Quotable
- I wouldn’t say that I was the best manager in the business but I was in the top one. Brian Clough
- I haven’t left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; All the commercials are for Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection – - either way it’s about getting screwed! Bette Midler
- So we had to speed to get here on time. It’s a good job Samantha was driving – or at least, that’s what it says on the forms! David Cameron
Daily Telegraph- Four arrested in fraud probe at 'back to work' programme
- Charlotte Church to settle hacking case out of court 'for up to £500,000'
- Property market: quarter of house buyers are first-timers
- Brits Awards 2012: Adele lifts two awards and her middle finger
- You never forget a teacher - especially one like 'Mr Rip'
- The curious case of the Bucklebury crime wave
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz's birthday marked with Google doodle wave
Daniel Hannan- Whatever the problem, the EU's solution is always to spend spend spend
- The Union is more than an amplified alliance – there is also such a thing as British patriotism
- Leaving the euro isn't a punishment: it's Greece's last chance for recovery
- Americans! Please stop calling us Europeans!
- When Eurocrats become the baddies in thrillers, it's all over for Brussels
- The world is obsessed with the US presidential poll, but the congressional elections matter more
- As they sink into the mire, MEPs gaze at the stars
Author Archives: William
Tea glass
A beautiful tea glass on display in the Emine Gögüs Cuisine Museum in Gaziantep, south-eastern Turkey.
Pretty Polly
A lovely bunch of Parrot Tulips taken with a sheepskin rug as the background.
Posted in Olio
Tagged flowers, parrot tulips, sheepskin, tulips
Pretty white flower
I know as much about flowers as Gordon Brown does about economics so, if somebody can tell me what this is, please leave a comment and do so
Danny Boy
The unlikely combination of Roswell Rudd’s trombone and Wu Tong’s sheng produce an amazing version of this traditional Irish song. Read on for the album’s sleeve notes.
Posted in Music
Tagged bandcamp, music, sunnyside records
