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Dish of the day: Cheats cheese and potato tart
Serve up a generous slice with some fresh, crisp...
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Dish of the Day: How to ... choose rum
Next week is carnival time in Trinidad and Tobag...
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Children's book blog: February reads - Weasels, Oliver and the Seawigs and In Bloom
My recommendations for February are Weasels by E...
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Her Outdoors: Step changes
No sooner than we impatient gardeners, spurred on by a bit of sunshine and buds on the trees, get ready for the growing season outside – rather than fiddle with propagators and potting on indoors – than there is snow forecast this weekend. With our capricious British weather, the absurd timing is perfect, coinciding with [...]
By Jane Merrick | Her Outdoors, Notebook | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 10:38 pm
The Pedants’ Revolt
Now that Twitter is becoming a picture-led medium, it is images that are retweeted most. The most successful image that I tweeted this week was this brilliant picture, made by Chris Green on Facebook, which reached me via Paul Rodgers and Matt Hoffman.
Inevitably, someone pointed out that the bloke on the horse is John Ball, [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 8:59 pm
What happened to China overtaking the US?
According to the International Monetary Fund’s latest forecasts, the great overtake has, apparently, been put on hold.
By Ben Chu | Chunomics, Eagle Eye | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 5:19 pm
How bonuses work at the Royal Bank of Scotland
Bonuses for investment bankers were 17% lower. But the revenues at the division fell by 24%. And that helped compensation for staff in the division as a proportion of revenue rise from 31% to 35%.
By Ben Chu | Chunomics, Eagle Eye | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 12:45 pm
Tour de Force on New York’s burgeoning soundsystem renaissance
With the arrival of spring finally on the horizon, it’s time to crank up the dub – making the arrival of New York’s Tour de Force’s debut LP perfect timing.
By Emma Gritt | Music | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 8:47 am
Dish of the day: Cheats cheese and potato tart
Serve up a generous slice with some fresh, crisp gem lettuce and you’ve got yourself a delicious lunch or dinner…no one will be asking where the meat is that’s for sure.
By Anna Barnett | Dish of the Day | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 8:42 am
Dish of the Day: How to … choose rum
Next week is carnival time in Trinidad and Tobago and what better way to replicate the warmth of the Caribbean than with a tot of good quality rum?
By The Cocktail Lovers | Dish of the Day | Thursday, 27 February 2014 at 8:32 am
Children’s book blog: February reads – Weasels, Oliver and the Seawigs and In Bloom
My recommendations for February are Weasels by Elys Dolan, Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre and In Bloom by Matthew Crow.
By Rebecca Davies | Arts, Notebook | Wednesday, 26 February 2014 at 11:15 pm
Twirling, Twirling, Twirling
I’d like you to know that I really have tried. Whenever the Deputy Prime Minister’s head sticks above the parapet, I do my best to listen to what he’s saying with an open mind, as I would any real politician. But this is often a mistake, for his words are rarely fit for human consumption.
The [...]
By Tom Doran | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 26 February 2014 at 10:17 pm
I didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition
I have a comment at Independent Voices on Ed Miliband’s curious decision to repeat his Observer interview of 10 days ago in the form of six questions to the Prime Minister in the Commons today.
His charge against David Cameron on both occasions is that he “cannot answer the question about whether people need to believe [...]
By John Rentoul | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 26 February 2014 at 8:56 pm
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