June 2011
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Dear Saturday Kitchen - An Open Letter To Aunty...
Dear Points of View. Re. Saturday Kitchen I am writing to express my frustration, not at a BBC programme in general, but at a regular feature of every edition. Whilst I enjoy Saturday Kitchen whenever I get the opportunity to see it, I am always astounded by the insistence that, as each meal is prepared by the guest chefs, it is followed by the wine specialist paying a visit to a supermarket,...
March 2011
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the times they are a changin', Roger
I’ll start by stating a couple of things: firstly, I am a fully paid up member of CAMRA (that’s the Campaign for Real Ale) and, secondly, I also think they have achieved an awful lot for the brewing and pub industries in the UK for which they should be applauded.
That’s that out of the way then.
As a member of CAMRA, I receive a copy of their newspaper, “What’s...
November 2010
1 post
pleasant surprises close to home.
Right, what have I missed while I’ve been away?
I do have a soft spot for beer. Some of you may have noticed. Conversely, those of you who follow my Tweets will probably know that I don’t have much time for a lot of the ‘real ale’ scene in the UK although I am a fully paid-up member of CAMRA and, even just last week, attended a CAMRA ‘Beer Lovers Dinner’.
OK,...
August 2010
4 posts
beer.
I do like beer. No, not all beer, but thankfully there is a lot of very good beer in the world.
Unfortunately there is also an awful lot of awful beer, so when you tell people that, yes, you like beer, they immediately think of the awful beer.
Which is awful.
Mainly because then I have to spend the next 10 to 15 minutes telling them about all the wonderful beers they are missing out on:
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trains.
I blame Nigel.
No, really. It’s his fault and now I have a whole new bunch of friends who think I’m an idiot. Perhaps I am.
You see, the Nigel in question is a friend of mine: Nigel Stevenson. He’s a good Northern lad, a hybrid of Nottingham and Barrow-in-Furness (that’s “Barra” to you), who knows a heck of a lot about beer, about cycling, about music and...
July 2010
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why plain?
Good question. Such a good question, in fact, that we get asked it a lot so other people must think it’s a good question as well.
Plain refers to ‘The Plain Creative Agency’. Me and Craig. I do the words, he does the pictures.
So, the simple answer is: why not?
But that doesn’t actually answer anything. It’s the sort of answer a petulant teenager might reply with...