Live: Volcano Choir @ O2 Academy Bristol – 10th Nov 2013
A near-capacity crowd awaits, technically speaking, a supergroup. Though it would be intriguing to see how many are fans of Collections of Colonies of Bees, the band from which five … Continue reading
TV: Jamie’s Dream School
Channel 4 In the wake of Jamie Oliver’s first great crusade against the inexorable direction of society, 2005’s Jamie’s School Dinners and the reprise a year on, the 3 Michelin starred Marco … Continue reading
Live: The Boxer Rebellion
3rd March 2011 Cabaret Voltaire – Edinburgh *** It isn’t too often that a band, particularly a rock band, will play Edinburgh’s most prestigious small venue upon releasing their third … Continue reading
Sacred Messages, Secular Stage
Hassidic performance causes controversy at the Rialto Theatre…or maybe not Last week my laptop died. Amongst thousands of lost photos, songs, essays, and other detritus, was the first draft of … Continue reading
Food for Frostbite
My friend has frostbite. Having forked out far too many dollars on a weekend spent skiing in Mont Tremblant, the poor bastard ended up taking away just two things. Number … Continue reading
Could Canada spare some change?
Canada’s getting new bank notes, and it’s important. As the great-great-grand-nephew of impressively mustachioed Brit, Sir Edward Elgar, who was recently and ruthlessly erased from the British £20 note in … Continue reading
Bred to Bake
Matthew 4:4 states “Man shall not live by bread alone.” The Bible has been an ample source of contention over the years, but this really takes the biscuit. It is … Continue reading
Smoked meat: a sellout?
A bite into Montreal’s most distinctive delicacy Smoked meat is a bit of a cult, if you ask me. On my first morning here in Montreal, I walked past these … Continue reading
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