Return of the native

Really thoughtful article here from the BBCs Stephen Sackur on his return to the UK after 15 years of foreign jaunts. Until I was 18 years old, I had never met a black man or woman. Nor, knowingly at least, a Jew nor a Muslim. I was a farm boy born and brought up in … Keep reading

Watching and Reading

Watched Shaun of the Dead last night, an Amazon Rental DVD. The only one of the three that arrived on Friday without a crack in it. Still, it was an excellent, funny film and I recommend it. I emailed Amazon on Friday night about the bust DVDs, and got an email back saying replacements were … Keep reading

Bowes Museum

A friend mentioned today that she had visited The Bowes Museum in County Durham. Quickly googled it, and what an impressive building it is: The reason this cropped up? The Raphael painting The Madonna of the Pinks is currently on a national tour and is resident at the Bowes until June 26.

ITunes Frenzy

Just bought a few tracks on ITunes: Razorlight’s brilliant new single Somewhere Else A few tracks by mid ’90s brit poppers Shed Seven: On Standby, Chasing Rainbows and Where Have you Been Tonight? The Boo Radley’s great Wake Up Boo! There will proabably be more…

Bloggers Spot the Google Browser

It looks like the Gbrowser is in development after all, just as many people thought. From Micro Persuasion: …now comes word from MarketingVOX that bloggers have spotted the browser in their server logs.