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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Lots of reasons to love academic and research Norwich, but The Quadram Institute (centre of microbiome excellence) is one of the best.

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Andrew Wilcox (Wilco) @readersheds.co.uk · 23/02/2026

I want to know if this story is true "Einstein’s brief stay in a Norfolk hut is one of those wonderful historical details that feels almost too good to be true." Do any Norfolk sheddies know it? www.edp24.co.uk/news/2587875...

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'Einstein's hut' installation steals the show at Norwich Science Festival

A humble garden shed played a surprising role at this year’s Norwich Science Festival.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Trying to do a bit of light gardening, I always leave the garden shaggy for winter habitat, and finding ladybird management/rescue is ridiculous. There are so many to avoid displacing - I can’t imagine what they and theirs will find to eat. Still, much better than too few. :) ❤️🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

All the reporters are fascinated by this alleged cell toilet.

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Abigail Johnson @abigailbutblue.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Virginia Giuffre, a hero.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

My usual library of choice is Holt, but I got three books I didn’t really need from the monthly library van last week and always save up something to return. In a village with barely any public transport it’s a real lifeline for some. Use it or lose it.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Dishwasher salt. That’s unreasonably heavy, bulky stuff isn’t it? We’re a problem solving species. Can we not do better by this stage of things?

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Hello Tuesday. 🖼️ Mouse, Shibata Zeshin.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Not a fan of big garden centres (prefer proper nurseries) but needed some cheap garden clogs to slip on, so headed to Fakenham Garden Centre. It was as billed, but O’d had forgotten that it does have the most mesmerising aquarium department. Absolutely gorgeous fish.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Went to see H Is For Hawk at Fakenham cinema this evening. Every bit as good as the reviews say. Clare Foy got right into @hjm.bsky.social’s wonderful skin. Great film making. Six in our party, so we’ll be in Fakenham’s good books.

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Cut blackthorn hedges less often = boost brown hairstreak butterflies. Really simple, cost-free (or even money-saving) measures can massively benefit wildlife. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges

More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of decline

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

“When we see the hazel catkins turn yellow, we know that spring is not far off” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

A blackbird is purchased on the ground of a wooded bank near a lake on a misty winter day. Overhead, hazel catkins droop.

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 12/11/2025

Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Nobody breathe, but I think someone’s coming for the futon at 5.30…

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Brent Terhune @brentterhune.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

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Brandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The joy of listing something (perfect condition Futon Company futon in this case) for free on Facebook. Is it still available? Yes Radio silence (repeat ad infinitum) Hi, I’m desperate. My daughter’s coming to stay. It’s available Radio silence Is it a smoke free house Yes (as per ad) etc

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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

theverge.com

I grew up with Alex Pretti

The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reading Julian Barnes Departure(s) and his lockdown experience, I suddenly had the revelation that not going to work now means I’m living the fantasy lockdown that I didn’t have at the time (13hr Pie HQ days). I’m reading, making sourdough and haven’t started relearning French, but give it time. 🪡

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Hyper local, but Fakenham Tyres are a breath of fresh air. No shiny reception, chap in overalls appears beside you as you park. Whips wheel off, mends it, back on and general cheeriness abounds. Super speedy, into tatty office and charges £15. Pops some air in the other 🛞🛞🛞 for good measure.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Long shot, but has anyone got experience/recommendations for people who do domestic stainless steel worktop installations? Thanks. RT hugely appreciated #norfolk #kitchen #UK

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

GET YOUR NON-SLOPPY VALENTINES HERE! @gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The first morning this year that I’ve heard a dawn chorus.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Today’s phone screen saver. Mood.

Screensaver showing Mouse the cat, chin down, fast asleep on a wooden table. The time, 8.46.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Picked four small twigs of Sweet Box to dot around for fragrance, and have had to rewild three ladybirds who came in on them.

A twig of sweet box (Sarcococca - every home should have one) in an old glass bottle, found in the garden.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Marty Supreme at Cromer last night. Very loud, very hectic, feeling exhausted.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hamnet at Fakenham cinema last night. I enjoyed it more than the book, which I read some years ago. Probably tighter editing to get it to two hours helped. Great visuals - and the top notch performances we already knew was coming. It didn’t do anything for D, apparently.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Your annual reminder that “Blue Monday” is a complete fiction invented by a company that wanted to sell you more holidays. Enjoy January! It’s quiet and cosy and time for semi-hibernation, reflection and being kind to yourself!

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

When windy place an ear to the bark of a tree, & with a hand stop all noise entering the other ear You can now concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the low rumble of the trunk & branches working with the wind You can also feel the movement of the branches as they react

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

#firstbirdoftheday Great Spotted Woodpecker, heard drumming. Good spring-like sign even if the village is draped in a damp murk this morning.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

“I’m a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”May Morris, English artist embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Women’s Guild of Arts, 1907 #womensart

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Was sitting in the kitchen with Mouse cat on my knee and we both heard a loud bang. Turns out D was dreaming he was in a cafe and a man came over and “snorted” at D’s feta. He thought this so rude he stood up and kicked him hard on the bum. Bedroom wall is OK, but D’s foot hurt for a while. 🤷‍♀️

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Showed The Ballad Of Wallace Island at the Village Hall cinema last night. A good number of people who don’t often come were there. D brought the house lights up slowly at the end but no one moved or spoke as they listened to the final song. A good sign. Recommended. #villagelife

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Walked the 50yds up to the VH to provide teas and @nigella.bsky.social clementine cake at the monthly art workshop. Found out that a neighbour has died, a few weeks after she was reluctantly moved to a care home 😢. And discovered whose car was on the low loader last night. #Veryvillage.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Today’s plan was in the calendar to go over to Cromer for a walk with Johnny & Julia, previously village residents. But consensus yesterday was to wait until there’s a bit less arctic coming off the North Sea.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

More ridiculously bright moonlight down the garden at 6.30 this morning. Narnia stuff.

A snowy garden brightly lit by a full moon. Taken in my iPhone which automatically did a long exposure, but it was close to daylight bright.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

When I was working I used to walk Juno up the hill to work. The first time I saw this view in 2007 it captivated me and, once I had Juno to walk, I photographed it 100s of times, a sniffing dog pulling at her lead beside me. This is 4th January 2016. First day back after the holidays.

The view from the back lane up to Bayfield Brecks. Pie HQ was on the glacial ridge overlooking the North Sea, but this is looking, over Letheringsett and Thornage backward, South, towards home.

In Norfolk, although not as flat as they say, you don’t get too many opportunities to overlook a landscape from above it and see the patterns spread out below.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Having a bit of cognitive dissonance here. Had a lovely snowy day, feeding the birds, walking the dog with Jeremy, a nice lunch. Meanwhile in a previously benign country an evil old man invades a country for oil, grabs its president, and what the actual F…?

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I make this regularly during citrus season. It’s incredibly easy and with just eggs, clementines (or whatever you have), ground almonds and a smidge of sugar I don’t think it would ever be wrong to have it for breakfast. Flipping delicious, of course. I cook the clems in the pressure cooker.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Quite the full moon last night. Kitchen bright enough to navigate at 3.30 am. #norfolk

The bright light on the wall is moonlight lighting up the shelf in the kitchen.

Cat and chair being lit by moonlight shining through the French windows

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Pre Traitors supper tonight in considerable contrast to last night’s fab Caucuses extravaganza. From Amber Guinness’s Winter in Tuscany. Another gift that I’m very much getting into. Love a proper bit of seasonality.

Photo of the recipe page of pasta with Brussel Sprouts (really) and, in our case, ham from the bone that was lurking in the freezer. Really no trouble at all and delicious (also had garlic, Parmesan and chilli). From Amber Guinness’s book Winter In Tuscany, recommended for cosy vibes.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Made a bookmark for one of this year’s gifts from last year’s calendar.

An olive green chestnut leaf bookmark matching the cover of Nigel Slater’s A Thousand Feasts.

On the cover it says”Small moments of joy”.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

New Year’s Eve at our village Georgian restaurant. Georgian music, Georgian food and Georgian atmosphere. So good. (Thanks Jeremy for all the hard work and skill)

The table before we got messy with it.

Red and white checked table cloth with cutlery and plates and bowls of food. Plus some ominous shot glasses.

Aubergine rolls with walnut and pomegranate filling. A plate of flat bread in the background.

Chopped mushroom dish with a bottle of Georgian red in the background (highly recommended - actually available in Waitrose).

The scary Chacha 42% spirit in the foreground. Not from Waitrose.

Katchachuri Classic Georgian cheese dish.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Borrowed book book, read it read it is one from Mary to D to me. Beautiful Ruins. 2012, I didn’t realise it was that old until I finished. Fascinated by the interwoven structures, and spending some of the book in Italy at this stage of the year with a fictionalised Richard Burton is no bad thing.

Cover of Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. Also didn’t realise it was written by a chap until I finished it and looked for background on YouTube.

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Sarah Pettegree @sarahpettegree.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Great big pressure cooker of turkey, herbs and veg stock on. My mother looks down and smiles* *Also tells me how it should be done ❤️

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Just Jim will do. @justjim.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Why are Americans not in the streets bearing their much cherished anti-overbearing government weaponry? Why are ICE vehicles not on their sides and in flames? How much longer will they put up with this shit before they say, "You know what, that's just wrong"?

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