I cannot say I was over the moon when the Netherlands beat England in the opening game of the 20 20 World Cup.Clearly as a neutral it is great when a minnow beats a big gun, especially when said big gun is hosting the tournament. To win such a game a[…]

Another commentless thread (it had loads back on Haloscan lost to electronic winds). But why not talk about Cliff, The Shadows, the movie, the sexless appeal of Cliff, the youth gone wild of the song and not about Rik Mayall.
Cliff Richard & The[…]

Stats: Blue sheep’s milk cheese from Devon
From: Neal’s Yard Dairy
Testing conditions: I had this for lunch, on some seedy spelt bread, alongside a huge bowl of salad.
This cheese is fairly hard and and has a crumbly, slightly waxy textur[…]

Steve H, Magnus A, Hazel R and Julio D give a surprise test.

While Tom is off on paternity leave, this gives the popular comments crew the breathing space to look back at some of the older posts which due to shifting around servers, and comments systems may not have as much discussion as one might imagine. I&#[…]

It is said that everyone has a book in them. BOOK, get with the times GRANDAD – everyone has got a film in them right*? What this misses out however is that these books, or films, may not actually be good ones. Take, for example and because it […]

Disclaimer: If I could marry cheese, this is the cheese I would marry.
Stats: French (Burgundy) washed rind cheese.
Bought from: Le Marche du Quartier
Epoisse is a cheese of legend. If you google for it, you’ll find a thousand websites listing […]

There is something about super-bloated big budget action comedies which attract me like a Big Brother fan to a copy of Heat. I know I won’t like them, but I sort of kinda have to see them. So Night At The Museum 2 (aka Night At The Museum : Bat[…]

Nearly two hours older having a watched a film deeply in debt (to the Die Hard films).
The (very short) reviews of Reny Harlin’s new actioner 12 Rounds sketch out the simple high concept. After catching an international terrorist, John Cena&#82[…]

Pete, Rob, William and Bec – licensed to ill.