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adamlechmere.bsky.social
Wine journalist and publisher of The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide, Academie du Vin Library London
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Very interested in what people think of the new Observer under Tortoise Media? There's something about it I don't like - a cheapening of the writing, a tabloid feeling - when you get to quality people like Rawnsley you think, "you still here?"

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Nominal determinism corner: a minor gripe with Shakespeare's Globe was answered courteously and quickly by a young functionary called... Will

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This from @roisinlanigan.bsky.social in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social. Odd that they didn't update - the new Pope was elected days before it went to press

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Shortest honeymoon on record? Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Workshops 🪩 I'm running a group online workshop on Saturday 24 May at 10.30am. Think of it as a brunch meeting where we can discuss writing, editing your own work, and developing a better pitching technique. DM me to book.

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Just coming up for air. Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Napa Valley has gone to print, Tuscany nearly there. I'm at my desk clad in five layers of sheepskin and still shivering in this bone-chilling misery of a climate we have on our beautiful & sad little island

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Fascinating ‘His work needs to be seen’: the Eric Gill exhibition put together by abuse survivors www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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"weirdos" - on the Barclay bros in the @lrb.co.uk

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Nothing like fighting a nice liar on a winter's night

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Georgian wine producers are rapidly modernising to meet the demands of 21st-century drinkers, despite the country's celebrated winemaking history. @adamlechmere.bsky.social visits Georgia to hear how ancient methods with modern techniques are ensuring the wines don't get stuck in the past

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Just had occasion to remember the old Les Dawson line. "The wife told me, 'You'll drive me to an early grave'. I had the car out in ten seconds flat."

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Given what's going on in the world, this is perfect for today's #findsfriday. Those who are responsible for the current state of affairs may feel addressed. Hand of a gilded bronze statue of an Roman emperor. From Kempten, 1st to 3rd c. AD On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung 📷 me 🏺

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The Great Gatsby. I keep stopping to think, is this or that passage brilliant, or self-conscious tosh?

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The colour of this sky

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Imagine getting this sort of praise from this collection of writers

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Fascinating listening to Rishi Sunak on @bbcradio4.bsky.social. Decent, thoughtful, smart, nerdy - seems like a voice from another age. I like the convo about Englishness. "Of course I'm English," as if, what a daft question

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Brilliant & fearless article from my friend Christian Holthausen

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1993 to 2017. The first (and last - there were only 400 halves of the 93 and it's almost gone) full vertical of the extraordinary elixir Royal Tokaji Essencia. Story to come on @cluboenologique.bsky.social

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Blast from the past: Priti Patel on @bbcradio4.bsky.social this mornin talkin about increasin spendin on defence

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