Paul Carrack, Basingstoke Anvil
Birmingham
So I’d be the first to admit that Birmingham wouldn’t have been my first choice as a destination for a weekend break, it’s hardly mentioned in many travellers top 10 but then we had an ulterior motive for coming as we have a son studying at the university here. The first issue Birmingham has is …
Midnight Lion
I know that the title sounds like it should be about the next Apple operating System release but they are actually a band from Glasgow (there is definitely in why so much music comes from North of the border but that’s for another time). Have a listen to the below, reminds me a little of Snow Patrol which …
This was Going to be about Justin Currie but…
Last night I went to see the excellent Justin Currie (ex Del Amitri) play the equally excellent Arlington Arts Centre on the outskirts of Newbury and I had intended this to be a post about that but actually I am going to blog about the people that pay for a ticket, get pissed during the …
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Ballroom Dancing – Seen it on TV
In a moment of madness last week I suggested to Helen that one way to achieve our goal of getting out more and doing some exercise would be to join a dance class. To hear me utter those words came as much as a surprise to me as they did to Helen, almost as surprising …
My Reservation is Actually
Like most others, every day I get loads of spam email and GMail does a fantastic job of keeping them out of my inbox. Periodically I check the spam mailbox just to ensure that nothing has slipped through the net. Occasionally I even take a look at some of the mails there to see why …
"Level Playing Field"
So now we really know that it wasn’t all About The Bike after all. Where Lance Armstrong is concerned it seems that emotions can run pretty high after he finally came clean and admitted that he was the drugs cheat that everyone suspect him of all along. For me he made one interesting assertion in his chat with …
The Horse Burger Saga
So there has been all sorts of Brouhaha in the media over last 24 hours regarding the discovery of horse meat in burgers and other products sold in UK supermarkets (this wouldn’t raise a murmor in France). Let me state here and now that I am not and never will be a vegetarian, nor am I a …
Could Electronic Download be the Saviour of the Small British Retailer?
So Jessops has been announced as the latest firm on the UK high street to go into administration, following in the footsteps of the likes of Woolworths and Comet. This is a tragedy for the people that work in those businesses and for the high streets themselves that take on an abandoned look with gaps where many thriving …
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London Underground 150th Anniversary
Loving the Google Doodle today to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.