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Minor excitement today as I realised that my new desk has a great view right over the wall into the back garden of Buck1ngham P@lace! I will naturally be keeping an eye open for monarchs, courtiers, individuals in Nazi costumes, etc etc.[…]

Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land!!
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Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land, Eng-er-land!!
England football teams have won twice in two days!! On Wednesday night the National Game XI (made up of players under 23 from non-league football) put three past Holland and last night the Women’s team p[…]

Buy some rubbish
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Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

Buy some rubbish
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Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

Buy some rubbish
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Buy some rubbish
Here’s what I’m selling on eBay: dear oh dear
These are not Grecian Earn items, by the way. All cash goes to me.[…]

Cocktail Clampdown
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Cocktail Clampdown: alcohol cannot, apparently, be linked with ‘sexual promiscuity’, so the likes of Sex On The Beach are out. The aphrodisiac properties of these names had escaped me – booze lowers inhibitions, and it doesn’t[…]

Fancyapint.com’s State of Pubbing Survey
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Fancyapint.com’s State of Pubbing Survey has a curious range of choices for its “biggest problem in pubs today” question. I’m no CAMRA head, as you’re probably aware, but to have NO option for anything relating to qualit[…]

I was in the much mentioned Hairy Tortoise last night
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I was in the much mentioned Hairy Tortoise last night and I notice their beer menu has a new arrival. Asahi Super Dry. 2000ml. That’s right, my favourite sound in Japan* is now availible in London. Admittedly for the price of ‘13.60, whic[…]

I don’t like Wednesdays…
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I don’t like Wednesdays…
…for the FA Cup final. Daft proposal ahoy from the FA. Basically, they have to give players a month off before the 2006 World Cup. The only way they can fit all this football in is, they say, is by having th[…]

MP3, MP4*, iPod…GO!
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MP3, MP4*, iPod…GO!
I was listening to a random old mixed CD this morning and C30, C60, C90, Go came on by Bow Wow Wow. Now I have an amazingly soft spot for this song, with its ice cream carton tub thump and Annabella’s yelping sub strea[…]

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