On the back wall of Rhodes & Mann there’s something which looks like a family tree. On closer inspection, it seems to be some kind of typology, lists of related things. A little list of love-related things, a little list of war-related thi[…]

No more decisive moments :(
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004)[…]

Digital Spy’s BB Forum is an unpleasant place to spend any time, but this large post on Jason – Grand Architect of BB5 was worth a read, if only because everyone I know is stunned that he managed to get this far. There’s even a chan[…]

The Wall: The Musical – “now I can write in some jokes” says Roger Waters. The mind boggles.[…]

THE CLASH – “London Calling”: For the Mojo crowd this is the last chest-beating hurrah of a mythic London, the storied city of Oz and Westbourne Grove and the Kings’ Road, the last time the Last Gang had a Town to call their o[…]

“Clutt’ moi, phter Werune!”
Say something in Proto-Indo-European![…]

The Smoking Gone
First let me say this: I’m not really the sort of fellow who believes that we can or should look to The Market to do solve our social problems.
It looks like a smoking ban will be imposed in UK pubs before very long. Big Tony […]

Patrick who? For anyone who’s interested, it looks as though the Dwayne Lee transfer mini-saga we mentioned a while back is reaching its conclusion. Do I sense an unseemly note of glee in the Exeter Express and Echo’s coverage?
“A d[…]

Don’t fear the cheese
Tom’s right: London doesn’t have a dead centre preserved in amber and only useful for tourists. I think this is a good thing: that London’s ‘attractions’ are spread out and exist inside and al[…]

Extrusion cooking: technologies and applications
Here you are Dave! Order your copy today of this key reference to the methods of extruded snacks. That is if you want to go into the spiral chip (aka curly fry) business. Edited by a well-known authori[…]