31 January 2012
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I had been worried about my Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’) plant at the start of this month as it hadn’t shown any flowers but, as this picture from the middle of January shows, that did resolve itself: It … Continue reading
30 January 2012
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Following up Saturday’s monkfish fritters from Rick Stein’s Spain, I then made two further dishes from the book yesterday. First was Oviedo-style beef stew which, unlike most beef stews, uses white wine rather than red as the liquid addition. Skipping … Continue reading
29 January 2012
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Towards the end of last year, I mentioned that the idea had been mooted of a passion play on Cowley Road at Easter 2012. There was quite a gap over the Christmas period but the idea is beginning to pick … Continue reading
28 January 2012
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It was my turn to cook up a delicious dinner today so I popped down to visit the fish market that opened on a local industrial estate last year and selected a monkfish tail. Cooked up following Rick Stein’s Asturian … Continue reading
27 January 2012
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Jane and I went out for lunch today at the Oxford Brookes restaurant. Delicious food, reasonably priced and well judged portion sizes (going for all three courses was suitably filling but not uncomfortable). I had previously been for a Christmas … Continue reading
26 January 2012
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I am growing less and less impressed with Thames Water. It was late November when we discovered — and promptly informed them — that our meter was definitely on a shared supply. That is the straightforward conclusion when your neighbour … Continue reading
25 January 2012
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I have been to plenty of charity gigs before but I think that Hope might be the first time I have read an anthology supporting a good cause. Unfortunately, I am not sure that the concept successfully bridges the gap … Continue reading
24 January 2012
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Apparently Ubuntu is considering a move away from traditional GUI menus to use an interface called HUD (presumably Heads Up Display). I watched a short video on the Read Write Web site. There is also more information on Mark Shuttleworth’s … Continue reading
23 January 2012
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Just a few days to go now before Friday’s Foolish Folk event down at the Isis: I’m not playing at this one with Peter and the Wulf but will be down there helping organise things. Advance tickets are available online … Continue reading
22 January 2012
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Hiding in the bottom of the freezer is one last bag of stewed, unsweetened rhubarb harvested from our garden last year. I think I know what I will use it for; a second helping of the sweet treat I cooked … Continue reading