19 August 2011
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Unfortunately I can’t view the associated video clip in the UK but I know the song and I know the band so I feel I have an inkling of what Chad Brooks is writing about in his post “3 things … Continue reading
18 August 2011
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It is about a fortnight since I noted my first tomato harvest of the year. Since then, they have been coming at the rate of just under one a day. However, I picked three this morning (sorry — no time … Continue reading
17 August 2011
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There is a fascinating interactive map on the Guardian website, which compares where last week’s riots took place with where the suspects live. This suggests that there was a fair amount of “commuter rioting”, with people travelling to trouble spots … Continue reading
16 August 2011
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Last night I did a trip to the supermarket and, among other things, bought some lamb neck fillets. This evening, I was looking for inspiration on what to do with them and found it in the form of a vinegar … Continue reading
15 August 2011
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Not long now and I will have a year’s worth of Folia Bloom Day badges, marking a sample of things that have been flowering in my garden throughout the year. Will I make it through the dying days of autumn … Continue reading
14 August 2011
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Aha! Browsing through ITV’s online offerings this weekend, we spotted Vera. This is the TV adaptation of Ann Cleeve’s novels about Vera Stanhope, a detective who can come across as an old bag but who is also revealed to be … Continue reading
13 August 2011
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How many short stories would you expect in a collection? You get plenty with Nancy Jane Moore’s Flashes of Illumination because many of them are extremely short, sparking with bright ideas. A few hundred words is not enough for a finely … Continue reading
12 August 2011
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I had another go at one of Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute meals today, or at least took some ideas from one of them. He makes a pizza base simply by combining self-raising flour with water in a 2:1 ratio, shaping … Continue reading
11 August 2011
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Yesterday’s trip to London was useful but uneventful, although there was a much stronger police presence than I would normally expect to see by the time I came to walk back from Hammersmith to Shepherds Bush to catch the coach. … Continue reading
10 August 2011
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Work takes me down to London today. I am not sure if the trip will take me past any of the trouble spots that have been flaring up in violence this week but I will be vigilant in watching for … Continue reading