Possibly the greatest advantage of working with international students is the exposure to international snack foods that comes with them. Recently I have eaten home-made Iranian sweets (actually too sweet for me despite much good will and obvious au[…]

THE THRILLS – Not For All The Love In The World
Theh AWL SOWNDID THUH SAY-EEEEEEMMM… yes, last year The Thrills really were the runts of the litter, weren’t they? Incessantly pushed by Radio 1’s New Sound Of Not Quite Able To […]

When the going gets TOUGH.
The TOUGH – gets going.
 
Why did no-one tell the ten year od me that this song was about rough sex? Its far too filthy for Boyzone.[…]

Chelsea
Of all the stupid money being thrown around by Chelsea, the two Argentines are the ones I really can’t get to grips with. Now, neither Crespo or Veron took the Premiership by storm. At a cost of over ’30m, that’s a big waste[…]

Reading two or more books at once is an often confusing but interesting thing to do, particularly if the two inform each other in amusing and/or startling ways, or if you can make a funny title out of combining them.
At the moment I’ve got Ann[…]

If you should find yourself in Liverpool, and in posession of a thirst, can I please recommend  this pub. My head hurts, btw.[…]

Chips, cheese, gravy: what’s not to like?
 
For all London-based or visiting fans of Canadian cuisine not involving moose steaks, the Lyceum Tavern on the Strand serves poutine (attempted to post a picture, am fule and cannot make it […]

Tatquest 2004
I for one am delighted that we’re now living in the era of post-cool and in this spirit I continue my warts-and-all ‘download diary’ from yesterday.
THE GRID – “Swamp Thing”: some hole in history has […]

FT Top 100 Films
59: DEBBIE DOES DALLAS 
  
Anthony Easton says:
 
Debbie Does Dallas is happy. The blondes are happy, the people fucking the blondes are happy, the sunlight is happy, and the green grass is happy. Even with t[…]

Chuck Klosterman vs The Olympics: I’m guessing the coverage of the Olympics in America is very different to its coverage here. In Britain, where the only thing medal hopes usually end up beating is medal experiences, the very joy of the Olympic[…]