Mendel’s Dwarf: Part Two of Two
So away from literary concerns, how is the science in Mendel’s Dwarf? Well don’t ask me, I gave up Biology aged thirteen because the experiments were not as good as Chemistry and Physics and it was a […]

BRANDWATCH: another thinnish week for food and booze news – the front page of Marketing dominated by Nestle’s somewhat unsubtle attempt to counter its unethical image by launching a ‘fair trade’ coffee line. Inside the only it[…]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part One Of Two
Simon Mawer’s novel Mendel’s Dwarf is that potentially most annoying of things. A parallel narrative, where both generally unrelated storylines unfold, taking space, time and momentum from the other. […]

‘These people aren’t being rational’
Article by, arch curmudgeon, Stephen Moss in today’s Guardian (G2) about the “Friends of Radio 3”, as linked to by Tom (below). It covers the BBC’s reaction and exposes th[…]

In the Lousy last night (the Princess Louise by Holborn for those not up with rubbish made up Freaky Trigger slang) and the talk turned to one of the pubs more unusual fittings. Not the grand mirrors, or the intricate tin false ceiling. Not even the […]

Landspeed record broken
For data. Sorry. This was way below my “level” on slashdot (how does that level thing work?), so it’s a bit out of date – it happened last month if you look at the history of this competition.
Californi[…]

Recipe Help Please! I have i) some cod fillets ii) some single cream iii) some asparagus tips. How best to combine them? (Other ingredients can be picked up from Sainsburys on the way home).[…]

Black Is The New Black: I have spent a worrying amount of time since last summer looking at reviews on this sprawling Dr Who reviews site. So much so that I’ve started recognising reviewer names. This guy, Mike Morris, is easily the best, and t[…]

I wasn’t sure whether to post this on the Brown or the Orange Wedge. As the latter has come to life of late, I guess it can sit with its new sporting buddies.
The premise of the book is simple. The author picks eight of the world’s bigges[…]

Disappointment rarely comes straight away. It creeps, next day, until you realise the film you saw which you thought was pretty good was actually pretty rubbish. It is even worse when that film also inflicts a retro malaise upon a film you previously[…]