I’ve had my in-laws staying over for the Christmas holidays so it fell upon my shoulders to carry the torch for traditional yuletide Anglo-Saxon cuisine and put in a good performance in the kitchen, which is where I spent most of my Christmas. I’m not complaining though for my time was well spent and I [...]
Its not uncommon in large organisations these days for management to send out some form of Christmas message to their employees thanking them for their work over the year, giving some form of “state of the nation” address on the company and wishing them a Happy Christmas. With the advance of workplace technology this has [...]
It has been my habit or rather tradition over the years to do a major part of my Christmas shopping at Fortnum and Mason. While their selection of food is rather traditional and heavy-weight for consumption most of the year round it is just the ticket for a hearty winter solstice feast and to put [...]
Doesn’t seem so far fetched now.
In a country where it is commonplace to hold a public inquiry at the drop of a hat the news that there is to be no public inquiry into the worst terrorist attack in peacetime was greeted with a puzzling silence from the mainstream press (excepting the Daily Mail which [...]
What my Christmas tree looks like.
What I’d like my tree to look like.
I have my Christmas tree up and decorated now but the observant will notice the lack of treetop adornment this year. That is because the star which I’ve been using for the last ten years fell apart last year and I quite forgot [...]
Thanks to my lovely wife I am one of the first owners of a Ricoh Caplio R3 in the UK so I thought I’d write a brief review to assist others who are considering this digital camera.
When considering a new compact digital I thought about what shortcomings have in the past meant that I have [...]
I have to hand it to them, when it comes to political irony the Americans have a distinctive style.
Not a reference exactly to Graham Fellows’ Jilted John monologue but to our Chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown who yesterday released his “revised” economic growth forecast for the year.
Being someone who works in Finance I knew when he initially announced his growth figures that they were somewhere between a fantastic error of judgement [...]
On Thursday evening we met up with Angela and friends for a few drinks at Claridges when who should walk in but Liv Tyler with her husband and small entourage in tow. Being England everyone strenuously curtailed the urge to gawp, muttered under their breath to their guests “Hang on a minute, isn’t that …” [...]
This year’s good stick award for conspicuous ability to take a joke at your own expense goes to Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff, the joke that’s been doing the rounds goes like this :
David Hasselhoff calls his agent and demands, “I want everyone to call me The Hoff from now on.”
“Sure! No hassle.” His agent replies.
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