Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring - a work in progress with no end in sight, but maybe as much as anyone needs to know (eventually)..
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Jun 12
Personally I don’t believe in Father’s Day, but… If you still haven’t bought your copy of Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring, you can get it (and other wonderful books) direct from Hurst at 45% off! Bargain!
Jun 12
Father’s Day Flash Sale: Until Friday midnight, you can get 45% off any available title when ordering direct from our website. At Hurst, there's a book for any dad who likes to sound smart: from the glories of herring to the last stand at Bakhmut.
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ALT Book covers of 'Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring,' 'The Future,' 'The New Byzantines,' 'Italy in a Wine Glass,' and 'To Die with Such Men.'
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Jun 9
What to do when a friend brings you a dinky little dried herring from Japan and you happen to have a dinky little fresh herring in the freezer… Has to be a sushi-rollmop roll-off!
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May 24
Good to meet up with the great Mike Smylie once more. Ullapool’s Lugger Fest is a tip top event - and I got to eat one of Mike’s truly excellent kippers. As the cap says Make Herrings Great Again! #kipperman #eatmoreherrings #luggerfest #herringboats
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May 22
I was checking on the earliest Gaelic herring poem, as you do and Google’s AI suggested Eoghan Ó Donnghaile’s Welcome is the Herring… what do you know of this @ianduhig?
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May 21
Gosh, but I’m looking forward to being at Ullapool’s Lugger Fest this weekend! So many beautiful boats, so many lovers of the herring - including the great Mike Smylie (whose mobile smokehouse kippers I might even get to try this time…). luggerfest.wordpress.com
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May 20
Looking forward to Monday’s event at Taigh Chearsabhagh in Lochmaddy - I think it’s the first time I’ve been introduced in Gaelic! Hurrah! Or maybe, Cabhaig!
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May 9
Herrings declare independence. ‘Yes, we talk through our arses,’ they farted, ‘but we’d just like to register our disappointment.’
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May 5
Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring: The Highlands & Islands Tour! All right, a couple of gigs, but what gigs! I could be rubbish and you’d still be glad you came! Sat 23 May, 2.45pm, Lugger Fest, Ullapool; Mon 25 May, 7pm, Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy, North Uist. Hurrah!
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May 4
All I want is a proper cup coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot… Every time I hear (or sing) the song, I think of this coffee pot. And as a kid, before I’d heard the song, every time I thought about Aladdin…
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Apr 23
A tasty-looking rye & spelt loaf if I say so myself… if only I’d pickled some herrings when I had the chance…
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Apr 19
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The fishermen of North Shields are being supported through a new fundraising beer which has been created by a local brewery. Anarchy Brewery, based in Heaton, has teamed up with photographer Pete Robinson, who has documented the fishermen's lives in a book titled Harvest From The Deep.
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Apr 19
Just found the list they sent me, back in 1971, to read before I went to university. I have to say I always had a problem with books without stories. I enjoyed Mimesis and Seven Types of Ambiguity…
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Apr 19
Newcastle’s great gift to humanity - the prospects of any day are improved with a kipper for breakfast! Hurrah!
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Apr 17
Andy Kershaw! So sad to hear he’s gone. I remember his radio adventure in Mali, he was boarding some boat in Timbuktu and I’d just never heard anything like it. One of the greats.
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Apr 17
A scholar, no less!
Apr 17
🏆🐟Congratulations @herripedia! 'Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring' has been shortlisted for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship!
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Apr 16
Gosh! Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring is up for the Nach Waxman Prize for Food & Drink Scholarship. Honoured to be part of that shortlist!
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Apr 10
Hay erizos! There are sea urchins! In Asturias they’d be going crazy. Fresh from the North Sea - get yourselves down to Lindsay’s in Newcastle’s Grainger Market. At a quid a pop you can afford to go crazy.
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Apr 4
When a grandchild bakes you cinnamon buns, it’s possible to order that Bath chair with confidence.
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Apr 4
Had a lovely selection of herring the other evening. It is good stuff!
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