Monthly Archives: June 2014
LIDOS
A list of best lidos of Britain has been filed on this site before, but we might as well have the latest version, from Adrian Bridge in Sun Tel 22.6.14 … * Stonehaven Open Air Pool, near Aberdeen: Opens from … Continue reading
ONLINE & OFF – SOUNDS INTERESTING, NUMBER WHATSIT
In search of classic rockabilly from Lefty Nicks and his Southern Drifters, I am intrigued by Screaming Dead Radio … http://www.mixcloud.com/sheepDJdog/rockabilly-dayz-ep-015-04-24-13/ In Guardian of 1.5.14, Dave Simpson was inclined to agree with a famous review of Spiderland, recorded by a … Continue reading
ONE-LINE RECIPES – STOCK, CABBAGE, STEAK, SALAD DRESSING
STOCK Harriet Lane, celebrating the wisdom of being over-40 in Stella Mag, Teleg 22.6.14, wrote about learning to love celery and said: The holy trinity of onion, carrot and celery (you can call this mirepoix or soffritto if you must) … Continue reading
TECHIE TIPS –DOING A SWERVE AROUND WINDOWS 8 & DUMPING YOUR CDs
I want to file this advice, and you might find it useful too, from Rick Maybury in Teleg 21.6.14, on taking Windows 8, when we have to have it, back to a more trad interface … … there are … Continue reading
ONLINE & OFF – ON TIN PAN ALLEY
Michael Henderson in Sun. Tel. 22.6.14 reported on a BBC party at which DG Tony Hall made a speech on the plans for music programming. Henderson wrote: … there is one vast hole at the heart of the new dispensation. … Continue reading
JAMBOREE BAG 11
More for filing … TRENDIE SPOTTING Young reporter Morwenna Ferrier had fun postulating The End Of The Hipster (meaning, apparently, young men wearing flat caps and beards in East London) for Observer 22.6.14 … http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/jun/22/end-of-the-hipster-flat-caps-and-beards/ I especially liked the captions … Continue reading
JAMBOREE BAG 10
Got a couple of new ideas to pursue, and a shed to perfect, so my inputting is down, but here are a few notes to keep the blog moving. For The Filofacts SHARING SITES With the taxi replacement app Uber … Continue reading
SPEED CAMERAS SHOULD MAKE US WARY OF MORE SURVEILLANCE
Well, it’s not a great photo but there is no doubt it is my car and I was in Plymouth at the time. And I do remember finding myself trapped in a bus lane, trying to find my way out … Continue reading
A FILOFACTS ON BROAD BEANS
Bee Wilson on broad beans, Stella Mag, Telegraph, May 2014: For years I accepted the orthodoxy that frozen broad beans will do almost as well as fresh. Some fresh broad bean pods had come in our veg box so, on … Continue reading
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OPINIONS OF THE DAY – ON BRIT JIHADIS, THE TROUBLE WITH ED AND WANKER BANKERS
WHY BRITAIN MAKES JIHADIS Once again, the papers and the politicians are incredulous that bright young Muslim men should be finding their way to troublespots to fight the jihad in one of its various forms. A hunt is on for … Continue reading →