Over the years I’ve acquired a lot of fairly useless, other than aesthetically, stuff; half a dozen vintage sewing machines, a typewriter, a green fibreglass dressmakers dummy, etc. All stuff I deeply love with so much nostalgia and narrative attached to it I initially wondered how I would give any of it up. But give ...
This cheeky little ‘kind-of-tequila’ was my first bottle of a decent, interesting spirit; in 2003/4 I was just getting my foot on the ladder in bar-tending, and working (well, ‘working’) at a new bar in Bath called Lounge. Lounge was a great place to start, as it seemed to be being run as a tax ...
And a rather excellent question raised in the debate as well:
Does the right hon. and learned Gentleman accept that, on the CPS’s lack of proceeding against the officer, one aspect that causes concern is his alleged chequered history? According to press reports, he left the Met under a cloud, was re-employed as ...
Summer’s here, and I need more mint. Also made gomme specially for this; lots of sugar, vanilla and boiling water. Should come in handy.
Other than that, it’s just bourbon (Heaven Hill), bruised mint and (lots of) crushed ice.
And the view…
Lost in a reverie to this (Joanna Newsom – Bridges and Balloons) on the tube this morning (I don’t have to deal with the Underground that often, so I’m a heavy escapist)
We sailed away on a winter’s day
with fate as malleable as clay;
but ships are fallible, I say,
and the nautical, like all things, fades
And I ...
I think this is as good a review of 2009 as I’ll ever get round to posting.
My friend Ana is off to Pembrokeshire, which is basically the best place in the world, so I offered to show her some good places. Now, really, I only know the vicinity of St Davids, so I’ve put together a photoset on flickr with some commentary and I thought I might as well share…
Hi. I’m Felix. I’m 27, and I’m increasingly disillusioned.
Let me tell you a story.
When I was 11 I attended a school in Bromsgrove, a parochial little place near Birmingham. As part of some lesson, we were encouraged to write to a local MP about something in the local community. I chose to write about the ...
The collapse in credibility and confidence in the global banking system and the MP’s expenses scandals have left us reeling and in sore need of moral example. Is it really the case that all these people were so greedy and unaware of the consequences of the actions that caused this crisis, or is this more ...
Thinking about games the other night, I was frustrated at how difficult it is to find time to play games with friends; I’ve never had a proper console, but even so, online gaming needs coordination. And, well, it’s too immersive sometimes. This is why I enjoy Words With Friends so much; it’s a bit time ...