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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🔥What can I do? stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/fighting-o...

Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just think about it... The considered word, anti-intelligence and a new commercial determinant of health stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/just-think...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🔥A French canicule, fried eggs on pavements, existential doughnuts, ultra-processed updates and a host of lively new podcasts... 👇 stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/dog-day-di...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🔥‘Food system transformation’ has become the mother of all development clichés. The real goal of many who invoke it is not real transformation – it’s more about fiddling on the fringe. To truly overhaul the food system, we need to see a major shift in the structure and dynamics of power.

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Big thanks to the Guild of Food Writers for shortlisting 'Food Fight' ! www.gfw.co.uk/2026/the-gui...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This book grew out of work for a counter-report to the historic World Food Conference of 1974. It's a classic...and that cover! RIP Susan George

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🔥new post stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/future-pre...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🔥new substack On the power of stories and radical realism stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/whats-the-...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

new year, new cover.... www.waterstones.com/book/food-fi...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

25 years after Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser returns... @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Late addition to my book list....a real tour de force!

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

🔥new substack Happy new year....and don't give up! stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/the-long-g...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Check out the latest issue of The Mint Magazine on the economics and politics of the food system, including interviews with Million Belay and myself. And happy new year Blueskyers! www.themintmagazine.com/issues/issue...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Cold but glorious Xmas ramble along Sussex coast.... Happy holidays!

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Big step forward... Check out @unicef.org new digital toolkit and world-first Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing knowledge.unicef.org/child-nutrit...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🔥 'Follow the money' stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/follow-the...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Last week saw the long-awaited launch of the The Lancet Group Series on Ultra-Processed Food and Human Health. Reviewed here: stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/ultra-proc... Three papers -- each one is excellent, together, they represent a landmark.

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Livelier than usual outside our place tonight

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Enjoyed this chat with Philipp Blom the other day Bear with it...we do get to solutions eventually! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6rA...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This excellent book brilliantly captures the breadth of the health challenge – with chapters on diet, exercise, mental health, transport, water, clean air, gun control, smoking, health care systems – while deep-diving into the detail of both problems and solutions. @profdevisridhar.bsky.social

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

How's this for a World Food Day partnership!? www.nestlehealthscience.us/stories/nest...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Enjoyed this chat with @kcrwevan.bsky.social www.kcrw.com/stories/chef... (from 24m) Good Food explores the world through the lens of food....from food politics to the science behind cooking, highlighting a diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists @kcrw.com

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🔥new substack stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/now-well-s...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Thanks to the Next Big Idea Club team for selecting 'Food Fight' as a September must-read! Here are five insights..... nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/foo... @pegasus-books.bsky.social

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

The Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics 2025 session 'Junk vs Jabs: our relationship with food' from last week with Alexandra Johnstone and Gary Maclean...a very lively session, expertly moderately by Emma Harper, with some great questions and discussion www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0q-...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🔥new substack The unlikely story of two food warriors and a large corporation which bit off more than it could chew.... stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/underneath...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

On the shelves in the US, the day after Labor Day... www.simonandschuster.com/books/Food-F...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Strange feeling of being watched on my evening walk…

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4f...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

In @ifpri.org's Global Food Policy Report 2025, we review the evolution of nutrition politics, policy and programming through the last half-century since IFPRI's inception. Chapter 12: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/4e31bb... Full report: cgspace.cgiar.org/items/f4fbb6...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Over a century ago, Eglantyne Jebb was arrested for protesting a European blockade that led to mass starvation....before later founding Save the Children. How is this happening now? i.guim.co.uk/img/media/48...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

'When are health professionals ethically obligated to engage in public advocacy' Timely insights from @mattwynia.bsky.social et al www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We know corruption exists...but how does it impact our global food system? @anastassiad.bsky.social @kcullerton.bsky.social globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“Until we get to net zero emissions extreme weather will only get worse...people are noticing, with rising food prices No 2 on the list of climate impacts they see in their lives, second only to extreme heat itself." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Great paper by Dori Patay and colleagues...on getting beyond the clichés of transformation to show what it will really take! www.nature.com/articles/s43... @nature.com @philbakernz.bsky.social

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Sportswashing in overdrive.... Cadbury, PepsiCo, KP Snacks, Walkers, and Kellogg’s have been hard at work ramping up their pollution of football, cycling, golf, and cricket @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Absolutely! Down-regulate/tax the bad ...but crucially, use the dividend to up-regulate the good (improve access and affordability of healthy diets for low-income families)

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Pithy review of 'Food Fight' in @newscientist.com 'best of 2025 so far' section www.newscientist.com/article/mg26... canongate.co.uk/books/5139-f...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Koko used to be a great venue to see bands... www.coca-cola.com/gb/en/offeri...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Lots of these guys sunbathing in the Yorkshire Dales at the mo…

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Atop the legendary Buttertubs Pass 🚴‍♀️with hundreds of sheep🐏scores of ground-nesting lapwings🐧 and a gang of jay-walking rabbits…. #YorkshireDales

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🔥new substack: Crime and malnourishment stuartgillespie.substack.com/p/crime-and-...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Heading up north again... If you're close to the UK City of Culture on Saturday and want to discuss the future of food, come along! bradford2025.co.uk/event/bradfo...

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Wonderful to hear words of deep wisdom from Mary Robinson at The Conduit….especially now @wellcometrust.bsky.social

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Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Fight Fake Food (Sunday 6 July, London) Join this march and delivery of a list of demands...along with a large homemade pie...to 10 Downing Street! www.cookeryschool.co.uk/fight-fake-f...

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