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Writer & photographer based in Northern Ireland. Countryman. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. New book โ€˜Sustenanceโ€™ available on Amazon.

County Down, Ulster
Joined January 2021
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Normalise sitting outside the cafรฉ all day and not really doing anything
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A fish pond mosaic in Rome
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The discovery of the statue of Antinous in Delphi, Greece in 1894 is one of my favourite photographs of all time.
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The discovery of the statue of Antinous in Delphi, Greece in 1894 is one of my favourite photographs of all time
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CONFIRMED: Ukrainian ace pilot โ€œGhost of Kievโ€ confirmed as local man ะกัะผ ะฅะฐะนะดะตะฝะบะพ
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Adam James Pollock ๐Ÿ•Š
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Normalise sitting outside the cafรฉ all day and not really doing anything
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England really perfected the medium-sized family home and then made building it illegal
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The before and after photos for a โ€œstunning new renovationโ€ Iโ€™ve just seen on Instagram
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Men want one thing
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Guys will see this and just think โ€œhell yeahโ€
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Shakshuka is one of the easiest, most beautiful meals you can make at home. Itโ€™s made up of eggs poached in a spiced tomato sauce and is so delicious. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make it.
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Adam James Pollock ๐Ÿ•Š
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> Nobody knows who he is > Becomes Twitter CEO > $12 million stock compensation > Adds nothing of value > Gets fired after less than a year > $42 million severance package
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You can make the best โ€œfast foodโ€ burger youโ€™ve ever tasted in less than ten minutes at home. You only need four ingredients. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how.
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Adam James Pollock ๐Ÿ•Š
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Olive oil is completely fine for cooking at high heat and people need to stop believing that it isnโ€™t
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Focaccia bread garden
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The discovery of the statue of Antinous in Delphi, Greece in 1894 is one of my favourite photographs of all time.
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Biblically accurate cat
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Bolognese is the most iconic Italian pasta dish, and it tastes so beautiful. Fortunately, itโ€™s very easy to make! In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make it!
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Itโ€™s called โ€œplant-based foodโ€ because all of it is made in large manufacturing plants
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You can make the best โ€œfast foodโ€ burger youโ€™ve ever tasted in less than ten minutes at home. You only need four ingredients. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how.
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One of my favourite meals to cook and eat is steak, honey roasted carrots, and mash potato. Itโ€™s good for you but also warms the soul. In this thread, Iโ€™ll show you how to make it.
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Manifesting this way of life
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This is probably the most important thread Iโ€™ve ever made: Hereโ€˜a a mega-thread of all my cooking threads, added together in one easy-to-find place. I hope you can learn something from this. If you think itโ€™s worthwhile, give it a share to help someone else out.
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Scientists create Liquid People; a tank full of water and blended urbanites that could be an alternative to people in urban areas.
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Turkish eggs is one of the most beautiful healthy meals. You can easily make this with only a few ingredients in about ten minutes. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make it!
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Forget 9-5 jobs, normalise doing whatever this is instead
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You need to be making everything as beautiful as possible. Itโ€™s good for the soul. Hereโ€™s a little focaccia bread garden I made.
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The before and after photos for a โ€œstunning new renovationโ€ Iโ€™ve just seen on Instagram
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Church of Saint John in Sohrol, Iran
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โ€œWe are much smarter now than people in the pastโ€ What people 900 years ago built:
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Your ancestors are always with you and within you. You are never alone.
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I regret to inform you that this trend is everywhere. They at least tried to be a bit more inventive, but it didnโ€™t work.
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Honestly Iโ€™m pro- whatever stops things like this from happening
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Morning Pikachu Dance. Winter has never been an obstacle to a good mood. ๐ŸŽฅ by Operative #UAarmy
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Men want one thing
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I must live a certain way
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A lot can happen in six months
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This is probably the most important thread Iโ€™ve ever made: Hereโ€˜a a mega-thread of all my cooking threads, added together in one easy-to-find place. I hope you can learn something from this. If you think itโ€™s worthwhile, give it a share to help someone else out!
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There are portals
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Reminder now that itโ€™s getting colder that this stove still works after 100 years, but thanks to โ€œprogressโ€ and โ€œimprovementโ€ you have to replace your new one after 5 years.
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A hot dog stand in Little Italy, New York, 1963
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Men want one thing
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@Babygravy9 Imagining the look on this personโ€™s face googling Varg. Wild.
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I must live a certain way
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How does this make you feel
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Do you ever want to just
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Adam James Pollock ๐Ÿ•Š
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Made steak frites tonight. Ribeye steak seared in ghee, and homemade fries done in extra virgin olive oil. This is how we all should eat.
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Men want one thing
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Presented without comment
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Iโ€™ve formed a new Cancer Cabinet, which will be convened in the coming weeks. They will drive the whole-of-government effort to unleash every possibility within our power to end cancer as we know it.
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Audrey Hepburn with her pet deer Pippen, 1958
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Passing tea between cars on the train from Peshawar to Lahore, Pakistan, 1983
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Do you ever want to just
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Filling up a water bottle in 1980s Florence. One of my favourite photographs.
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@MollyJongFast Much better, the general consensus seems
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Here is a mega-thread of all of my cooking threads, for your convenience. I will update this each time I make a big food post, and am pinning it to my profile. I hope this helps you out, and that you find it informative.
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The English countryside is a different world
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I spend around ยฃ30 ($40) a week on food and still manage to make good homecooked meals for lunch and dinner every single day. In this thread, Iโ€™ll walk you through how to budget properly and buy healthy things that you can use for multiple meals.
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Mentally, I live here
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Zuppa Toscana for dinner. A beautiful Italian soup with sausage, bacon, onion, potato and greens. Very warming for a cold January evening. In this thread I show you how to make it.
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One of the heartiest, most beautiful soups you can make is caldo verde, a Portuguese soup made with potatoes, onions, garlic, chorizo and greens. Itโ€™s also very simple to make! In this thread Iโ€˜ll show you how to make it.
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Iโ€™m not sure about most people, but Iโ€™d rather live here than in a small apartment in the city. There are no bodegas, there are no clubs or cocktail bars. There is no subway station nearby, nor any busy commuters going past in their hordes. If this is โ€œboringโ€, I am okay with it.
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Zuppa Toscana โ€“ a beautiful Italian soup with sausage, bacon, onion, potato and greens. Full of everything you could want: meat, dairy, vegetables, broth. In this thread I show you how to make it.
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There are so many different cuts of beef that it can be confusing knowing which to use in which scenario. Some are best for steak, others are better as ground beef or as roasts. In this thread, Iโ€™ll help you learn when to use what cuts of beef.
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There are portals
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Many people want a successful career, a fast car, the newest phone. Me? I want a bookshelf thatโ€™s also a door. Thatโ€™s it. I will have this one day.
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Have you ever noticed that pots and pans can be made from a wide range of materials? Each of these has its own positives and negatives! In this thread Iโ€™ll help you learn what kind of pans are best!
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Eating red meat is causing irreversible climate change and will end the world. This is what an increasingly large portion of the population believe, and government policies are being implemented to reflect this. This is largely a myth. In this thread, Iโ€™ll explain how. ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป
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I regret to inform you that this is a very popular trend - taking houses that need very little work to be nice, and making them hideous
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Anyone who says you canโ€™t cook with olive oil at high heat because โ€œsmoke pointโ€ is wrong. Made some fried chicken, deep fried in extra virgin olive oil. Juiciest fried chicken Iโ€™ve ever had.
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One of my favourite meals to cook and eat is steak, honey roasted carrots, and mash potato. Itโ€™s good for you and quick to make but also warms the soul. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make it.
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200 years ago was spiritually a future civilisation
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Having some plant-based steak (the cow ate grass)
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Reminder now that they want to ban gas stoves that this stove still works after 100 years, but thanks to โ€œprogressโ€ and โ€œimprovementโ€ you have to replace your new one after 5 years.
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The waves at Malin Head, Donegal, Ireland.
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There are portals
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I spend around ยฃ40 ($50) a week on food for two people and still manage to make good homecooked meals for lunch and dinner every single day. In this thread, Iโ€™ll walk you through how to budget properly and buy healthy things that you can use for multiple meals.
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Iโ€™ve had enough
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โ€œInstead of wood, Iโ€™m going to build my house out of cancerโ€
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Do you ever want to just
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@S69852814 @ruchirsharma_1 Greece is in Europe.
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My plan for the next 5 years is doing whatever it takes to have this
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Wildflowers by the ocean at Big Sur, California
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Crรจme brรปlรฉe is my absolute favourite dessert. It tastes beautiful, and is so easy to make with only five ingredients. In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make it!
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These six books on joinery and carpentry were my great-grandfatherโ€™s, who worked in a shipyard. They show you everything from simple joints to building a timber-framed house. Maybe I will get to use them some day.
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Bolognese is one of the most well known meals on the planet, and itโ€™s much easier to make than youโ€™d think! In this thread Iโ€™ll show you how to make bolognese the Italian way.
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Restaurants like this have the best meals in the world
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I must live a certain way
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I must live a certain way
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Got fired from my job today Celebrating by having two beautiful ribeye steaks We move
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Sir Roger Scrutonโ€™s study, a kind that is only achieved through a lifetime of work
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โ€œI will spend ยฃ15 on vodka for myself and treat my five children to a 30p frozen pizzaโ€
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A tomb in Hegra, Saudi Arabia, referred to as Qasr al-Farid meaning the โ€œLonely Castleโ€
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Nearly half of all Americans over the age of 12 are on some form of prescription stimulants, sedatives, tranquillisers or pain relievers. This is insane. A culture change is drastically needed.
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I must live a certain way
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Italy is made up of just 60 million of this guy
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We bought a house!
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The Swords of Stavanger, Norway. A certain power.
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