The Robin Hood is a People’s Pub. All the net profits are given away to worthy community causes. Hurrah! I have no idea how much money is actually left after costs are met but judging from the beer prices (usual Brighton extortion) it must be a[…]

Where ARE the trash cans? — it’s a sign of my swaddled and coddled existence being an American that one of the first frustrations I had in London when I started visiting again regularly in 2000 was the lack of trash cans in certain areas,[…]

The film opens. We’re under water. The credits bubble up, just the producers and the films title. And there. We see a girl, trapped in a car which is sinking. And then Will Smith wakes up. He does not like this dream. So he puts on Superstition[…]

Bitz
We do actually have a Square Table homepage, though something evil has happened to the formatting. Go here and learn about the contributors.
Interesting discussion on Enthusiastic But about MP3 blogs, their increasing appeal to indie pluggers, a[…]

why are the bananas at pret so horrible currently?
if i weren’t going on holiday for two weeks to somewhere where they possibly don’t have prets (= france!) i wd pursue this fiercely –> they taste ok-ish kinda at point of chew but […]

POP FACTOR: 635 CONTROVERSY RATING: 183
The new Thunderbirds are not puppets any longer – and so who better to soundtrack their adventures than Busted… who… are also… not…. gnarrrrr. This record exists beyond all defin[…]

You Don’t Win Anything with Kids
Tom’s mention of kids in restaurants reminded me of one of my bugbears; kids.
I was at a barbecue on Saturday. Lots of thirty somethings drinking in the sun. Loads of kids. Location was Essex, so most of […]

Concept Testing
If there’s one thing guaranteed to raise people’s hackles about marketing, it’s the concept of a “target market”. Nobody likes to be told they’re predictable. Particularly as (in general) they&#8217[…]

Dining Distractions
Children in restaurants: no bad thing, train their palates young, etc etc.
Lone diners: no bad thing, takes a bit of guts but lack of company should never deter the dedicated foodie.
BUT!
Children in restaurants ignored by their p[…]

Sports Pick N Mix
This is the viewer appeal of the Olympics. Or to put it another way: if a football match is a big bar of Bourneville, which takes a while to munch through (but might still leave you feeling sick), the Olympics are the open box of Bl[…]