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Hoping very much that the duck eggs for the mayonnaise I posted about earlier today didn’t come from this … (via ravelexi posted on Twitter by NoContextBrits)

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Feb 22, 2022 06:16PM

Not a very prettified pic I’m afraid, but here’s the thing: shopping the other day, I plucked half a dozen eggs from a shelf and only when I got home did I notice they were duck eggs, not hen. On a whim I thought I’d try making mayonnaise with them. Holy quacks, Batman! SO delicious - if you could make a sauce out of Ella Fitzgerald’s voice it would be something like this. Rich, creamy and mesmerisingly delicious. It is (autocorrect or no autocorrect) ducking gorgeous… who knew? Well, you did probably, but it was news to me … Message ends

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Feb 22, 2022 07:44AM

Fancy winning a signed copy of my new book #FrysTies and six of my favourite ties from the new charlestyrwhitt collection? To enter, simply enter your details at bit.ly/CTSTEPHEN before 23rd December 2021. You can also get 20% off at Charles Tyrwhitt with the code STEPHEN20👔

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Dec 14, 2021 11:00AM

A little while ago, I had the honour to be appointed to the board of Norwich City Football Club norwichcityfc. My poor attendance and general hopelessness in a committee meant that the time came to agree that perhaps a role as ambassador, friend and social media poster on behalf of the Canaries would suit me better than sitting around a table gazing with dumb incomprehension at spreadsheets and financial reports. A place in the Directors’ Box is a very obvious perk of board membership, and with it, for males, comes the requirement to present yourself in jacket and tie. Every tie tells a story. Discover them all in my new book #FrysTies: The Life and Times of a Tie Collection 👔

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Nov 18, 2021 09:30AM

By my last year at Queen’s College, by which time I was the president – or ‘Senior Member’ – of the Queens’ College Cherubs dining club. One of the features of the initiation ceremony was to tell the club what we would do to glorify the name of the Cherubs in later life and I said, little thinking I could really make it happen that I would wear the tie on TV. But luckily I was very quickly as good as my word and wore it on University Challenge in 1980. Queens’ College colours are dark green and white, hence the Cherubs tie’s green stripe. Then there’s blue for the heavens and cherub pink. Inspired by my lockdown Instagram posts, my new book #FrysTies delves into my colourful collection of ties - and the even more colourful tales that accompany them 👔

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Nov 15, 2021 04:08PM

Many years ago, between A Levels and university I worked for a short while at the department store Bonds of Norwich. I started in Homewares but was moved up to Furniture on the top floor, for which I had to wear a dark suit with a splendid bumblebee tie – the shop’s symbol was a bee 🐝 Furniture’s Mr Ellis and I would patrol the floor, trying to get customers interested in our lines of Ercol furniture. I would say things like, ‘Madam certainly has an eye. She has instinctively picked out the finest dining table in Norwich.’ Or, ‘Surely the question Sir should be asking is, “Can Sir afford not to own so exquisite a sofa?’’’. Dear Old Bonds. It never felt like work. Discover more of the tales behind the ties in my new book #FrysTies – out now 👔

Posted by @stephenfryactually on Nov 12, 2021 10:21PM