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Stephen Fry Instagram - It was a cordial and friendly meeting. We talked about a variety of aspects of Ukrainian life. About our culture, people, resilience, and the heroism of Ukrainian defenders.

We hope to meet again soon!

🇺🇦🇬🇧

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Тепла дружня зустріч. Поговорили про різні сфери життя України. Про культуру, людей, стійкість і героїзм українських захисників. 

Будемо раді зустрітися знову!

🇺🇦🇬🇧
Stephen Fry Instagram - With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦
Stephen Fry Instagram - “⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham are the double-act you never knew you needed.” (@thetimes) Watch the trailer for TREASURE and embark on a poignant road trip through 1990s Poland this Father’s Day weekend, as Ruth and Edek uncover family secrets and personal truths. Coming only to theaters June 14! Watch the full trailer at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie
Stephen Fry Instagram - Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky
Stephen Fry Instagram - There's so much pressure to feel happy and put on a joyful face at Christmas.

But it's not the most wonderful time of year for everyone. Especially those of us struggling with our mental health.

We're here for everyone who needs us, providing a safe space to share, listen and be heard.

Supporting us this year will help keep our vital services running, like our Infoline and online peer support community, Side by Side.
Stephen Fry Instagram - I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights
 
Join me to raise awareness.  Here’s how you can be part of the art:
 
1 )Take an eyes closed selfie
2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk
3) Share on Instagram or TikTok
4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023

Thanks!
 
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
Stephen Fry Instagram - What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …
Stephen Fry Instagram - 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
Stephen Fry Instagram - At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy - had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material
Stephen Fry Instagram - 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)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Breaking out from my social media holiday …  #standwithbelarus
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Stephen Fry Instagram - Powerful new film from @mmmoneymatter_ shows our Leading Banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies.  In the last year, they've provided over $37bn to the fossil fuel industry, which is now fuelling climate change.  Do go to @mmmoneymatter_ and tell them it’s time to break up. 🙏
Stephen Fry Instagram - I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan
Stephen Fry Instagram - HappenedHere happened here …

The first full podcast from @happenedherestories now available for your listening pleasure at your podcast platform of choice. Follow, like, share - it really does help us get the word out.

This week we find ourselves in Covent Garden with @stephenfryactually, Joanna Lumley and @cassizstuff answering the simple question - I wonder what happened here?

#happenedhere #followthefootprint
Stephen Fry Instagram - One for the biblical scholars amongst you.

Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.
Stephen Fry Instagram - When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…
Stephen Fry Instagram - I should think so too, @rspb - apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.
Stephen Fry Instagram - I honestly think this is one the best things I’ve ever worked on. Not because of any great achievement on my part, but because as this story, this astonishing story, unfolds it reveals a level of humanity and heroism that just about knocks one out…

Willem & Frieda is on Channel 4 on Thursday 2 March at 9pm  

Alternatively the theatrical film version of Willem & Frieda premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA  Film Festival on 24 March at BFI Southbank in NFT1. Tickets are on sale now.
Stephen Fry Instagram - Chatting about history… Making HappenedHere allowed us to take a closer closer look at the people and places that make history. Our fourth episode is out now.  Give it a whirl x
#happenedhere #followthefootprint
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…
Stephen Fry Instagram - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Stephen Fry Instagram - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Stephen Fry Instagram - My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story - whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.
Stephen Fry Instagram - An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Stephen Fry Instagram - Incredibly humane. That’s what I want to say before I talk about his incandescent wit or his special, ironic perception of the world.

🎙️Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, a British actor and TV presenter, author of world bestsellers, one of those whose shows generations have grown up watching. I am grateful that he agreed to host our Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen @summit_flg - and he did not «work» but rather lived it with us, reflecting on each discussion with empathy and understanding.

👉 During one of the panels, Mr. Fry said that he expected to see anything in Kyiv - but he was struck by laughter. The sense of humor that unites all Ukrainians, even those who have lost their families or limbs. And he believes this sense of humor is one of the reasons for our resilience. 

Thank you, Stephen, for the fact that no matter what topic we were discussing at the forum, you always had a warm smile for Ukrainians, and everyone in the hall felt it.

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Неймовірно людяний. Саме це хочеться сказати, перш ніж говорити про блискавичний розум чи особливе, іронічне відчуття світу.
 
🎙️Стівен Фрай @stephenfryactually, британський актор і телеведучий, автор світових бестселерів – один із тих, на чиїх шоу виросли покоління. Вдячна, що саме він погодився стати ведучим нашого Саміту перших леді та джентльменів @summit_flg і не працював, а радше прожив його разом із нами, рефлексуючи на кожну дискусію з емпатією й розумінням.
 
👉 Під час однієї з панелей пан Фрай сказав, що очікував побачити в Києві що завгодно, але його вразив сміх. Почуття гумору, що об’єднує всіх українців, навіть тих, які втратили родини чи кінцівки. І, мовляв, саме це почуття гумору є однією з причин нашої стійкості.
 
Дякую вам, Стівене, за те, що хоч би яку тему на саміті ми обговорювали, тепла усмішка, адресована українцям, завжди була з вами, і це відчував кожен у залі.
Stephen Fry Instagram - “It takes a long time to leave you - cancer” 

@stephenfryactually speaks to @amolrajan and @nickrobinsonbbc about the impact cancer has had on his life.

The Today Podcast | Listen on BBC Sounds
Stephen Fry Instagram - It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie
Stephen Fry Instagram - Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
Stephen Fry Instagram - There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date.

The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils.

@foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid.

Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.
Stephen Fry Instagram - Okhmatdyt before and after the russian missile attack. There are not enough words to describe our feelings. 

Please share this video. The world needs to see the truth.
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
Stephen Fry Instagram - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
Stephen Fry Instagram - @paddypowerofficial and @OfficialPDC are helping to save men’s lives with @ProstateCancerUK at this year’s World Darts Championship. 

For every 180 scored at the Ally Pally, Paddy Power are donating £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK to fund vital research.

And they’re also encouraging 180,000 men to check their risk using Prostate Cancer UK’s online risk checker. It’s quick, easy and it could save your life: www.prostatecanceruk.org/180-risk (link also in my bio)
Stephen Fry Instagram - You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
Stephen Fry Instagram - You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
Stephen Fry Instagram - A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat.

In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip.  He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile.

Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?
Stephen Fry Instagram - A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat.

In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip.  He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile.

Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?
Stephen Fry Instagram - This week at @happenedherestories I tell three stories about a hero of mine, Oscar Wilde. Hosted by Joanna Lumley, available now wherever you get your podcasts. 

#happenedhere #oscarwilde
Stephen Fry Instagram - Poor young badger. Found on the grassy verge during my morning walk. @matthewrice2016 (who knows much) tells me that badgers were once less common in Norfolk than they are now. One was found in Wroxham in 1911 and exhibited, such was the rarity. So while it’s sad that this cub didn’t make it, it’s good to know the species is thriving. Maybe I’ll go for a badger watch one evening… (Have submitted grid reference and other details to badgertrust.org.uk as many of you have suggested)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Awoken at 4:45 am by an insistent voice ordering all at the hotel to go down to the air raid shelter. So here we are. Someone showed me an app to download: as you can see, agrees with the order to stay sheltered. So here we all are down in the basement of the hotel. Coffee machine. Loungers. People laughing and chattering quite happily. No sound of drones or inbound missiles that I can detect…
Stephen Fry Instagram - We are happy that so many of you enjoy our online experience ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’. Let @stephenfryactually take you on a journey into the world of Vermeer and unravel the mystery of his life and all his masterpieces! ✨

🚨 The Rijksmuseum is proud that ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’ is nominated for the Webby Awards in two different categories: ‘Cultural Institutions’ and ‘Arts, Fashion, Retail & Culture’. Will you vote for us? Follow the link in our bio or in our story. Help us win and let everyone enjoy Vermeer from home. 💪

#CloserToVermeer is connected by #KPN

#Rijksmuseum #Amsterdam #Vermeer
Stephen Fry Instagram - If you’re new to the world of ‘Jeopardy!’ here’s a breakdown of how it works

Tune in today at 5:45pm on ITV1 and @itvxofficial 🙌

#Jeopardy
Stephen Fry Instagram - Nikita Titov’s picture of the horror and hopeless of humanity (now, shush, Stephen) … don’t you love those simple fluid lines, though?
Stephen Fry Instagram - 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 👔
Stephen Fry Instagram - I wasn’t smart enough to think of bringing a laptop down… the more seasoned citizens knew better.
Stephen Fry Instagram - American and Canadian fans, you’ve been waiting patiently.... it’s time to be immersed all over again in all seven of the Harry Potter audiobooks. 🎧 Headphones in, calendars cleared and DND mode on. ✨
Stephen Fry Instagram - This detail is from a painting that we’ve had in the family for a hundred years - my mother has lent it to an exhibition on German Expressionists and the Third Reich currently running in Holt, Norfolk. It’s no masterpiece, but it has quite a story. To quote from Dalya Alberge’s article in today’s Guardian “The slit in the canvas tells a chilling story of escape from the Nazis in 1938. The scar was caused by German border guards boarding a train and slashing packing cases with their bayonets - checking for any escapers from Vienna. The oil painting was inside one of those cases...”

(It was painted by a little-known artist, Yehudo Epstein, a professor at the Vienna Academy who emigrated to South Africa after the Nazi party’s rise to power)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Had an extraordinary and wonderful conversation with the artist Nikita Titov, very well known here. He came with a surprise gift, a picture of me which touched me very deeply. We stood close to the selection of captured Russian armoured vehicles outside St Michael’s (destroyed by the Bolsheviks back in Soviet days but since rebuilt). Now off to rehearse tomorrow’s summit on mental health. It’s hot here but getting much hotter in the homeland I’m told. Stay cool, Britain!
Stephen Fry Instagram - A chamber of hell. The inside of a defeated Russian armoured vehicle…
Stephen Fry Instagram - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Stephen Fry Instagram - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Stephen Fry Instagram - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Stephen Fry Instagram - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Stephen Fry Instagram - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Stephen Fry Instagram - As winter comes our thoughts turn to those in Ukraine uprooted and homeless - this poem moved me greatly. What would YOU take?
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
Stephen Fry Instagram - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry Instagram - The all clear sounds and life goes on in Kyiv…
Stephen Fry Instagram - A small announcement - youtube.com/planetfry will soon be populated with what we can only call CONTENT. Subscribing is a joyful and pain free process…
Stephen Fry Instagram - There’s a bit of music in all of us 🎼💙

Listen to Joanna and the Maestro wherever you get your podcasts

#stephenfry #joannalumley
Stephen Fry Instagram - Thank you to everyone who went and listened to our brand new @happenedherestories podcast last week, it’s been a joy to see it out there in the world!  Episode Two, with my wonderful co-host Dame Joanna Lumley is available now.
Stephen Fry Instagram - Travel back in time and discover a world where Dinosaurs ruled. 

📺 The new four-part series starts Sunday at 7pm on Channel 5 & My5. Beginning with Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

@StephenFryActually #Dinosaur #StephenFry
Stephen Fry Instagram - "I’ve had the privilege of visiting Ukraine and meeting an enormous number of people there, and I’ve been staggered by their resilience and by their determination. It is a free country, it’s a democratic country where free speech is venerated and people are allowed to say what they think and behave as they want. Something very, very different from Russia."

Britain’s national treasure, the always compassionate and infinitely eloquent Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, has recorded a message of support for Ukrainians. 

Thank you, Stephen! Always looking forward to seeing you in Ukraine🇺🇦

#StandWithUkraine
Stephen Fry Instagram - Far too many people aren’t told that they have blood cancer at diagnosis – they end up finding out from google, or sometimes not at all. 

People with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or any of the 100  different types of blood cancer are missing out on being part of this incredible, supportive community. That’s why this Blood Cancer Awareness Month we’re encouraging everyone to #SayBloodCancer and help raise awareness ❤️ 

Please watch and share this important message from @stephenfryactually and people living with blood cancer.

More on our website www.bloodcancer.org.uk/saybloodcancer 

#BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #Leukaemia #Lymphoma #Myeloma #BloodCancer
Stephen Fry Instagram - Can exercise sharpen the brightest minds?
 
Follow four mind gamers as they embark on a global ground-breaking experiment by @ASICS to test if movement can improve our mental performance. Stream Mind Games – The Experiment, narrated by me, on Prime Video from Thursday 19th January 2023.
 
#MindGamesTheExperiment AD
Stephen Fry Instagram - Do watch this - I think you will be amazed at what cricket can do. You might rethink your view or the game and what it can achieve. So proud of the #MCCFoundation #thebiggive
Stephen Fry Instagram - Today's LV= Men's Ashes Test Match highlights the fact that 1 in 3 people born today in the UK will get dementia. That’s 1 in 3 who may forget their fav Ashes memory. Great #CricketShouldBeUnforgettable, donate and help end the devastation caused by dementia - @alzheimerssoc —alzheimers.org.uk/
Stephen Fry Instagram - There is a well-known cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his pyjamas, on his knees next to his bed, saying a prayer for his wife, the most active first lady in history. ‘Dear Lord, please make Eleanor tired tomorrow’. I can imagine the friends and family of @stephenfryactually saying the same prayer, for there's very little Stephen doesn't do.
 
Actor, comedian, television host, director, a prolific writer with four novels, three autobiographies and countless columns in national papers. But should you ask, as I've been doing, the people who know him really well. What Stephen is best at, they will answer, being a friend. As for me, I love this man. All he stands for, and quite simply who he is.

And I would change the FDR prayer. I would say, ‘Dear Lord, we all need Stephen Fry. Please do not make him tired tomorrow’.

Listen to @ruthiestable4: Stephen Fry in partnership with Moncler – out now.
Stephen Fry Instagram - Everything fairly normal, but most British hotel rooms don’t equip you with gas masks…
Stephen Fry Instagram - In Edek’s mind, this is his trip. Ruthie’s just along for the ride. 😅 @stephenfryactually travels through 1990s Poland alongside @lenadunham in TREASURE. Based on the novel by Lily Brett, now playing only in theaters! See it this Father’s Day weekend. #TreasureMovie 

#LenaDunham #StephenFry #LilyBrett #Treasure
Stephen Fry Instagram - Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)
Stephen Fry Instagram - Any entrepreneurial young ppl out there who have thought - ‘mm a street food truck would be fun, but honestly, while I’m not that great at preparing pupusas and banh mi, I do really love books…’? Wouldn’t this be a sight on our streets? Street books, book carts. Maybe they already exist and I’ve missed them.

(Photo from this week’s @airmailweekly)
Stephen Fry Instagram - I require at least one cup of coffee in the morning before my parents start their interrogations. ☕ Spend Father’s Day weekend with @stephenfryactually and @lenadunham in TREASURE! Based on the novel “Too Many Men” by Lily Brett and coming only to theaters June 14! Get tickets at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie

#StephenFry #LenaDunham #TooManyMen #LilyBrett #FathersDayWeekend
Stephen Fry Instagram - It’s time to reveal the truth about #TheMissingLines
Stephen Fry Instagram - New thriller #TheMissingLines, narrated by me, is out now. Download for free today from your podcast platform of choice. (3rd Link in bio)
Stephen Fry Instagram - @stephenfryactually minds his P, R, Zeds while learning Polish and talking about the filming of TREASURE! See him star alongside @lenadunham Father’s Day Weekend when it opens only in theaters June 14! #TreasureMovie
Stephen Fry Instagram - Visiting the President - here I am chatting with President Zelenskyy. Part of the film Stephen Fry In Ukraine which I’ll be live streaming on the YouTube channel tomorrow at 1800 BST - address in my bio here. See you there!
Stephen Fry Instagram - Tell you what, if you’re up at Edinburgh this year, you’d do well to pop in to @thepleasance and catch @lulubirdpopplewell - highly recommended xx
Stephen Fry Instagram - I’m as buzzing and happy as a happy bee to be joining the splendid cast of Bleak Expectations as Sir Philip Bin from 8 to 13th August, at the Piccadilly Circus jewel-box that is the @criterion_theatre. Buy your tickets and find out more here
bleakexpectations.com #bleakexpectationsplay
Stephen Fry Instagram - 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 👔
Stephen Fry Instagram - 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👔
Stephen Fry - 113.6K Likes - It was a cordial and friendly meeting. We talked about a variety of aspects of Ukrainian life. About our culture, people, resilience, and the heroism of Ukrainian defenders.

We hope to meet again soon!

🇺🇦🇬🇧

——

Тепла дружня зустріч. Поговорили про різні сфери життя України. Про культуру, людей, стійкість і героїзм українських захисників. 

Будемо раді зустрітися знову!

🇺🇦🇬🇧

113.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : It was a cordial and friendly meeting. We talked about a variety of aspects of Ukrainian life. About our culture, people, resilience, and the heroism of Ukrainian defenders. We hope to meet again soon! 🇺🇦🇬🇧 —— Тепла дружня зустріч. Поговорили про різні сфери життя України. Про культуру, людей, стійкість і героїзм українських захисників.  Будемо раді зустрітися знову! 🇺🇦🇬🇧
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Stephen Fry - 93.9K Likes - With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦

93.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : With my new bestie. We had a terrific talk. I’ve been lucky enough to meet a few world leaders in my time, but none with whom I’ve felt such an instant connection. I do not envy the weight of responsibility on his shoulders and a workload that would fell an ox. слава Україні! 🇺🇦
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Stephen Fry - 87K Likes - “⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham are the double-act you never knew you needed.” (@thetimes) Watch the trailer for TREASURE and embark on a poignant road trip through 1990s Poland this Father’s Day weekend, as Ruth and Edek uncover family secrets and personal truths. Coming only to theaters June 14! Watch the full trailer at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie

87K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : “⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stephen Fry and Lena Dunham are the double-act you never knew you needed.” (@thetimes) Watch the trailer for TREASURE and embark on a poignant road trip through 1990s Poland this Father’s Day weekend, as Ruth and Edek uncover family secrets and personal truths. Coming only to theaters June 14! Watch the full trailer at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie
Likes : 87046
Stephen Fry - 81.6K Likes - Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky

81.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Loved that man. Having grown up watching him interview greats, my first appearance was impossibly thrilling for me. The genius of Parky was that unlike most people (and most of his guests, me included) he was always 100% himself. On camera and off. “Authentic” is the word I suppose. For one of the shows I was on with Robin Williams, a genius of unimaginable comic speed and brilliance. Now they’re both gone. One should get used to the parade of people constantly falling off the edge, but frankly one doesn’t. So long #parky
Likes : 81582
Stephen Fry - 55.6K Likes - There's so much pressure to feel happy and put on a joyful face at Christmas.

But it's not the most wonderful time of year for everyone. Especially those of us struggling with our mental health.

We're here for everyone who needs us, providing a safe space to share, listen and be heard.

Supporting us this year will help keep our vital services running, like our Infoline and online peer support community, Side by Side.

55.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : There’s so much pressure to feel happy and put on a joyful face at Christmas. But it’s not the most wonderful time of year for everyone. Especially those of us struggling with our mental health. We’re here for everyone who needs us, providing a safe space to share, listen and be heard. Supporting us this year will help keep our vital services running, like our Infoline and online peer support community, Side by Side.
Likes : 55588
Stephen Fry - 36.1K Likes - I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights
 
Join me to raise awareness.  Here’s how you can be part of the art:
 
1 )Take an eyes closed selfie
2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk
3) Share on Instagram or TikTok
4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023

Thanks!
 
#mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness

36.1K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I’m taking a moment for mental health with @takeamoment.uk @theartofldn and @piccadillylights Join me to raise awareness. Here’s how you can be part of the art: 1 )Take an eyes closed selfie 2) Upload it to Takeamoment.uk 3) Share on Instagram or TikTok 4) Tag @piccadillylights with #takeamoment2023 Thanks! #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness
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Stephen Fry - 35K Likes - What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …

35K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : What a day. Can’t believe I only arrived here in Kyiv 12 hours ago: since then I’ve watched a surgical operation on a wounded soldier (the air raid siren sounded in the theatre but no one paid attention, there was a patient to be cared for). Next I met two young men who laughed as they teased each other about the differences between their new prosthetic legs. Then I talked to a young woman who lost her husband on the Russian front only two weeks ago. They all had in common extraordinary humour as well as a profound unshakeable determination to see off the barbarians at the gate and keep their independence and sovereignty. War can bring out the worst in people, but sometimes the very best …
Likes : 34971
Stephen Fry - 32.5K Likes - 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

32.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : 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
Likes : 32532
Stephen Fry - 30K Likes - At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy - had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material

30K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : At the Presidential Offices 5 minutes before my meeting with President Zelenskyy – had an amazing conversation. Pictures will follow soon. Naturally I couldn’t take my phone into the inner regions, but there was a photographer and videographer there, so I’ll post when I have received their material
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Stephen Fry - 29.4K Likes - 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)

29.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : 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)
Likes : 29433
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Breaking out from my social media holiday …  #standwithbelarus

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Breaking out from my social media holiday … #standwithbelarus
Likes : 28010
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 28K Likes - Quite the most marvellous place - the @barmandictat - warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of - even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises

28K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Quite the most marvellous place – the @barmandictat – warm, wonderful hosts, every scotch you’ve ever heard of – even the loos fantastic. The splendid sight of @johncleeseofficial silly walking downstairs greets you as you go down the steps. The perfect air raid shelter …. Kyiv is full of surprises
Likes : 27995
Stephen Fry - 25.2K Likes - Powerful new film from @mmmoneymatter_ shows our Leading Banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies.  In the last year, they've provided over $37bn to the fossil fuel industry, which is now fuelling climate change.  Do go to @mmmoneymatter_ and tell them it’s time to break up. 🙏

25.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Powerful new film from @mmmoneymatter_ shows our Leading Banks are in a hidden relationship with oil companies. In the last year, they’ve provided over $37bn to the fossil fuel industry, which is now fuelling climate change. Do go to @mmmoneymatter_ and tell them it’s time to break up. 🙏
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Stephen Fry - 25.2K Likes - I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan

25.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I hope the @theqielves will back me up here, but I’m pretty damned sure that it was 20 years ago today that QI first appeared on TV. Miss those lovely elves … and of course my personal puppy, Alan
Likes : 25159
Stephen Fry - 22.5K Likes - HappenedHere happened here …

The first full podcast from @happenedherestories now available for your listening pleasure at your podcast platform of choice. Follow, like, share - it really does help us get the word out.

This week we find ourselves in Covent Garden with @stephenfryactually, Joanna Lumley and @cassizstuff answering the simple question - I wonder what happened here?

#happenedhere #followthefootprint

22.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : HappenedHere happened here … The first full podcast from @happenedherestories now available for your listening pleasure at your podcast platform of choice. Follow, like, share – it really does help us get the word out. This week we find ourselves in Covent Garden with @stephenfryactually, Joanna Lumley and @cassizstuff answering the simple question – I wonder what happened here? #happenedhere #followthefootprint
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Stephen Fry - 22.3K Likes - One for the biblical scholars amongst you.

Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.

22.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : One for the biblical scholars amongst you. Anyway, I’m on LOT, the Polish airline, headed east on an exciting (for me at least) adventure. The President’s Office in Ukraine asked if I might undertake hosting duties for a summit on mental health being held in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. I’m on my way there now by various means that I shan’t elaborate on. A great honour to be asked and, in my view, holding such a summit reflects extraordinarily well on the openness, as well as the good sense, of the Ukrainian government. Not a propaganda stunt at all, but a real bringing together of neurologists, social scientists, psychology and those working in mental health trauma. More to come as I approach the destination.
Likes : 22281
Stephen Fry - 21.7K Likes - When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…

21.7K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : When in Barnsley, chew on a Barnsley Chop. When in Bath, nibble a Bath Bun. But I’m in Kyiv, so it has to be Chicken Kyiv…
Likes : 21729
Stephen Fry - 21K Likes - I should think so too, @rspb - apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.

21K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I should think so too, @rspb – apology definitely needed. Choose your words more carefully next time. You now realise, I hope, that you should have said “gutless, shameless liars. Grubby, ruinous liars. Disastrous and destructive liars.” Amend your website accordingly.
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Stephen Fry - 20.5K Likes - The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.

20.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The man himself speaking at the mental health summit in Kyiv today. An incredibly fruitful and inspiring event. Great credit to Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, for devising and creating this. Huge credit to Ukraine itself for understanding that there is strength, not weakness, in acknowledging and addressing the mental health challenges that war brings. Imagine their enemy having such openness and care for their people.
Likes : 20479
Stephen Fry - 20.3K Likes - I honestly think this is one the best things I’ve ever worked on. Not because of any great achievement on my part, but because as this story, this astonishing story, unfolds it reveals a level of humanity and heroism that just about knocks one out…

Willem & Frieda is on Channel 4 on Thursday 2 March at 9pm  

Alternatively the theatrical film version of Willem & Frieda premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA  Film Festival on 24 March at BFI Southbank in NFT1. Tickets are on sale now.

20.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I honestly think this is one the best things I’ve ever worked on. Not because of any great achievement on my part, but because as this story, this astonishing story, unfolds it reveals a level of humanity and heroism that just about knocks one out… Willem & Frieda is on Channel 4 on Thursday 2 March at 9pm   Alternatively the theatrical film version of Willem & Frieda premieres at BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA Film Festival on 24 March at BFI Southbank in NFT1. Tickets are on sale now.
Likes : 20340
Stephen Fry - 18.6K Likes - Chatting about history… Making HappenedHere allowed us to take a closer closer look at the people and places that make history. Our fourth episode is out now.  Give it a whirl x
#happenedhere #followthefootprint

18.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Chatting about history… Making HappenedHere allowed us to take a closer closer look at the people and places that make history. Our fourth episode is out now. Give it a whirl x #happenedhere #followthefootprint
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Stephen Fry - 18.6K Likes - A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…

18.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A sleeper car from the Polish border to Kyiv. Arriving there now…
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Stephen Fry - 18.5K Likes - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine

18.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card – it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Likes : 18476
Stephen Fry - 18.5K Likes - A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card - it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine

18.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A delightful tour of the Kyiv railway station before boarding the sleeper for Poland. They gave me some very charming gifts, including this card – it is wonderful how fond of Jeeves and Wooster they are in Ukraine
Likes : 18476
Stephen Fry - 17.9K Likes - My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story - whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.

17.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : My new book #FrysTies is out tomorrow 👔 Ties are our most distinguished accessory, and each one tells a story – whether floral or fluorescent, striped or spotty. I hope you enjoy discovering the tales behind the ties.
Likes : 17891
Stephen Fry - 17.5K Likes - An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?

17.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : An important day tomorrow. Are you with me in my utter detestation of the soapy horror of this so called “aromatic herb”?
Likes : 17501
Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

17.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
Likes : 17444
Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

17.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
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Stephen Fry - 17.4K Likes - The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too.

Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin.

Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company.

It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100  I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. 
Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.

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Caption : The days are getting shorter and the lockdown looser now and so I am bidding farewell to #fryties with this last display of 3 from my favourite tie-makers. They are each small, independent, imaginative and talented. We start with Nino’s, of Soho’s Brewer Street. The son of a well-known London tailor, Franco Santoro, Nino has been making bespoke shirts and suits since 1993. This gorgeous tie is hand painted. I have a black and white version too. Pic 2 (swipe left) is from Penrose, who’ve been specialising in designing and making ties for years. This beauty reminds me of something sumptuously medieval – perhaps filtered through the mind of a Victorian like William Morris or Augustus Pugin. Pic 3 is the work of Magties, who made ties for me in the latter series of QI. Alan Brooker started the company in Brick Lane and says in his little biog on the Etsy page where he still sells his remarkable creations: “I built a client range including Sir Paul McCartney, Stephen Fry, Dr Who and James Bond to mention a few.” Only ties could place me in such company. It has been an unreserved delight to share neckties and cravats with you all. Your enthusiastic responses, witty participation and informed commentaries have lightened my days throughout this bizarre and unforgettable lockdown experience. We will none of us forget the months of seclusion, fear and uncertainty, but I hope most of us will have found plenty to enjoy too. A new kind of closeness with the natural world and with that mysterious entity Time; with friends, food, family, pets too and – yes – even something as silly as ties. Frivolous, facetious, facile and superficial as they may appear, ties can serve as windows into our mythologies; into the stories of our cultural, historical, economic, social lives, remembered and misremembered as they so often are. I hope amongst the 100 I shared with you one or two struck some kind of chord. Farewell then, loyal and friendly followers of #fryties. I’ll still be here on Instagram and maybe I’ll still post the odd tie as mood and occasion demand.
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Stephen Fry - 17.2K Likes - Incredibly humane. That’s what I want to say before I talk about his incandescent wit or his special, ironic perception of the world.

🎙️Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, a British actor and TV presenter, author of world bestsellers, one of those whose shows generations have grown up watching. I am grateful that he agreed to host our Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen @summit_flg - and he did not «work» but rather lived it with us, reflecting on each discussion with empathy and understanding.

👉 During one of the panels, Mr. Fry said that he expected to see anything in Kyiv - but he was struck by laughter. The sense of humor that unites all Ukrainians, even those who have lost their families or limbs. And he believes this sense of humor is one of the reasons for our resilience. 

Thank you, Stephen, for the fact that no matter what topic we were discussing at the forum, you always had a warm smile for Ukrainians, and everyone in the hall felt it.

——

Неймовірно людяний. Саме це хочеться сказати, перш ніж говорити про блискавичний розум чи особливе, іронічне відчуття світу.
 
🎙️Стівен Фрай @stephenfryactually, британський актор і телеведучий, автор світових бестселерів – один із тих, на чиїх шоу виросли покоління. Вдячна, що саме він погодився стати ведучим нашого Саміту перших леді та джентльменів @summit_flg і не працював, а радше прожив його разом із нами, рефлексуючи на кожну дискусію з емпатією й розумінням.
 
👉 Під час однієї з панелей пан Фрай сказав, що очікував побачити в Києві що завгодно, але його вразив сміх. Почуття гумору, що об’єднує всіх українців, навіть тих, які втратили родини чи кінцівки. І, мовляв, саме це почуття гумору є однією з причин нашої стійкості.
 
Дякую вам, Стівене, за те, що хоч би яку тему на саміті ми обговорювали, тепла усмішка, адресована українцям, завжди була з вами, і це відчував кожен у залі.

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Caption : Incredibly humane. That’s what I want to say before I talk about his incandescent wit or his special, ironic perception of the world. 🎙️Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, a British actor and TV presenter, author of world bestsellers, one of those whose shows generations have grown up watching. I am grateful that he agreed to host our Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen @summit_flg – and he did not «work» but rather lived it with us, reflecting on each discussion with empathy and understanding. 👉 During one of the panels, Mr. Fry said that he expected to see anything in Kyiv – but he was struck by laughter. The sense of humor that unites all Ukrainians, even those who have lost their families or limbs. And he believes this sense of humor is one of the reasons for our resilience. Thank you, Stephen, for the fact that no matter what topic we were discussing at the forum, you always had a warm smile for Ukrainians, and everyone in the hall felt it. —— Неймовірно людяний. Саме це хочеться сказати, перш ніж говорити про блискавичний розум чи особливе, іронічне відчуття світу. 🎙️Стівен Фрай @stephenfryactually, британський актор і телеведучий, автор світових бестселерів – один із тих, на чиїх шоу виросли покоління. Вдячна, що саме він погодився стати ведучим нашого Саміту перших леді та джентльменів @summit_flg і не працював, а радше прожив його разом із нами, рефлексуючи на кожну дискусію з емпатією й розумінням. 👉 Під час однієї з панелей пан Фрай сказав, що очікував побачити в Києві що завгодно, але його вразив сміх. Почуття гумору, що об’єднує всіх українців, навіть тих, які втратили родини чи кінцівки. І, мовляв, саме це почуття гумору є однією з причин нашої стійкості. Дякую вам, Стівене, за те, що хоч би яку тему на саміті ми обговорювали, тепла усмішка, адресована українцям, завжди була з вами, і це відчував кожен у залі.
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Stephen Fry - 15.9K Likes - “It takes a long time to leave you - cancer” 

@stephenfryactually speaks to @amolrajan and @nickrobinsonbbc about the impact cancer has had on his life.

The Today Podcast | Listen on BBC Sounds

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Caption : “It takes a long time to leave you – cancer” @stephenfryactually speaks to @amolrajan and @nickrobinsonbbc about the impact cancer has had on his life. The Today Podcast | Listen on BBC Sounds
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Stephen Fry - 15.7K Likes - It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie

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Caption : It wouldn’t be a family trip without a few breakdowns. Trailer for TREASURE starring @lenadunham and @stephenfryactually drops tomorrow! #TreasureMovie
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Stephen Fry - 15.3K Likes - Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…

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Caption : Been meaning to clear out that drawer for years… dear me. And that is just a fraction of the old tech that I’ve hoarded. Each seemed so cutting edge and futuristic at the time…
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Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

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Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
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Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

14.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
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Stephen Fry - 14.4K Likes - If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.

14.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : If you don’t know about @babynyar do look it up. A horrifying episode in history. Thousands upon thousands (33,700? How does one count) of Jews shot by the Nazis on the edges of the ravine, tumbling one onto another into endless layers of the dead. Romani, those deemed “mentally defective” and many others too. In the last days of the war (oh, they knew what they had done was an imponderable evil) they had the corpses incinerated and the ashes cast to the winds, hoping the memories would be dissipated with them. But @yadvashem, “a memory and a name” exists to reclaim the names and make the memories imperishable. It is now a beautiful memorial, if infinitely sad.
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Stephen Fry - 13.9K Likes - There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date.

The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils.

@foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid.

Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.

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Caption : There comes a day in every man’s life when he needs to wear an elephant themed tie. Forward, Fox and Chave. How do they pronounce themselves? The Fox is easy enough, but Chave? Does it rhyme with “shave”, or is it frenchified into shahvay? It can’t be chav surely, a word thankfully well past its sell-by-date. The company started as a supplier of silk ties to high-street stores, but was bought in 2001 by current managing director Jemima Haddock. I suppose changing the name to Fox and Haddock, delightful and memorable (and easy to pronounce) as it would be, might have led people to suppose it was one of those Frog and Firkin type chain pubs rather than one of the country’s most brilliant and imaginative purveyors of silk ties, scarves and accessories for men and women. The women’s range includes an item called a “silk scrunchie”, which I think might refer to that sphincter-like object my women friends so often leave behind, an elasticated ring that I believe is meant to restrain hair but which, when I find under the kitchen table, in the car’s footwell or between sofa cushions, I use to hold bunches of parsley or stray pencils. @foxandchave are known for their imaginative use of art and artefacts. If you want a silk Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh, William Morris or Jackson Pollock, it’s the company for you. They do a Kandinsky necktie that is so lovely it’ll make you faint. Or maybe you want a tie or silk square depicting the Bayeux Tapestry or Magna Carta. Their great speciality is providing bespoke ties for the leading museums and art galleries as well as for individual customers. I believe you can upload a picture to their website and they’ll create something silky and delicious just for you. Fine idea for Father’s Day – too late this year, I’m afraid. Elephants don’t forget and I wear the elephant tie for a very special reason. One that I’ve forgotten.
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Stephen Fry - 13.2K Likes - Okhmatdyt before and after the russian missile attack. There are not enough words to describe our feelings. 

Please share this video. The world needs to see the truth.

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Caption : Okhmatdyt before and after the russian missile attack. There are not enough words to describe our feelings. Please share this video. The world needs to see the truth.
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Stephen Fry - 12.9K Likes - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …

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Caption : A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according to Jacobs: “Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men’s fashion into wearable art”. Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor. I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice. For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled. Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
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Stephen Fry - 12.9K Likes - A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI.

The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according  to Jacobs: "Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men's fashion into wearable art". Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor.

I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice.

For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled.

Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …

12.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A sweetshop of lickable, likeable candy pink ties, all from one maker today … and that maker is Duchamp. Despite the French name the company originated in Suffolk, a county best known for having the good fortune to border Norfolk. Founded in 1989 by Mitchell Jacobs, an ex-buyer for the Mayfair fashion boutique, Browns, Duchamp is headquartered in London where it has established a fine reputation for colourful (as you can see) men’s clothing and accessories. I wore more Duchamp shirts and ties than any other make in my 13 years hosting the BBC programme QI. The company was named after the French artist Marcel Duchamp because, according to Jacobs: “Duchamp turned everyday objects into art and I turned everyday icons of men’s fashion into wearable art”. Duchamp initially specialised in cufflinks and branched in 1992 into ties, and then clothing (shirts, trousers, blazers) in 2011. “There is a nod to chess, musical ideas and gentlemen’s games throughout the product” proclaims the @duchamplondon website. Marcel Duchamp was a keen (and very good) chess player as well as a painter and sculptor. I have gathered my pinkest and perkiest Duchamps for this midsummer posting, I have many others in more subdued colours, but this selection seemed most suitable for the summer solstice. For Pic 2 (swipe left) I finally got my hands on the Kandinsky Fox and Chave tie that I so raved about on Thursday. Isn’t it tasty though? I’m grateful for those who told me that before @foxandchave was bought by Jemima Haddock it had been founded by none other than Samantha Fox and Chas & Dave, the latter two fusing their name into Chave. I have strong reasons to believe that my leg was being pulled. Enjoy the longest day (or shortest, depending on which side of the equator you dress) …
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Stephen Fry - 12K Likes - @paddypowerofficial and @OfficialPDC are helping to save men’s lives with @ProstateCancerUK at this year’s World Darts Championship. 

For every 180 scored at the Ally Pally, Paddy Power are donating £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK to fund vital research.

And they’re also encouraging 180,000 men to check their risk using Prostate Cancer UK’s online risk checker. It’s quick, easy and it could save your life: www.prostatecanceruk.org/180-risk (link also in my bio)

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Caption : @paddypowerofficial and @OfficialPDC are helping to save men’s lives with @ProstateCancerUK at this year’s World Darts Championship. For every 180 scored at the Ally Pally, Paddy Power are donating £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK to fund vital research. And they’re also encouraging 180,000 men to check their risk using Prostate Cancer UK’s online risk checker. It’s quick, easy and it could save your life: www.prostatecanceruk.org/180-risk (link also in my bio)
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Stephen Fry - 11.8K Likes - You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.

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Caption : You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
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Stephen Fry - 11.8K Likes - You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.

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Caption : You might think this strange, but you might consider downloading one of the Ukraine air raid alert apps. The persistence and regularity with which they go off (you can switch off the noisy siren element and just have it notify you) is a good reminder of what the people of Ukraine are going through every day. Air Alert! is one app, Air Alarm Ukraine another.
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Stephen Fry - 11.8K Likes - A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat.

In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip.  He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile.

Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?

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Caption : A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat. In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip. He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile. Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?
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Stephen Fry - 11.8K Likes - A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat.

In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip.  He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile.

Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?

11.8K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A dangle of cravats today. Old hands may remember the purple Tootal one I displayed many weeks ago. I even went so far as to post a picture of myself wearing it. I chatted about the history of the Croat light cavalry soldiers after whom the neckcloth is named, the word croat morphing into cravat. In another post (about @newandlingwood) I mentioned Beau Brummel, that superb arbiter of Regency style, and posted a photo of his statue on Jermyn Street. Brummel was notorious for taking enormous care over the folding and tying of his cravats. Back then there were different styles of knot that took some mastering. They had splendid names: the Mathematical, Le Trône De L’Amour (the throne of love), the Waterfall – that sort of thing. The story goes that a friend called on Brummel one morning for a cup of chocolate and a gossip. He found him in his dressing-chamber facing the mirror and carefully tying a knot. The floor was a sea of dozens and dozens of discarded linen neckcloths. Brummel’s valet caught the visitor’s startled gaze and murmured “Our failures, sir…” I can’t remember if I read that story in the excellent Ian Kelly biography of Brummel or whether perhaps it popped up in the Stewart Granger biopic (Peter Ustinov played the Prince Regent). Whether it’s true or not it reveals the exquisite care the well-dressed Regency dandy would take in the folding and arrangement of his neckcloths. Lest you think of Brummel as some kind of foppish overdressed poltroon, dripping with enamelled snuffboxes, quizzing-glasses and peacock colours, it should be noted that what he brought to style was a severe, but beautiful simplicity. Black and white, the cleanest of lines. Not unlike the purity of the best Regency architecture. He made the mistake of insulting his erstwhile friend, the Regent and died in penurious exile. Can’t tell you much about these cravats, which are unlabelled except for the bright red example (Tie Rack). The dark red spotty one I wore for a GQ cover back in … what year was it? Swipe left for the embarrassing evidence… WTF?
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Stephen Fry - 11.7K Likes - This week at @happenedherestories I tell three stories about a hero of mine, Oscar Wilde. Hosted by Joanna Lumley, available now wherever you get your podcasts. 

#happenedhere #oscarwilde

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Caption : This week at @happenedherestories I tell three stories about a hero of mine, Oscar Wilde. Hosted by Joanna Lumley, available now wherever you get your podcasts. #happenedhere #oscarwilde
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Stephen Fry - 11.4K Likes - Poor young badger. Found on the grassy verge during my morning walk. @matthewrice2016 (who knows much) tells me that badgers were once less common in Norfolk than they are now. One was found in Wroxham in 1911 and exhibited, such was the rarity. So while it’s sad that this cub didn’t make it, it’s good to know the species is thriving. Maybe I’ll go for a badger watch one evening… (Have submitted grid reference and other details to badgertrust.org.uk as many of you have suggested)

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Caption : Poor young badger. Found on the grassy verge during my morning walk. @matthewrice2016 (who knows much) tells me that badgers were once less common in Norfolk than they are now. One was found in Wroxham in 1911 and exhibited, such was the rarity. So while it’s sad that this cub didn’t make it, it’s good to know the species is thriving. Maybe I’ll go for a badger watch one evening… (Have submitted grid reference and other details to badgertrust.org.uk as many of you have suggested)
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Stephen Fry - 11.3K Likes - Awoken at 4:45 am by an insistent voice ordering all at the hotel to go down to the air raid shelter. So here we are. Someone showed me an app to download: as you can see, agrees with the order to stay sheltered. So here we all are down in the basement of the hotel. Coffee machine. Loungers. People laughing and chattering quite happily. No sound of drones or inbound missiles that I can detect…

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Caption : Awoken at 4:45 am by an insistent voice ordering all at the hotel to go down to the air raid shelter. So here we are. Someone showed me an app to download: as you can see, agrees with the order to stay sheltered. So here we all are down in the basement of the hotel. Coffee machine. Loungers. People laughing and chattering quite happily. No sound of drones or inbound missiles that I can detect…
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Stephen Fry - 10.5K Likes - We are happy that so many of you enjoy our online experience ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’. Let @stephenfryactually take you on a journey into the world of Vermeer and unravel the mystery of his life and all his masterpieces! ✨

🚨 The Rijksmuseum is proud that ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’ is nominated for the Webby Awards in two different categories: ‘Cultural Institutions’ and ‘Arts, Fashion, Retail & Culture’. Will you vote for us? Follow the link in our bio or in our story. Help us win and let everyone enjoy Vermeer from home. 💪

#CloserToVermeer is connected by #KPN

#Rijksmuseum #Amsterdam #Vermeer

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Caption : We are happy that so many of you enjoy our online experience ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’. Let @stephenfryactually take you on a journey into the world of Vermeer and unravel the mystery of his life and all his masterpieces! ✨ 🚨 The Rijksmuseum is proud that ‘Closer to Johannes Vermeer’ is nominated for the Webby Awards in two different categories: ‘Cultural Institutions’ and ‘Arts, Fashion, Retail & Culture’. Will you vote for us? Follow the link in our bio or in our story. Help us win and let everyone enjoy Vermeer from home. 💪 #CloserToVermeer is connected by #KPN #Rijksmuseum #Amsterdam #Vermeer
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Stephen Fry - 10.1K Likes - If you’re new to the world of ‘Jeopardy!’ here’s a breakdown of how it works

Tune in today at 5:45pm on ITV1 and @itvxofficial 🙌

#Jeopardy

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Caption : If you’re new to the world of ‘Jeopardy!’ here’s a breakdown of how it works Tune in today at 5:45pm on ITV1 and @itvxofficial 🙌 #Jeopardy
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Stephen Fry - 10.1K Likes - Nikita Titov’s picture of the horror and hopeless of humanity (now, shush, Stephen) … don’t you love those simple fluid lines, though?

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Caption : Nikita Titov’s picture of the horror and hopeless of humanity (now, shush, Stephen) … don’t you love those simple fluid lines, though?
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Stephen Fry - 9.6K Likes - 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 👔

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Caption : 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 👔
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Stephen Fry - 9.6K Likes - I wasn’t smart enough to think of bringing a laptop down… the more seasoned citizens knew better.

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Caption : I wasn’t smart enough to think of bringing a laptop down… the more seasoned citizens knew better.
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Stephen Fry - 9.6K Likes - American and Canadian fans, you’ve been waiting patiently.... it’s time to be immersed all over again in all seven of the Harry Potter audiobooks. 🎧 Headphones in, calendars cleared and DND mode on. ✨

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Caption : American and Canadian fans, you’ve been waiting patiently…. it’s time to be immersed all over again in all seven of the Harry Potter audiobooks. 🎧 Headphones in, calendars cleared and DND mode on. ✨
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Stephen Fry - 9.6K Likes - This detail is from a painting that we’ve had in the family for a hundred years - my mother has lent it to an exhibition on German Expressionists and the Third Reich currently running in Holt, Norfolk. It’s no masterpiece, but it has quite a story. To quote from Dalya Alberge’s article in today’s Guardian “The slit in the canvas tells a chilling story of escape from the Nazis in 1938. The scar was caused by German border guards boarding a train and slashing packing cases with their bayonets - checking for any escapers from Vienna. The oil painting was inside one of those cases...”

(It was painted by a little-known artist, Yehudo Epstein, a professor at the Vienna Academy who emigrated to South Africa after the Nazi party’s rise to power)

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Caption : This detail is from a painting that we’ve had in the family for a hundred years – my mother has lent it to an exhibition on German Expressionists and the Third Reich currently running in Holt, Norfolk. It’s no masterpiece, but it has quite a story. To quote from Dalya Alberge’s article in today’s Guardian “The slit in the canvas tells a chilling story of escape from the Nazis in 1938. The scar was caused by German border guards boarding a train and slashing packing cases with their bayonets – checking for any escapers from Vienna. The oil painting was inside one of those cases…” (It was painted by a little-known artist, Yehudo Epstein, a professor at the Vienna Academy who emigrated to South Africa after the Nazi party’s rise to power)
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Stephen Fry - 9.3K Likes - Had an extraordinary and wonderful conversation with the artist Nikita Titov, very well known here. He came with a surprise gift, a picture of me which touched me very deeply. We stood close to the selection of captured Russian armoured vehicles outside St Michael’s (destroyed by the Bolsheviks back in Soviet days but since rebuilt). Now off to rehearse tomorrow’s summit on mental health. It’s hot here but getting much hotter in the homeland I’m told. Stay cool, Britain!

9.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Had an extraordinary and wonderful conversation with the artist Nikita Titov, very well known here. He came with a surprise gift, a picture of me which touched me very deeply. We stood close to the selection of captured Russian armoured vehicles outside St Michael’s (destroyed by the Bolsheviks back in Soviet days but since rebuilt). Now off to rehearse tomorrow’s summit on mental health. It’s hot here but getting much hotter in the homeland I’m told. Stay cool, Britain!
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Stephen Fry - 9.3K Likes - A chamber of hell. The inside of a defeated Russian armoured vehicle…

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Caption : A chamber of hell. The inside of a defeated Russian armoured vehicle…
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Stephen Fry - 9K Likes - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

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Caption : A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits. Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light. Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then. Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens. Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items. Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves. It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
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Stephen Fry - 9K Likes - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits. Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light. Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then. Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens. Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items. Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves. It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
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Stephen Fry - 9K Likes - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits. Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light. Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then. Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens. Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items. Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves. It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
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Stephen Fry - 9K Likes - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits. Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light. Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then. Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens. Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items. Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves. It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
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Stephen Fry - 9K Likes - A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits.

Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light.

Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then.

Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens.

Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items.

Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves.

It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”

9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A Tie Rack edition today. Older viewers will remember how every High Street and railway station used to boast a Tie Rack store. Some were little more than booths or kiosks. Along with Sock Shop the chain exemplified a corner-turning moment in 80s and early 90s retail style and habits. Pic 1 (swipe left) shows a standard Tie Rack tie, with a standard Tie Rack label. Fine in its way – has a pleasing mauve sheen when you turn it in the light. Pic 2 displays a “Primavera For Tie Rack”. Was Primavera (the Italian for “spring”) an in-house design studio, I wonder? Did the extra name on the label indicate a “designer tie” with a corresponding hike in price? The word “designer” was beginning to be prepended to everything from sunglasses to boxer shorts back then. Pic 3 shows two “Charleston Tie Rack” specimens. Swipe left again for a “Chevalier” tie which looks to be greatly influenced by Versace (yes, doesn’t it need a damned good steam?) Pic 5 is “Angelo Bosani”. I wonder if Signor Bosani designed exclusively for Tie Rack? Certainly if you search for his work on eBay and elsewhere they all seems to be Tie Rack items. Can we discern a distinct difference according to label? Every one of them is 100% silk and all declare themselves to be made in Italy (except the Chevalier which doesn’t reveal its origin). I would say the two Charlestons and the Primavera have a certain something in common, an almost watercolour effect perhaps, whereas the Pic 1 Tie Rack, the Chevalier and the Angelo Bosani are all individual unto themselves. It’s of no great matter, doubtless some marketing figure decided that there should be this variation in labelling. Tie Rack has gone to retail heaven where it is kitting out the angels in good, but not great, fine but not fabulous, quality but not costly, neck wear. I wish them a blissful eternity, or as Horatio almost phrased it to the dying Hamlet, “Good night, sweet Tie Rack, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - As winter comes our thoughts turn to those in Ukraine uprooted and homeless - this poem moved me greatly. What would YOU take?

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : As winter comes our thoughts turn to those in Ukraine uprooted and homeless – this poem moved me greatly. What would YOU take?
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
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“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 8.2K Likes - British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠
⁠
“Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠
⁠
The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠
⁠
So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠
⁠
If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠
www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠
⁠
@stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠

8.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : British actor Stephen Fry supports Animals Asia’s #TravelWithKindness campaign and is calling on the British government to ban cruel animal activities abroad.⁠ ⁠ “Animals Asia’s survey showed that more than three-quarters of the British public would be put off from booking with a travel agent who sold tickets to tourist attractions where animals are mistreated. ⁠ ⁠ The government now needs to properly implement the law passed last year to ensure that these overwhelming views of the public are taken into consideration and that such ticket sales would be prohibited. ⁠ ⁠ So do join us in the campaign to make sure that this can happen.” ⁠ ⁠ If you’re in the UK, please sign and share our petition: tap linkin.bio or go to⁠ www.animalsasia.org/endcrueltourism ⁠ ⁠ @stephenfryactually #TravelWithKindness #EthicalTourism #AnimalsAsia #ResponsibleTravel #ConsciousTravel #Animals #WildlifeSelfies #ElephantRides #ElephantBathing #Travel #Traveling #Travelling #Backpacking #Safari #Circus #Zoo #AnimalWelfare⁠
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Stephen Fry - 7.6K Likes -

7.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption :
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Stephen Fry - 7.6K Likes - The all clear sounds and life goes on in Kyiv…

7.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : The all clear sounds and life goes on in Kyiv…
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Stephen Fry - 7.6K Likes - A small announcement - youtube.com/planetfry will soon be populated with what we can only call CONTENT. Subscribing is a joyful and pain free process…

7.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : A small announcement – youtube.com/planetfry will soon be populated with what we can only call CONTENT. Subscribing is a joyful and pain free process…
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Stephen Fry - 7.6K Likes - There’s a bit of music in all of us 🎼💙

Listen to Joanna and the Maestro wherever you get your podcasts

#stephenfry #joannalumley

7.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : There’s a bit of music in all of us 🎼💙 Listen to Joanna and the Maestro wherever you get your podcasts #stephenfry #joannalumley
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Stephen Fry - 7.4K Likes - Thank you to everyone who went and listened to our brand new @happenedherestories podcast last week, it’s been a joy to see it out there in the world!  Episode Two, with my wonderful co-host Dame Joanna Lumley is available now.

7.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Thank you to everyone who went and listened to our brand new @happenedherestories podcast last week, it’s been a joy to see it out there in the world! Episode Two, with my wonderful co-host Dame Joanna Lumley is available now.
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Stephen Fry - 6.9K Likes - Travel back in time and discover a world where Dinosaurs ruled. 

📺 The new four-part series starts Sunday at 7pm on Channel 5 & My5. Beginning with Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

@StephenFryActually #Dinosaur #StephenFry

6.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Travel back in time and discover a world where Dinosaurs ruled. 📺 The new four-part series starts Sunday at 7pm on Channel 5 & My5. Beginning with Dawn of the Dinosaurs. @StephenFryActually #Dinosaur #StephenFry
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Stephen Fry - 6.9K Likes - "I’ve had the privilege of visiting Ukraine and meeting an enormous number of people there, and I’ve been staggered by their resilience and by their determination. It is a free country, it’s a democratic country where free speech is venerated and people are allowed to say what they think and behave as they want. Something very, very different from Russia."

Britain’s national treasure, the always compassionate and infinitely eloquent Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, has recorded a message of support for Ukrainians. 

Thank you, Stephen! Always looking forward to seeing you in Ukraine🇺🇦

#StandWithUkraine

6.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : “I’ve had the privilege of visiting Ukraine and meeting an enormous number of people there, and I’ve been staggered by their resilience and by their determination. It is a free country, it’s a democratic country where free speech is venerated and people are allowed to say what they think and behave as they want. Something very, very different from Russia.” Britain’s national treasure, the always compassionate and infinitely eloquent Stephen Fry @stephenfryactually, has recorded a message of support for Ukrainians. Thank you, Stephen! Always looking forward to seeing you in Ukraine🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine
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Stephen Fry - 6.9K Likes - Far too many people aren’t told that they have blood cancer at diagnosis – they end up finding out from google, or sometimes not at all. 

People with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or any of the 100  different types of blood cancer are missing out on being part of this incredible, supportive community. That’s why this Blood Cancer Awareness Month we’re encouraging everyone to #SayBloodCancer and help raise awareness ❤️ 

Please watch and share this important message from @stephenfryactually and people living with blood cancer.

More on our website www.bloodcancer.org.uk/saybloodcancer 

#BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #Leukaemia #Lymphoma #Myeloma #BloodCancer

6.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Far too many people aren’t told that they have blood cancer at diagnosis – they end up finding out from google, or sometimes not at all. People with leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, or any of the 100 different types of blood cancer are missing out on being part of this incredible, supportive community. That’s why this Blood Cancer Awareness Month we’re encouraging everyone to #SayBloodCancer and help raise awareness ❤️ Please watch and share this important message from @stephenfryactually and people living with blood cancer. More on our website www.bloodcancer.org.uk/saybloodcancer #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #Leukaemia #Lymphoma #Myeloma #BloodCancer
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Stephen Fry - 6.8K Likes - Can exercise sharpen the brightest minds?
 
Follow four mind gamers as they embark on a global ground-breaking experiment by @ASICS to test if movement can improve our mental performance. Stream Mind Games – The Experiment, narrated by me, on Prime Video from Thursday 19th January 2023.
 
#MindGamesTheExperiment AD

6.8K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Can exercise sharpen the brightest minds? Follow four mind gamers as they embark on a global ground-breaking experiment by @ASICS to test if movement can improve our mental performance. Stream Mind Games – The Experiment, narrated by me, on Prime Video from Thursday 19th January 2023. #MindGamesTheExperiment AD
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Stephen Fry - 6.5K Likes - Do watch this - I think you will be amazed at what cricket can do. You might rethink your view or the game and what it can achieve. So proud of the #MCCFoundation #thebiggive

6.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Do watch this – I think you will be amazed at what cricket can do. You might rethink your view or the game and what it can achieve. So proud of the #MCCFoundation #thebiggive
Likes : 6457
Stephen Fry - 6.4K Likes - Today's LV= Men's Ashes Test Match highlights the fact that 1 in 3 people born today in the UK will get dementia. That’s 1 in 3 who may forget their fav Ashes memory. Great #CricketShouldBeUnforgettable, donate and help end the devastation caused by dementia - @alzheimerssoc —alzheimers.org.uk/

6.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Today’s LV= Men’s Ashes Test Match highlights the fact that 1 in 3 people born today in the UK will get dementia. That’s 1 in 3 who may forget their fav Ashes memory. Great #CricketShouldBeUnforgettable, donate and help end the devastation caused by dementia – @alzheimerssoc —alzheimers.org.uk/
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Stephen Fry - 6.2K Likes - There is a well-known cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his pyjamas, on his knees next to his bed, saying a prayer for his wife, the most active first lady in history. ‘Dear Lord, please make Eleanor tired tomorrow’. I can imagine the friends and family of @stephenfryactually saying the same prayer, for there's very little Stephen doesn't do.
 
Actor, comedian, television host, director, a prolific writer with four novels, three autobiographies and countless columns in national papers. But should you ask, as I've been doing, the people who know him really well. What Stephen is best at, they will answer, being a friend. As for me, I love this man. All he stands for, and quite simply who he is.

And I would change the FDR prayer. I would say, ‘Dear Lord, we all need Stephen Fry. Please do not make him tired tomorrow’.

Listen to @ruthiestable4: Stephen Fry in partnership with Moncler – out now.

6.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : There is a well-known cartoon in The New Yorker magazine depicting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his pyjamas, on his knees next to his bed, saying a prayer for his wife, the most active first lady in history. ‘Dear Lord, please make Eleanor tired tomorrow’. I can imagine the friends and family of @stephenfryactually saying the same prayer, for there’s very little Stephen doesn’t do.   Actor, comedian, television host, director, a prolific writer with four novels, three autobiographies and countless columns in national papers. But should you ask, as I’ve been doing, the people who know him really well. What Stephen is best at, they will answer, being a friend. As for me, I love this man. All he stands for, and quite simply who he is. And I would change the FDR prayer. I would say, ‘Dear Lord, we all need Stephen Fry. Please do not make him tired tomorrow’. Listen to @ruthiestable4: Stephen Fry in partnership with Moncler – out now.
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Stephen Fry - 5.9K Likes - Everything fairly normal, but most British hotel rooms don’t equip you with gas masks…

5.9K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Everything fairly normal, but most British hotel rooms don’t equip you with gas masks…
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Stephen Fry - 5.8K Likes - In Edek’s mind, this is his trip. Ruthie’s just along for the ride. 😅 @stephenfryactually travels through 1990s Poland alongside @lenadunham in TREASURE. Based on the novel by Lily Brett, now playing only in theaters! See it this Father’s Day weekend. #TreasureMovie 

#LenaDunham #StephenFry #LilyBrett #Treasure

5.8K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : In Edek’s mind, this is his trip. Ruthie’s just along for the ride. 😅 @stephenfryactually travels through 1990s Poland alongside @lenadunham in TREASURE. Based on the novel by Lily Brett, now playing only in theaters! See it this Father’s Day weekend. #TreasureMovie #LenaDunham #StephenFry #LilyBrett #Treasure
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Stephen Fry - 5.6K Likes - Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)

5.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)
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Stephen Fry - 5.6K Likes - Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)

5.6K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Extraordinary and sad that there has yet been no celebration/memorial for Edward Bond. Fierce and furious, he was, but such an important figure in British theatre. Good on Sam and Dex for arranging this (swipe left for more details)
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Stephen Fry - 5.5K Likes - Any entrepreneurial young ppl out there who have thought - ‘mm a street food truck would be fun, but honestly, while I’m not that great at preparing pupusas and banh mi, I do really love books…’? Wouldn’t this be a sight on our streets? Street books, book carts. Maybe they already exist and I’ve missed them.

(Photo from this week’s @airmailweekly)

5.5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Any entrepreneurial young ppl out there who have thought – ‘mm a street food truck would be fun, but honestly, while I’m not that great at preparing pupusas and banh mi, I do really love books…’? Wouldn’t this be a sight on our streets? Street books, book carts. Maybe they already exist and I’ve missed them. (Photo from this week’s @airmailweekly)
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Stephen Fry - 5.4K Likes - I require at least one cup of coffee in the morning before my parents start their interrogations. ☕ Spend Father’s Day weekend with @stephenfryactually and @lenadunham in TREASURE! Based on the novel “Too Many Men” by Lily Brett and coming only to theaters June 14! Get tickets at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie

#StephenFry #LenaDunham #TooManyMen #LilyBrett #FathersDayWeekend

5.4K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I require at least one cup of coffee in the morning before my parents start their interrogations. ☕ Spend Father’s Day weekend with @stephenfryactually and @lenadunham in TREASURE! Based on the novel “Too Many Men” by Lily Brett and coming only to theaters June 14! Get tickets at the link in bio. #TreasureMovie #StephenFry #LenaDunham #TooManyMen #LilyBrett #FathersDayWeekend
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Stephen Fry - 5.3K Likes - It’s time to reveal the truth about #TheMissingLines

5.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : It’s time to reveal the truth about #TheMissingLines
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Stephen Fry - 5.3K Likes - New thriller #TheMissingLines, narrated by me, is out now. Download for free today from your podcast platform of choice. (3rd Link in bio)

5.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : New thriller #TheMissingLines, narrated by me, is out now. Download for free today from your podcast platform of choice. (3rd Link in bio)
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Stephen Fry - 5.3K Likes - @stephenfryactually minds his P, R, Zeds while learning Polish and talking about the filming of TREASURE! See him star alongside @lenadunham Father’s Day Weekend when it opens only in theaters June 14! #TreasureMovie

5.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : @stephenfryactually minds his P, R, Zeds while learning Polish and talking about the filming of TREASURE! See him star alongside @lenadunham Father’s Day Weekend when it opens only in theaters June 14! #TreasureMovie
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Stephen Fry - 5.3K Likes - Visiting the President - here I am chatting with President Zelenskyy. Part of the film Stephen Fry In Ukraine which I’ll be live streaming on the YouTube channel tomorrow at 1800 BST - address in my bio here. See you there!

5.3K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Visiting the President – here I am chatting with President Zelenskyy. Part of the film Stephen Fry In Ukraine which I’ll be live streaming on the YouTube channel tomorrow at 1800 BST – address in my bio here. See you there!
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Stephen Fry - 5.2K Likes - Tell you what, if you’re up at Edinburgh this year, you’d do well to pop in to @thepleasance and catch @lulubirdpopplewell - highly recommended xx

5.2K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : Tell you what, if you’re up at Edinburgh this year, you’d do well to pop in to @thepleasance and catch @lulubirdpopplewell – highly recommended xx
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Stephen Fry - 5.1K Likes - I’m as buzzing and happy as a happy bee to be joining the splendid cast of Bleak Expectations as Sir Philip Bin from 8 to 13th August, at the Piccadilly Circus jewel-box that is the @criterion_theatre. Buy your tickets and find out more here
bleakexpectations.com #bleakexpectationsplay

5.1K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : I’m as buzzing and happy as a happy bee to be joining the splendid cast of Bleak Expectations as Sir Philip Bin from 8 to 13th August, at the Piccadilly Circus jewel-box that is the @criterion_theatre. Buy your tickets and find out more here bleakexpectations.com #bleakexpectationsplay
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Stephen Fry - 5K Likes - 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 👔

5K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : 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 👔
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Stephen Fry - 4.7K Likes - 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👔

4.7K Likes – Stephen Fry Instagram

Caption : 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👔
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