A kindred spirit to a lot of people who read this apart from maybe the Blur album[…]
All this talk of chanting has made me think of the best songs I’ve heard on the terraces and what makes a good terrace song. My particular favourite is that sung by Sheffield United to the tune of Annie’s Song by John Denver: You fill u[…]
one exception to MarkS’ ruleis the ready salted crips, liberally sprinkled with malt vinegar. My Mum showed me this little trick when I was a kid and it’s fantastic, the crisps go ever so slightly soggy, and best of all, there’s a […]
The Football League catch up with the Conference but is it too little too late, it’s hardly going to help the teams that were stiffed as Leicester went into administration last year and still kept their team together to bounce back up into the […]
I rarely eat supermarket sandwiches, Uxbridge has a couple of very good sandwich shops in Scoffs and Pumpernickels who will custom build you the sandwich of your choice. However today I went into Marks’ in search of a change and found there sm[…]
Apparently Frank Bruno is in a confused state, slightly hysterical and generally quite mad. So why did it take them twenty sodding years of the clown to lock him away? I like my boxers mean, not comedical. Rockist? me?[…]
We’ve all gone to the dogs I’m not entirley sure this should be up here, but there’s something incredibly conducive about drinking at a dog track (in my case Walthamstow dogs). There’s the gambling (not entireley clever when[…]
More things I’ve cooked a simple one this one, to accompany my char-grilled lamb chops and boiled new potatoes last night I fried up some cubes of pancetta til they were nice and crispy. To the pan I then added a finely diced shallot and some […]
What was and what might have been so, MissVicky had a birthday and obviously it was a perfect occasion to go to a restaurant we had both been lusting after for quite some time. Moro is a mediterranean restaurant with a big reputation, the reviews for[…]
Things I’ve cooked (part 1 of many) So, last night it was hot, the sort of weather where cooking becomes a chore even for those of us who love it. But for some reason I still wanted to, so made for the quick and easy Squid Salad! Get some squ[…]