From The Mirror (it was them or The Sun)
Fans have named Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures as the most iconic album cover of all time.
The “pulses” design by artist Peter Saville topped a poll which included the Beatles and Pink Floyd.
And like so much else that came out of Factory Records looked great. I […]
as a follow up to an earlier post, here’s Christopher Booker:-
Under EU directive 92/83, the scope of a British government to tax alcohol is severely limited, and to single out extra-strong beers for a higher duty would be illegal.
If only Mr Cameron took more interest in “Europe”, he might discover that, far from being just […]
Reading this via Jackie Danicki’s post, I came across this snippet:-
“I don’t want to rain on the thing for her “
and now I can’t help thinking of her like this:-
Can anyone out there recommend a Mac book for someone who’s getting one and familiar with Windows? There’s a Missing Manual specifically for the task - just wondered.
http://xkcd.com/393/
(Don’t bother clicking unless you know what a D20 is).
If you ever go to the west of France, I recommend a visit to the departmente of Charente. It’s full of people producing Cognac, and the main producers will take you on an English speaking tour into cellars full of barrels of Cognac slowly distilling. It’s wonderful.
On that tour, they also tell you some of […]
As a follow up to this earlier post, I realised that things were even easier than I thought. I’d been taking the kml file out of Google Earth and FTPing it before linking, when all I needed to do was to upload the kml file. Once uploaded, it creates a link which the plugin processes. […]
A bit of a local story
THE streets around Nationwide’s headquarters are being used as an overspill car park. And residents say that the building society’s employees who park outside their homes are making their lives a misery.
Each morning dozens of cars line the streets of Riverdale Close, Tismeads Crescent, Glenwood Close and Croft Road […]
So, the people who said that we’d get a vote on the EU Constitution are now saying that it’s completely different, so we don’t need a vote (despite a Commons Committee saying it’s about the same).
Most of all I hope people see the true colours of the Lib Dems - yellow. Their “we actually want […]
Government to Curb Second Home Ownership
An inquiry commissioned by Gordon Brown will recommend local authorities have the power to prevent outsiders buying property they do not intend to make their main residence. Those seeking to buy country boltholes that deprive local residents of houses would be forced to apply to the council.
The move […]
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