copyranter (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
• Hamster on a 4 train. • Great billboard for oatmeal. • "What is this, the Lockhorns ?" • Potential Darwin Award nominee . • Lord Kitchener made of 16 meats . • Serena Williams Twitter- pimpin ' for Nabisco. • Palin probably didn't know the mustachioed man on that Iraqi dinar. • Back Monday.
CR Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Vegetarians look away now: Karmarama has recreated the famous Lord Kitchener poster in 16 types of meat in an ad for Colman's Mustard
Submerged (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
High above the stormy sea on Marwick Head, five miles east of Dounby in Orkney, stands a lonely crenallated tower built by public subscription to honour the memory of Lord Kitchener who was lost in June 1916, when the cruiser H.M.S. Hampshire sank nearby. Off the 667 officers and men on board, only 12 survived.
The Scottish Football Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
As football remembered the fallen over the weekend, one of the most poignant acts of remembrance came at Tynecastle.13 Hearts players volunteered to fight in 1914. The McCrae's Battalion website takes up the story:In August 1914 Great Britain went to war with Germany. As eager young men flocked to join Lord Kitchener’s volunteer army, professional football became the target of a vitriolic
Thermodynamics in hell (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
BBC i-Player Lord Salisbury (left) referred to the working classes as 'Vermin'. On his right, a Boer soldier one of many who out thought the British Army right up to the point Lord Kitchener forced their wives and children into our latest invention (at the time). Concentration camps. Their similarity to my dad and brother.... is pure Coincidence. I-player.... Useful.
Nicholas Laughlin's blog etc. (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The day they "beautified" Hope The spot where Tragarete Road meets Dundonald Street and Richmond Street is one of Port of Spain's in-between zones: just a little too far north to be downtown, too far east to be Woodbrook or Newtown — a neighbourhood that doesn't really have a name. One corner of the intersection is occupied by a gas station, another by a car dealership, a third by the...
Cllr Nigel Ash (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Ian McCartney MP led tributes to a fallen hero of World War I on Friday, 2nd October at a dedication service to remember Lance Sergeant William Kenealy VC. William Kenealy (DOB. 26th Dec 1886) was born in Wexford, Ireland. When his father John, retired from the army, the family moved to Ashton in Makerfield where John worked as a check-weigher at Bryn Hall Colliery. William became a coal miner at age...
Raedwald (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Had Richard Dannatt held his post just a few years ago, he would be leaving office in the rank of Field Marshal rather than General, five-star rather than four-star rank. A peculiarity of the baton is that holders are appointed on the active list for life; FM Lord Inge remains a serving soldier at the age of 74. This has caused us some problems in the past - notably with Herbert Kitchener. After being...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
General Sir Richard Dannatt's enlistment in the Tory defence team, on the day after he left the Army is an unprecedented event. It's also one that makes a great many people uncomfortable. In terms of precedent, or the lack of it, there is a recent one and a historical one, but neither quite matches these circumstances. Admiral Sir Alan West, formerly head of the Royal Navy, was appointed by Prime...
Soul Cocina (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
Nice Creole/Caribbean music. And Bay Area, get ready for some great Creole/Caribbean food. Hibiscus Tune: Sugar Bum Bum by Lord Kitchener Tune: Ants in Yuh Sugar Pan by Jamesy P And I am re-posting this wonderful Caribbean music from the Soul Cocina Vaults in case you missed it. Tune: Cabane Choucoune by Le Super Choucoune 70 from Ca Chauffe a Cabane Choucoune Tune: Toutt Coucou also from Le Super...
Mo "Mad Dog" Stoneskin (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
I dedicate this post to the fabulous Sass, the girl who taught me to blog. Not for its relevance, it is just my way of saying thanks and goodbye. She said her goodbyes to the Blogosphere last week. If you haven't already, pop over there to say farewell. The motion of the traffic soothed my soul, a soul in tatters after missing the bus. It was all rather picturesque really, traffic dancing along to...
Thumbrella - Words To A Void (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
My friend Jack Pribek thinks I should appear in this list ........."From The Mirror, results of a poll for Britain’s Top ‘Stache… TOP 10:1. Freddie Mercury2. John Cleese3. Lord Kitchener4. Charlie Chaplin5. David Seaman6. Bruce Forsyth7. Terry Thomas8. Peter Sellers9. Des Lynam10. Daley Thompson Obviously, the deal is rigged as there is absolutely no mention of Gary Grainger!...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 19/08/2009
Freddie wins of course. Queen's Freddie Mercury was the owner of Britain's Greatest Ever Moustache, a survey of the top 10 has revealed. he band frontman's trademark lip furniture beat John Cleese's tache in Fawlty Towers to claim the title. In third place was the facial favourite of former Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener who famously issued the famous World War One "Britain Wants You"...
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