Nice @secondmentions.bsky.social by @elizabethalker.bsky.social on R3 just now: "the beleaguered siblings" for Hansel and Gretel.

@secondmentions.bsky.social Robots that run in races are “the metal competitors” in today’s Mirror 👌

FAO @secondmentions.bsky.social “your steak addict acquaintance”

@secondmentions.bsky.social "unshakable comrade-in-salad"

Mustard: "the hot-dog-adjacent hue"

From @thetimes.com

As Franco Manca scales back, is the air going out of the sourdough pizza craze? The restaurant is to cut more than a fifth of its outlets amid an onslaught from supermarkets and rival chains

Superb second mention: "the puffy pizzamonger"

@secondmentions.bsky.social

As Franco Manca scales back, is the air going out of the sourdough pizza craze?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

@secondmentions.bsky.social "the purported ursine"

As Franco Manca scales back, is the air going out of the sourdough pizza craze? The restaurant is to cut more than a fifth of its outlets amid an onslaught from supermarkets and rival chains

@secondmentions.bsky.social

“The puffy pizzamonger”

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

'purported ursine' @secondmentions.bsky.social

@secondmentions.bsky.social "Lancastrian-born funnyman"

James Bond game: Lana Del Rey to sing theme on 007 First Light The Summertime Sadness star has been keen to add her voice to the Bond franchise for a number of years.

"the Summertime Sadness hitmaker"

BBC News - Lana Del Rey to sing theme for new James Bond game
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘The sweary chef’

Gorse flapjack recipe — a taste of Skye with oats and butter Clare Coghill from Café Cùil shares how to use the malty, coconut-scented wildflower in the ultimate seasonal traybake

Gorse: "the malty, coconut-scented wildflower" from @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/09fb...

“The oily bread” @secondmentions.bsky.social

You trying for @secondmentions.bsky.social?

This whole short thread by @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social is amazing, and this small part of it is especially good for its @secondmentions.bsky.social

Guardian story : “an unexpected shortage of cornichons has caused consternation in sandwich shops across the country as cafes scramble to get their hands on jars of the small green pickles.”

@secondmentions.bsky.social small green pickles

English virtue battles the pagan The genesis of Far from the Madding Crowd

@secondmentions.bsky.social Transpontine theatre

“In the same vein, the Westminster Review complained that Troy’s sword display amid the ferns ‘was fit only for the boards of some transpontine theatre’ – that is, suited only for a melodrama that might play on a south London stage”

"tater mountain" @secondmentions.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We chess players are not all serial killers Forget all those images of the cold-eyed psychopath in his cell. The game of 64 squares redeems criminals, it doesn’t encourage them

Chess: "the game of 64 squares"

www.thetimes.com/article/8af3...

This is a great @secondmentions.bsky.social . 'The Feathery Satanwhacker'.

... and I didn't even describe Satan as a "knobbly monster"...

I'm not sure such blatant angling to be considered by @secondmentions.bsky.social should be allowed, really ... !

Painted stonework depiction of the Archangel Michael holding down a serpent with a shepherd's crook, while apparently adjusting his y-fronts through his robe. (Is this "girding his loins"?)

Carved wooden depiction of Saint Michael as a mediaeval warrior about to smite a fairly convincing but still rather small dragon. It is captioned "Brussel".

A modern statue of our pal the smitey archangel delivering a serious thumping to a most unhappy dragonlike demon. The demon's tongue is sticking out and one clawed hand is raised in protest.

For some reason we kept encountering the Archangel Michael last week.

Here are two depictions of the feathery satanwhacker from Dumfries and one from Brussels via Stranraer.

Belgium: "the land of Hercule Poirot, waffles, beer, moules-frites and Tintin"

@thetimes.com

@secondmentions.bsky.social "pungent anchovy spread"

The pungent savoure spread

@secondmentions.bsky.social

Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread Falling sales end production of condiment created in 1828 – but London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menu

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ap...

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The "pungent anchovy-based condiment"....

Excellent @secondmentions.bsky.social softens further evidence of civilisational collapse. The pungent anchovy spread.

Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread Falling sales end production of spread created in 1828 but reborn London restaurant Simpson’s keeps it on the menu Fans of traditional British cuisine were heartbroken by news that Gentleman’s Relish was being discontinued by its manufacturer. But Jeremy King, who last month reopened Simpson’s in the Strand, has instructed his chef to create a version of the pungent anchovy-based condiment almost identical to the real thing for the 198-year-old London restaurant. Continue reading...

Gentleman’s Relish is toast after its maker axes the pungent anchovy spread