Shelf life
Following the slightly rule-bending post this morning, this is the real thing inspired by SavidgeReads: ten books picked at random with my eyes closed (with one cheat) and what they…
Ten (not so random) books
The idea comes from a post by Simon Savidge over at SavidgeReads Reading me like a book (or ten) – see his post for where he got it from: pick…
Prêt à tuer
I was in Prêt à manger the other day, and the counter assistant (as she had been bidden by management, no doubt) started asking me with fake enthusiasm what I…
By the way…a message from Bill Hicks to New Labour
New Labour has just been admonished for allegedly breaking privacy rules by spamming the phonelines of 500,000 people with a pre-recorded message by Vera Duckworth from Corrie, according to the…
Ten out of ten for the Tooting top ten
Here’s a blog after my own heart: Tooting Top Ten, a list of, guess what, the top ten things about Tooting. I like this guy’s writing. If you do, his…
Johann Strauss the African
Andre Rieu’s album of Strauss Waltzes and other bon-bons, Forever Vienna, is number 1 in the classical album charts this year, and beat Susan Boyle’s album in the top ten…