There is nothing wrong with Thames Tandoori. I want to say that here and now. That said, it is probably the curry house I have been to most regularly over the last five years. It is a pretty standard tandoori house really, a bit pricey perhaps but th[…]

15 Pizza’s end prison siege. Considering there were 20 inmates, getting their demands down to 15 pizzas was probably the kind of job only the most skilled hostage negotiator could sort out. Unfortuantely the report does not say what Meal Deal t[…]

A post inspired by the sometimes unfortunate drinking ratio between good friends. I drink pretty slowly, truth be told. Other friends of mine are much faster. These ratios unfortunately, over the course of a short period of time, rarely break down in[…]

As if my life wasn’t hard enough, look at what I have to face every morning at Waterloo station. There are rows and rows and rows of the below, stretching into the void like… something that would stretch into a void… like ENDLESS CH[…]

this morning the girl who by looks reminds me of rainy’s early-days ilxor friend maryann asked me where i’d been all these weeks
it seemed kinder not to tell her, so i just said “away”[…]

The European standard it seems these days is to have two beers with the same name but of different strengths. We are not unused to this in the UK, pace Carlsberg and Carlsberg Export after all. Even Fosters made a brief foray into these murky waters[…]

As a sort of penance for Zoe Williams’ rubbish piece (see below), the Guardian published this enlightening write-up of traditional kipper and herring production. As is often the case when I read a G2 article and think “hold on, this is in[…]

Zoe Williams is a funny writer but a lot of her longer pieces read like half-baked message board posts (and I should know). This one, railing against the current fashion for liver and bone marrow, is no exception. Williams builds a straw man that wou[…]

I would like one of these for my birthday please, June 21, thank you. Wow! It’s the Sunbeam PIE MAGIC 4! It basically a toastie maker, but instead of making toasties, makes REAL ACTUAL PIES. Dear lard I think I’ve died and gone to pie hea[…]

Supplement A
Well, it might not have been purchased from a shop dedicated to the art of fried poultry (and the occasional lipsmacking rib), but it was certainly very independent. Some greasy kebab shop on the Lower Clapton Road (of which there are m[…]