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Keep on movin’

August 14, 2009

It’s approaching the mid-point of my Walking August and an update is well overdue, so here goes. Weekend One The first weekend started inauspiciously since I was out with family on both days and managed an average of just 10,859 steps per day (I’m using a Fitbug to monitor steps so my 500km translates into […]

Canonbury Tavern Rides Again

August 12, 2009

And so it was, with great pomp, circumstance and not a little ceremony, that The Canonbury Tavern, that much loved local hostelry, after much ‘would they or wouldn’t they’ antics and a campaign against the garden area and the paving thereover, finally came to open once more yesterday on what could only be deemed a […]

Starbucking a trend

August 11, 2009

I really don’t know what to make of Starbucks. Part of me feels that I should get on a high horse and despise them fro being a corporation but, since actions are meant to speak louder than words, I’m not sure I can look past some of theirs so easily. For a start, they sell […]

I do not know what I do not know

August 10, 2009

Without meaning to give undue credit to Rumsfeld, there is more than a hint of resonance in his 2002 briefing when it comes to the latest research on state versus private education. The Sutton Trust’s research into access to higher education is a valuable addition to the debate and confidence is indeed a major factor in the […]

“Radical rethink needed on food”

August 10, 2009

I wonder how radical, radical really is? Saying no to fish? Investing in Vertical Farms? An explosion of closed loop recycling? Expansion of allotment land? Let’s see, shall we? BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | ‘Radical rethink’ needed on food.

Weak…but not at the knees

August 5, 2009

The BBC asks whether you would drink a weaker pint if it cost 60p less and, I think, yes, I would. I don’t normally go in for the idea of buying something because it’s cheaper or because you get more for the same price (a ‘more than’ I find I rarely need – hence the […]