder that before podcasting on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social about Frenchness and Britishness @suzanneraine.bsky.social and I were once vampire slayers. Which provides another kind of hinterland for the garlic in our name. Happy Halloween!

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Melinda Haunton @melindahaunton.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Inspired to this indirectly by listening to half of a very delicious @garlicandpearls.bsky.social episode about Toast to complete my grey homeward commute. If I can't have a pile of perfect toast dripping with butter (and due to multiple factors, I cannot), delicious chorizo and eggs it is.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Our special guest this week navigates Britain and France with an eccentric, sometimes contrary approach, proving that sometimes thing going wrong are more interesting than things going right @murielzagha.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social @picadorbooks.bsky.social :

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I am (only figuratively) at the wheel, and I lead my copilot @suzanneraine.bsky.social on a dizzying tour of French roundabouts, which are more eccentric than one might think! Tune in! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Another Summer Short this week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social in which I and @suzanneraine.bsky.social ponder the histories and meanings of our respective emblematic headgear. Yes - it’s the béret and bobble hat face-off. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Don't go camping in Britain! Try this instead!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Storm Floris is arriving this weekend so for those of you now regretting a decision to have a British camping holiday, @murielzagha.bsky.social outlines the benefits of the obviously preferable Club Med option:

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I have been on ONE camping holiday in Britain in all my life. 🤔 Can @suzanneraine.bsky.social entice me back? Tune in and find out.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

It's holiday time! And nothing better than a spot of camping, which, as @suzanneraine.bsky.social explains to @murielzagha.bsky.social, was of course invented here. Apple: bit.ly/4f7omTL Spotify: bit.ly/3J3Udsg

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Our intrepid reporter, emboldened by her new Garlic & Pearls knowledge, travelled to the other side of the world to find a people even more intent on pickling things than we are.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

If it feels like what we all really need is radical change, here's one which was tried earlier but may just work a second time:

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social the concluding part of the 1217 Battle of Lincoln, complete with Louis of France’s last-ditch return with fleet, a retinue of knights and the flamboyant ‘magician pirate’ Eustace the Monk! St Bartholomew appears too! @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Next week President Macron will make a state visit to the U.K. In honour of the occasion, Garlic & Pearls offer a two parter on the real turning point in the relationship between these islands and France @murielzagha.bsky.social Apple: bit.ly/45UHP7x Spotify: bit.ly/44hfpmY

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The Battle of Lincoln, part 1: Will Prince Louis of France secure the crown of England?

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The perfect companion for the heatwave is our illuminating podcast @garlicandpearls.bsky.social where I tell @suzanneraine.bsky.social the pulpy story of ORANGINA: ‘Secouez-moi, secouez-moi!’ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

A very nice thing. We at @garlicandpearls.bsky.social are honoured and delighted! @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

A drink as iconic as Orangina is more than a drink, I tell @suzanneraine.bsky.social in this week’s ep of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social - it’s a carrier of 🇫🇷 identity. Listen to the story of ORANGINA! open.spotify.com/episode/3W5K...

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

This week, @garlicandpearls.bsky.social is, thrillingly, all about PIRATES (and also maritime insurance)! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

This week we address the British fascination with pirates. Any guesses who we're describing here? Apple: bit.ly/4lomW9r Spotify: bit.ly/3Gf8Wj4

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social takes to the high seas with tales of PIRATES and the British obsession with the marine Robin Hoods. Pictured: Blackbeard, John Morgan, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. 🏴‍☠️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Though I was very sad to miss the Garlic and Pearls live ‘Summer Special’, I thoroughly enjoyed this piratical delight, as ‘Captain Pugwash’ was one of the highlights of my early childhood.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Manchester City Police Force with their fleet of Mini Coopers, 1968. (Gamma-Keystone/Getty, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk).

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I do not mean to distract anyone from French theme parks, but just wanted to say that I (and friend) are ready for tomorrow’s briny episode of @garlicandpearls.bsky.social , captained by @suzanneraine.bsky.social

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Live reporting from the home of the bungalow!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Spotted at Berry Bros: a gin themed window! Perhaps it is time for @murielzagha.bsky.social to march on it after all?

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Is Pimm’s still the quintessence of British summer? Should we bring back oyster houses? This and other questions are considered this week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social Apple: apple.co/3Hw9jX6 Spotify: bit.ly/4jWXpTH

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

“Did drivers pay people to calculate an optimal route for them?”

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I explain to @suzanneraine.bsky.social the history and significance of the French IDENTITY CARD. The medieval identity-theft story of Martin Guerre features, also the uses of anthropometry… Tune in!

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Garlic & Pearls take on thorny questions about state power and belonging! @murielzagha.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social Spotify: spoti.fi/3SpFXMf Apple: bit.ly/43lhvlq

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

This week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I take @suzanneraine.bsky.social on a Surrealist trip to 1930s Paris and present her with a cuppa full of fur! Chinese gazelles and Elsa Schiaparelli also feature. Tune in!

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

@garlicandpearls.bsky.social this week is about TOAST, and @suzanneraine.bsky.social astonishes me with the tale of the Alan McMasters Wikipedia hoax, so successful that (the fictional) McMasters almost ended up featured on a Scottish £50 note. Apple: bit.ly/3RYsfzA Spotify: bit.ly/3GKoZW9

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

When I hear the word ‘toast’ I reach for a glass of champagne, but this week on @garlicandpearls.bsky.social I am schooled by @suzanneraine.bsky.social on the history and excellence of crisp buttered 🇬🇧 TOAST - with some true crime thrown in! Join us! Apple: bit.ly/3RYsfzA Spotify: bit.ly/3GKoZW9

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It is Friday night. I am sat on a train that has broken down at Crewe. I want some toast.

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Toast, the world's most perfect snack, and one the French in their infinite wisdom don't seem to have discovered @murielzagha.bsky.social and @suzanneraine.bsky.social Apple: bit.ly/3RYsfzA Spotify: bit.ly/3GKoZW9

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The May blossom is at its finest in Britain's hedgerows. But are they a good thing or a bad thing? And why should you never, ever bring hawthorn blossom into the house? G&P covered these questions a little while ago @murielzagha.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4nXL...

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Hedgerows: A tale of British countryside, folklore and riots!

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James Barr @jamesbarr.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Zut alors! @garlicandpearls.bsky.social LIVE at the Durning Library on 16 June!

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Muriel Zagha @murielzagha.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

And also why France is such an earthly paradise.

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Suzanne Raine @suzanneraine.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

One of the most fraught cultural fissures between Britain and France is how we weigh and measure things. @murielzagha.bsky.social explains why the French do it the metric way:

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Garlic & Pearls @garlicandpearls.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This is the episode which really does explain everything you need to know about why the world is as it is. @murielzagha.bsky.social @suzanneraine.bsky.social Spotify: bit.ly/42NM8PY Apple: bit.ly/4lsqfwW

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