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Does it have to be rocket science?

November 30, 2009

Working in an industry where innovation is all too often applauded for its own sake, it makes me wonder to what extent we are all drawn to the shiny and new, even when the old and reliable is still, well, reliable? Some recent thinking on Cloud Whitening may be about to confirm my thoughts. It […]

The River Cottage Cookbook

November 30, 2009

Tremendous stuff. Really. This is right up there with one of those weekends when you turn on the TV at 9am only to find it’s wall to wall Whittingstall as far as the eye can see. Don’t expect too many recipes here, they really do take back seat to pages of prep and animal husbandry. […]

Symbol of Courage: A History of the Victoria Cross

November 30, 2009

More of a book for dipping in and out than for reading cover to cover. The background to the battles during which VCs were awarded is enlightening (although I picked this up somewhat annoyingly just weeks before Private Beharry’s latest medal). The dispatches notes themselves are surprisingly ordinary and although a fantastic collection overall, can […]

Is being green a new religion?

November 9, 2009

There are the obvious stereotypical parallels: a penchant for sandals, a preponderance of beards and a professed love of world peace, but recent events at an employment tribunal go some way to suggesting a green lifestyle might more properly be thought of as tantamount to religious, or certainly, philosophical in their nature. In the case in […]

Tories reticent about announcing more than one policy…

November 5, 2009

It could be considered Schadenfreude to point it out, but it seems remarkable that the Tories are falling apart over their policy on Europe given that, as far as I can see, it’s the only policy that they have actually publicised. I hate to think what the fallout might be once they start having to […]