Jan
27
And how would sir like his pond cooked?
January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Getting a table at elBulli, the most impossible-to-get-into restaurant in the world just got even more tricky. I’ve never been to elBulli but Newshour’s very own gastro-adventurer Fuchsia Dunlop was there just last October . . . she managed to snarfle out this menu which makes for fascinating reading. It’s a mischevious list by the […]
Jan
15
Haiti: Problems put in Perspective
January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
It’s been a mad few days in the World Service Newsroom. As you can imagine when a major disaster hits it’s all hands to the pump. Unless you’re Anderson Cooper of course, in which case it’s to the Bat-chopper Robin!
Jan
11
Apple start to bite
January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I just tried to install the WordPress 2 app for the iPod touch. I’m running 2.2.1 of the iPiod touch OS and itunes tells me I need a newer version of the iPod touch software. I go to iTunes and update and it tells me the current version is 3.1.2 for £2.99. Annoying.
Jan
11
Do You Have a Problem?
January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
That perhaps no one else can solve?
Jan
7
Rediscovered track of the month: Jan ‘10
January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A great song whch at the time meshed just right with the whole Oasis vibe. I always thought she was more a Liam girl than a Damon one.
Dec
27
PiL, Camden Electric Ballroom, 22nd Dec
December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It’s easy to mock a PiL gig. With an average age of about 41 the demographics on this cold Camden night just about matched the waistlines.
Dec
19
Erland and the Carnival
December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The last time I saw folk music in action it was in a central London pizza parlour and the guy was dressed in pointy-hooded green medieval tabard with bells on one ankle and a foot-operated drum on his back. He actually used the words hey-nonny-no in one song.
Dec
17
Should homosexuals face execution?
December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments
It’s a controversial question which cropped up yesterday here in the World Service.