Its not a patch on the one in Bradford! |
I recently visited the Alhambra Palace in Granada. The gardens are every bit as magnificent as you would expect from a major Islamic site. Though the bureauracracy surrounding getting in i...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 16:03:00 GMT |
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) |
When I heard that Middlesbrough was getting an art gallery, I had the mix of joy and foreboding that always accompanies Middlesbrough's attempts at cutlure. Despite improvements over the past 30...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:39:00 GMT |
London Needs More Chip Shops! |
Why is it so difficult to get decent fish & chips in London? Especially in the centre.
The quality is so variable and you feel ecstatic if you find a bag for less than a fiver.
Oh and the se...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:47:00 GMT |
Brokeback Mountain |
Am I the last person to see Brokeback Mountain???
Just caught up with it while recovering from a cold and was speechless as its beauty. So much is unsaid, or not verbalised at least. Their...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:22:00 GMT |
The random stuff that makes you love London |
On the way to lunch with a friend, I was stopped and interviewed for Community Television
Sooo, somewhere soon I should be on screen saying no I don't believe in smacking children to an audience of 5 ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 06:57:00 GMT |
The new superpower? |
Historians sometimes call the 19th century the British Century because of the pre-eminent position Britannia found herself in after Waterloo. Similarly, the 20th century became the American Cent...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:45:00 GMT |
Falling apart |
So today I woke up with searing pain in my right shoulder. This happened last May too but I felt something go during yoga. This time there was not obvious cause. I did go swimming la...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:40:00 GMT |
If only I'd started blogging last year... |
Not sure what to write about but last year:
Visited the tombs of the Pharoahs
Sailed down the Nile
Interesting break-up
Met lovely new gf
Flew over the UK on a beautiful and clear day, got to see th...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:25:00 GMT |
L Word |
Oh dear, what has happened to the L-Word? I'm so embarrased I may have to take them off my friends :(
After a rousing start to the series, which for a change picked-up directly after the Season ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:22:00 GMT |
The Continuing Self Destruction of the Liberal Democrats |
Its often said that British politics is all about the Centre Ground. Once upon a time, we had a potential third force in British Politics to occupy this ground, the Liberal Democrats. They...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:57:00 GMT |
