Who designed a supply chain like this
Loyd Grossman’s Tomato and Chilli sauce is basically the arabbiata in their range of sauces, but it knocks every other version – Sacla, Sainsbury’s Safeway, Morrisons, Seeds of Change – in[…]

Num Num Tom Yum
About 18 months ago, I wrote about how my favourite noodles had seemingly disappeared. Blue Dragon Tom Yum RIP. I eventually wrote to Blue Dragon, who advised me to go to their SE London stockest, a shop which turned out to be really[…]

We’re almost ready to give you all the details of March 24th’s Poptimism launch night (in fact we’ve already given most of them) but I thought I’d draw special attention to one particular aspect of the new night.
We’re c[…]

forbidden fruits-de-mer
when i shared a flat w.sistrah becky there were three things i wz not allowed to eat unless she wz away for several days
i. baked beanz ii. rollmop herring iii. smoked oysters
well i just rediscovered those little john west[…]

“a real bottom-feeder thought that one up”*
didn’t see all of the harold shipman doc as it clashed first w.old-skool csi (abt suburban sex parties!) and then shameless BUT as i have a pal who wz shipman’s patient briefly as a[…]

Very unpleasant. Also in the pub last night the glaring flaw in this rhyme was once again dredged up viz. why, casting around for the natural enemy of a dog, does the old woman settle on a horse?
Unless she just likes horse, of course.[…]

No, really…[…]

Ocean’s 12 is a soundtrack in search of a movie. No, scratch that. It is one of those soundtracks to imaginary films made by bands like The Cinematic Orchestra which somehow has stumbled across a film that kind of fits it. WHatever, David Holme[…]

Last chance to play over at the high-tension finale to Troubled Diva’s “Which decade is tops for pops?” poll.[…]

My chair shame.
Until last night it had been a while since I broke a chair. Having destroyed seating in Pete’s flat and two separate gites I should have realised my chair-breaking days were not behind me.
Last night I felt the chair go a while […]