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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 6h

A fun evening of cocktails and dancing at a jazz club #music

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 15h

I've got some friends coming over later, so assembling a cottage pie. #foodsky #homecooking

A half assembled cottage pie. A layer of mince and vegetables, with some mashed potato dolloped on top

A fully assembled cottage pie. The potato has been fluffed up with a fork tp get crispy bits when it cooks.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 15h

Just been told by one rescue centre that I live too near a "busy road" (which isn't particularly busy) so they won't consider me. Feeling pretty pissed off, especially as several neighbours have cats.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 15h

Hazlenut coated mozzarella with a lemon and beetroot salad. The recipe from James Martin used goat's cheese but I'm not a big fan of it. #foodsky #goodlunch #salad

A piece of mozzarella cheese, coated in chopped hazelnuts and grilled so the nuts go brown. It sits on top of a large crouton, which itself sits on lettuce leaves and chunks of beetroot. A lemon and hazelnut oil dressing is drizzled over.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tarragon is such an underused herb in the UK. But its clean aniseed flavour makes it great with fish and chicken. In this recipe from Sophie Dahl, its used in a creamy, mushroomy sauce to accompany sea bass. #foodsky #homecooking #autumn

A fillet of sea bass served with a wild mushroom, tarragon and cream sauce. Also on the plate is a mound of creamy polenta and some green beans.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sophie Dahl calls this "Paris mash" although no mashing is involved. She created it with her friend - artist Annie Mooris - when they were living in Paris in their late teens. It's a mix of lentils, salad, garlic, onions and herbs. #foodsky #homecooking

A mix of lentils, salad, garlic, onions and herbs.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another month means another cookbook (or two). October sees one last venture into these, with their chapters on autumn. Expect plenty of pumpkin, mushroom, casseroles and hearty soups. #foodsky #cookbook #autumn

The front covers of "My kitchen" by James Martin and "Miss Dahl's voluptuous delights" by Sophie Dahl

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Breakfast this morning is toasted focaccia (made yesterday) topped with scrambled eggs. #foodsky #breakfast

Two pieces of toasted focaccia topped with scrambled eggs

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Parklife" producer Stephen Street suggested that this track was the clearest proof of Damon Albarn’s greatness as a songwriter. He has a point. It turns an unlikely subject – the pros and cons of settling down with your partner – into a vast singalong anthem. #music #Blur #90s #britpop

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Blur - End Of A Century (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Blur

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A midweek bake: appple, maple syrup and pecan focaccia. Not as open a texture inside as I'd have liked but never mind. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #homecooking #bread

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A midweek bake: appple, maple syrup and pecan focaccia. Not as open a texture inside as I'd have liked but never mind. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #homecooking #bread

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This track starts off feeling like the work of a band battered by the events of the preceding years, before a gospel choir surges in, as if urging the whole thing on. The peculiar, shaky balance it strikes between exhaustion and resolve is unexpected and rather potent. #music #Blur #90s #britpop

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Blur - Tender (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Blur

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thinking of adopting a kitten (or two) 🐈

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thai inspired duck curry. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social but amended slightly with the addition of some rice noodles to the soup. #foodsky #soup #Thai

A bowl of soup made with spring onions, green beans, red Thai spice paste, coconut milk, lime juice, soy sauce and rice noodles. A slice duck breast is placed on top, and two seeded bread rolls are served next to it.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Coconut and coriander lamb: a mild and creamy lamb casserole given a heady green freshness with a coriander herb paste. Aromatic rather than hot. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #food #foodsky #homecooking

Lamb pieces in a coriander and coconut milk sauce. Served with rice.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of weekend baking: orange and chocolate friands. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #homebaker #baking

A tray of 12 buns with chocolate chips and crystalised orange peel inside

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the clarion calls of the Britpop era, this track hasn’t dated as you might expect. Perhaps that's because the drums and Coxon’s jagged guitar bear the same post-punk influence as vast swathes of 21st-century alt-rock. The Pet Shop Boys remix is also worth a listen. #music #Blur #90s #britpop

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Blur - Girls And Boys (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Blur

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A bit of weekend baking: orange and chocolate friands. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #homebaker #baking

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Big errors from Guehi and Rodri in this game so far. They're current/former Man City players. Brains scrambled after yesterday's news? #ENGvSPA #ManCity

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've decided that the Essex accent is my least favourite one #Strictly

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Embracing autumn with a whole squash stuffed with tomatoes, butter beans and basil. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #food #foodsky #homecooking #autumn

A whole squash that has had its lid cut off and middle scooped out. Its then been stuffed with tomatoes, butter beans and basil before being cooked. Served with some salad leaves.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A canal side walk in Bingley this afternoon along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Here there are two impressive feats of engineering: the Three Rise Locks and the Five Rise Locks. More info in the alt text.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This song takes me back to the football computer game 'FIFA: Road to the World Cup 98' where it was used as the menu music. I remember getting St Kitts & Nevis to qualify for the World Cup and then going on to win it. Happy days! #music #Blur #90s #football #britpop

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Blur - Song 2 (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Blur

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friday night curry. Chicken thighs cooked in a tomato and garam masala curry sauce. Served with rice with more garam masala & butter stirred through. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #homecooking #curry

Chicken thighs cooked in a tomato and garam masala curry sauce. Served with rice with more garam masala & butter stirred through.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Dal with a twist: made with yellow split peas rather than red lentils to give more texture. Though I think they needed a bit more cooking than the recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social suggested. Topped with a coriander, cashew and lime paste. #foodsky #homecooking #Indian

A bowl of dal with a green herb paste on top

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Although your eyes may first be drawn to the crispy skinned duck breast, the real star of this plate is the plum sauce. It's fruity, sour, hot, aromatic and salty. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social The cabbage cooked in the duck pan juices was also very good. #foodsky #homecooking

A breast of duck sat on a pile of wilted cabbage. There is also some white rice and plum sauce on the plate.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the opening track on "The Ballad of Darren", Blur's ninth studio album released in 2023. Like the rest of the album, this song feels nostalgic, although the occasional sweet memory – “We travelled around the world together” – is vastly outweighed by darker thoughts. #music #Blur #rock

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Blur - The Ballad (Live)

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Homemade fig and cheese flatbreads (though perhaps with too much yeast as they're not particularly flat!) But they do have an after dinner cheese course vibe, which is rather fun. Recipe from @nigelslater.bsky.social #foodsky #goodlunch #bread

Two flatbreads filled with pieces of fig and grated cheese

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A quick eat from @nigelslater.bsky.social. A fillet of sea bass (although Nigel used red mullet) on Moroccan spiced couscous. #foodsky #homecooking

A fried fillet of sea bass laid on top of a mix of couscous, red onion, sultanas, pumpkin seeds and Moroccan spice mix.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This, the closing track from the album 'Parklife', takes the shipping forecast as a starting point for a gorgeous, atmospheric tour around the British Isles. Often voted as Blur's best song, its mood alternates affectingly from sadness to a battered optimism. #music #Blur #90s

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Blur "This Is A Low" Glastonbury '94

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pretending that it's still summer. Minted lamb steak with crushed new potatoes and pea fritters. Recipe adapted from @nigelslater.bsky.social #food #foodsky #homecooking

A lamb steak with a pile of crushed new potatoes and 3 pea fritters

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The only problem with going on holiday is the unpacking and washing you have to do when you get home

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A bolt of inspiration that struck Damon Albarn on a hungover Christmas Day, this track distils Bowie, the Kinks and Madness into a love song to London, its charm still infectious today. #music #Blur #90s #britpop

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Blur - For Tomorrow (4K Colour Version)

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A stop off in Worcester for a couple of hours on the way home. #history #sightseeing

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Lunch at a cafe in Worcester en route back home. #foodsky #goodlunch

A cheese and chorizo toastie, with side salad and coleslaw. A beaker of elderflower pressé sits on the side.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Funny how nobody ever talks about the “legitimate concerns” people have about the extreme concentration of wealth among a small number of billionaires.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Crundle pudding is a dessert that originates from just outside Chipping Campden, so it seemed appropriate to make after visiting the area today. Its a very light sponge flavoured with nutmeg and traditionally served with stewed fruit. #foodsky #pudding #dessert

An individual sponge pudding with stewed apple and custard

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For the final full day of my Cotswolds adventure, I went on a 13 mile walk. Starting in Chipping Campden and taking in Dover's Hill, Saintbury, Broadway and Broadway Tower with sections of the walk following the Cotswold Way. #walk #outdoors #Cotswolds

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another traditional Cotswolds dish tonight: Gloucestershire squab pie. It's filled with lamb, onion and apple. Lamb isn't the most obvious meat when you think of the Cotswolds, but there are plenty of sheep around here. #foodsky #homecooking #pie

A slice of pie served with roasted new potatoes, carrots and parsnips

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Treating myself to a fry up for breakfast this morning. #foodsky #breakfast #homecooking

A plate containing two sausages, a couple if bacon rashers, a poached egg, two potato cakes, fried tomatoes and fried mushrooms.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A very traditional Cotswold dinner tonight of bacon pudding. It's a suet pastry steamed pudding filled with bacon, onion and herbs. Served with carrots, runner beans and fried mushrooms. #foodsky #dinner #homecooking

A suet pastry steamed pudding filled with bacon, onion and herbs. Some gravy has been poured over the pudding. Served with carrots, runner beans and fried mushrooms. There is a glass of wine on the side.

A close up of the pudding which has now been cut open to show its bacon and onion filling.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

An excursion to the Hereford Marches this afternoon. There has been a campaign since 2012 to get the area recognised as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. #walk #outdoors #nature

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is described in the Cotswolds revipe book as "Sweet gammon pie". THIS IS NOT A PIE! With layers of gammon, apricots and sultanas, topped by slices of potato, there is no pastry in sight. A Cotswolds version of a Lancashire hotpot at best. Served with creamy leeks. #foodsky #goodlunch

An earthenware dish with layers of gammon, apricots and sultanas. Slices of potato are arranged on top, which have become crispy after being cooked in the oven. Some creamy leeks are served on the side.

A closeup of the earthenware dish with some of the potato slices removed. The gammon, apricots and sultanas are now visible.

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Matt @matt600000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you go down to the woods today... A walk in the Forest of Dean this morning, following a sculpture trail for part of the way. This part of the Forest of Dean used to be used for mining but little sign of that still remains; rewilding at its best. #walk #walking #outdoors #nature

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