Category Archives: uk

Visiting your local city market this weekend?

By 6000 | 6000 | October 28, 2011

Like this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one? After all, they’re all so individual, aren’t they? *cough* But why not? Or rather – why? We believe that, in spending ludicrous sums on this wonderful food, we are making a stand against The [...]

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NFL does London, Brian does NFL

By 6000 | 6000 | October 26, 2011

Another great post from my favourite UK blogger Brain Micklethwait: …let me tell you about something else that was happening at the same time as the Conference, just a walk away, in Trafalgar Square. This was the NFL Fan Rally, happening a day ahead of the game between the Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay [...]

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Morten: New album, new tour

By 6000 | 6000 | October 25, 2011

After the heartbreak of a-ha going their separate ways and the heartbreak of a million tonnes of snow at Gatwick Airport, some new green shoots are beginning to emerge from the wasteland that my connection to Norwegian music had become. Yes, a new solo album from Morten and a tour to go with it. Sadly, [...]

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Private Eye on shale gas

By 6000 | 6000 | October 20, 2011

South Africa isn’t the only country to have potentially economy-changing amounts of shale gas underneath it. The UK has some too. According to the usually politically-left In The Back section of Private Eye magazine: Cuadrilla, the gas exploration company drilling for shale gas in Lancashire, has announced its discovery of 200 trillion cubic feet of gas – a [...]

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“If nobody’s listening, you can say whatever you want”

By 6000 | 6000 | October 17, 2011

There was an interesting article in the Grauniad this weekend entitled: “Jarvis Cocker: the secrets of Pulp’s songs” and featuring an except from his new book “Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics”, which is out later this week. Pulp were/are a Sheffield band and during their commercial height in the early to mid 90s had 5 [...]

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