So last night I had one of my strangest pub-going experiences in a very long time. A friend of mine had been booked into a last minute slot at an acoustical night at Camden Rock Café. “Where?” said I. I was sent a link which informed m[…]

According to The Time Out London, the Fifty Best Songs about London. For a list that celebrates the obscure and, well, tries to overdo its cool and hip quotient a bit too far, perhaps it is surprising that Ralph McTell’s “Streets Of Londo[…]

AIM: To replicate the legendary LONG EGG, of GALA PIE fame
APPARATUS: many eggs (as per usual)* — plus also beef gelatin, pan, disposable cylindrical container (i used the bottom half of an EVIAN bottle), kitchen scissors, kitchen knife
INITIAL[…]

Long-term readers will know my strong commitment to green issues: every time I see a copy of REM’s apalling album I ‘orange crush’ it to destruction under a sharp stiletto.
And of course I’d like to save the planet too. In thi[…]