News about Jonathan Swift

Save our Chelsea buns! As foreign baked products such as pain aux raisins or pastel de nata tempt shoppers, London's oldest culinary delight is under threat

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2024
The Chelsea bun, which dates back to the early 1800s, was once a teatime favorite in most bakery windows in London, but they are getting more difficult to find. As customers opt for pastries that aren't as sweet, Greg Hands, the MP for Chelsea & Fulham, fears that the once popular bun will be under threat. I remember as a child how practically every bakery sold fresh Chelsea buns, but now the delicacy is impossible to come by, with the hot cross bun, the croissant, the pain aux raisins, and the like,' he told The Standard. 'It's still delectable, and the London area has a long tradition.' It's a rich piece of the city's history, as seen with the 200-year-old bun in the Museum of London's, and I'd be delighted to see it revived.' Mr Hands, London's Prime Minister, is in partnership with Partidges, an independent food store on Chelsea's King's Road, to alert people of the danger of death.

A free speech lawsuit in Russia has dissolved as a British judge steps down after finding out that Kremlin has placed him on the Putin blacklist

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 10, 2023
Mr Justice Jonathan Swift, a judge who had been presiding over a lawsuit involving Graham Phillips, who had his assets frozen due to his pro-Russian views, has discovered that his name has been removed from Putin's blacklist. The list includes academics, military, and political figures, as well as journalists who have been deemed anti-Russian by the Kremlin. Mr Phillips, who was once described as a "pro-Russian propagandist" in a Lords debate, is now based in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine. Mr Phillips' barrister responded by saying that direct contact between the judge and the Foreign Office, which is the accuser in the High Court case, meant he could no longer preside over it. Mr Justice Swift denied Mr Phillips' lawyers' allegations that there might have been "internal communications with the intention of influencing my decision." However, he opted to withdraw from the lawsuit, saying: "The overall effect has been to subpoen my ability to handle this lawsuit.'

Following social media users' scathing's of Gregg Wallace' latest Channel 4 spoof documentary about cannibalism, Ofcom has received more than 400 complaints

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 26, 2023
408 people filed a complaint to the broadcasting authority after the launch of The British Miracle Meat. According to Ofcom, the majority of protesters had objected to the promotion of human meat. Poor Irish families donate their children to wealthy English landlords for food, according to the show, it's a ripoff of Jonathan Swift's 1729 essay A Modest Proposal, which claims that poor Irish families contribute their children to wealthy English landlords for food. However, there was no warning sent ahead or during the show to remind viewers that it was fictional.

After a 'disgust' viewers backlash on his latest satirical Channel 4 show, which includes TV chef sampling 'human meat,' Gregg Wallace addresses supporters

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 25, 2023
After his latest Channel 4 show was blasted by viewers, Gregg Wallace has consulted with his followers on Instagram. On Monday night, the MasterChef judge, 58, appeared on The British Miracle Meat, a satirical documentary about a factory that made 'engineered human meat.' Poor Irish families give their children to wealthy English landlords for food, according to the program, it is a ripoff of Jonathan Swift's 1729 essay A Modest Proposal.

Is this Channel 4's most tasteless show ever?: Viewers blast new Greg Wallace program that sees TV chef sampling 'human meat'

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 24, 2023
With a satirical documentary about a plant that made 'engineered human meat', Channel 4 reignited fresh outrage.' MasterChef host Greg Wallace talked to 'donors' who were selling their flesh to a fictional company called 'Good Harvest,' which was billed as a remedy for cash-strapped families. The human tissue was then seen growing in labs into larger slabs of meat, which could be used to make steaks, burgers, and sausages. However, MPs slammed the show as a "poor taste" of the cost-of-living crisis, and Channel 4 chiefs were chastised for failing to warn viewers that the subject was not accurate.

King Charles and Queen Camilla visit a library and cathedral in Armagh

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 25, 2023
King Charles visited Cathedral in St Patrick's where he met with representatives from the Church of Ireland, the Roman Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church, and the Irish Council of Churches. Queen Camilla, 75, visited the Armagh Robinson Library, which is home to a number of local archaeological treasures, historical archives, and fine art, as well as books. The Dean of Armagh, the Very Rev Shane Forster, welcomed Charles outside St Patrick's Cathedral in Co Armagh.

A new generation is seducing a new generation in an ode to poetry

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 19, 2023
When Donna Ashworth appears on the screen for our Zoom interview, she is wearing a jumper with the word 'poetic' drawn across it in large silver letters. This is appropriate, considering that the 48-year-old Scot is regarded as a rock star in the poetry world. Ashworth wrote her first poem just four years ago. She posted it on Facebook anonymously, mainly because people thought it was terrible, 'I could just pretend somebody else had written it'.'

A.N.WILSON, a scientist who wants to reverse age, warns that seeking eternal youth is irreversibly deceitful

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 21, 2023
A.N. It used to be a sign of getting older, but policemen seemed to be getting older. Now it's mice. Experimental therapy has shown that experimental therapy can rejuvenate cell culture in mice, prolonging their lives. The results may lead to the development of a method that can be tested in humans within five years. Terrific! The white-coated boffins are hoping to be infused with magical genes so that people can imagine being like the world's oldest lady, a French nun who died last week at the age of 118, not looking a day over 109.

Andrew Marr: Is it thanks to the Queen we were spared an era of full-throttle populism?

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 10, 2022
ANDREW MARR: On our television screens, she has been living 'over there,' at Buckingham Palace, Windsor, Balmoral. But she has also been living inside us, nestling in our imaginations. So the atmosphere is not only characterized by deep national mourning but also by profound unrest. For the first time, this is a deeply troubling time. It takes away one of the few places in our national life marked by stillness and hope. To that extent, her death is as much about us as it is about her.