DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! ‘Electroclash’
“First, the system should contain three (3) electrodes. The head should be fitted with a tightly fitting cap containing an electrode with a saline moistened sponge. It is through this electrode […]

To boil or bake – that is the question with ham. The correct answer is probably to do a bit of both. The point of boiling a ham it seems to me is not so much that it is the optimal cooking method (though it does leave a nicely moist joint if do[…]

Derren Brown plays Russian Roulette was a little overblown. Unsurprisingly really, considering the act of playing Russian Roulette is a pretty quick one. Instead we got an hour of Mr Brown trying to find the the weakest willed man in the country. If […]

Hey you, SUV driver! Fed up with being persecuted because your gas-gobbling family tank is causing ice caps to melt every time you drive the kids to school? Maybe you’re a frequent flyer worried about the millions of tonnes of CO2 pumped into t[…]

So, OK, why does Freaky Trigger suddenly have a science blog? If you’re looking for enlightenment, read It’s Science, Geeta’s excellent introductory piece and the first article for FT’s October issue to go up. (Others will fol[…]

Come as You Are-Nirvana, White Label House Remix
There is nothing here that reminds one of Mr Cobain for the first minute and a half, its ibiza ca 1996 but Kurt is strong and charasmatic , proof of that is in this preformance, because once his voice […]

Tufluv: best new blog in ages (OK, weeks) – good work Simon R. for finding it. New-focussed, review-focussed, etc.[…]

CHEAP FOOD I LOVE #3: Scampi And Lemon Nik-Naks
Observational comedy is the bane of pub conversation. It is despite everything still possible to have a three-hour discussion of kids’ TV, but not without a high level of self-consciousness and a […]

thorts whilst watching top of the pops
1. Clea – Download it – DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN? Another Hollyoaks-Gurls band but with a ludicrous cyber-sex premise. Also one of them hasn’t developed the art of looking into the camera a[…]

Not to be a contrarian or anything, but when they make this big thing about how lame the youthful Hitler’s paintings were (HITLER: THE RISE OF EVIL starring Robert Carlyle, but in fact also everything else about Hitler ever), what’s the p[…]