Bush vs Kerry : THE SCIENCE CHRONICLES
The cover story in this week’s Nature is a political one: Mr. Bush, Mr. Kerry, what is your stance on science? Fifteen questions were posed to each candidate, and their responses (or at least the respons[…]

FT Top 100 Films
28: LEON
Known in the US as The Professional, a title passed over in the UK due to the long running British thriller series called The Professionals. Whilst Luc Besson’s gun happy bang bang flick had little to do with said C1-5[…]

Thankyou Mr Stein
Halibut is a bugger to cook, I’ve often found, too dry for grilling or baking, to prone to leaking fat for steaming, I’ve often despaired of cooking the bloody stuff successfully, which is a shame, as I’m very fond[…]

(As drawn when drunk at the Pop Justice 20 Quid Music Prize, and later lettered and cleaned by me – cleaned both physically and one offensive joke about the fella from McFly removed. Though Busted were robbed.)

(With thanks to Steve Mannion fo[…]

Why I Am A Sucker
Our canteen has started stocking Hershey bars. This is presumably because lots of Americans work here. Also lots of dupes like me. Hershey bars are twice as expensive as the good honest Cadbury’s chocolate bars beloved of the […]

There are posters all over London for an upcoming double bill of White Collar Boxing. It has nicely been posited as an East End vs West End rumble. The West End event takes place in Mayfair and is billed as “The Black Tie Brawl”, whilst t[…]

MAUL MY MEMORIES II
If I was the sort of person who posted to ILM here is a thread I would post: “Things you knew would be ‘cult bands/albums/records’ the moment you heard them”. The clumsy phrasing of that suggests that I hav[…]

There is something really satisfying about synchronicity when cooking. It was the one thing that my Mum could usually pull off, the roast beef cooked, carved and served with veg and roast potatoes all at the same time (I know know the veg was on far […]

A guy spends months on ILX being forced to talk about boring stuff like music and sex without any respite*. Then, out of all that gloom*, emerges not one, but TWO science threads in the same day**.
Qaballah — Classic or Dud
Parallels Between[…]