The Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
A suspected drug smuggler has complained of his treatment at the hands of brave boys doing a difficult job under difficult circumstances. The sub-Johnsonian Conservative, Michael Fabricant, claimed that he was forced to eat "several mouthfuls" of Coffee-Mate™ at gunpoint while on what he described as a "trekking holiday" in Colombia. Fabricant had entered the country despite the fact that, on
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
The eccentric genius of comic theatre, Ken Campbell, was found dead in his home a few days ago. Well-known for his one appearance in Fawlty Towers, his peculiar brand of comedy, ventriloquism and storytelling set him apart from other performers for all his life. I had a strange encounter with him a few years ago. A friend had thought one of my short stories was so good that she showed it to her friend...
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Britain's hotels have been branded overpriced and of ' worrying quality' . . . by the minister whose job is to promote tourism. Margaret Hodge also bemoaned the country's overcrowded trains and said attractions such as Stonehenge need improving.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Margaret Hodge has bemoaned British hotels, the country's overcrowded trains and said attractions such as Stonehenge need improving.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Margaret Hodge has bemoaned British hotels, the country's overcrowded trains and said attractions such as Stonehenge need improving.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Rio to Istanbul the long way round
The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
The comedian and actor Ken Campbell died yesterday at the age of 66.
Birmingham: It's Not Shit Blog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
A day after we found out the line-up for the Book Festival, and as we continue to find out very little about Artsfest and nothing at all about the “digital festival“, the bill for the Birmingham Comedy Festival is live. Personal highlights include Mark Steel, Richard Herring (although I’m pretty sure their tours would be coming [...]
The Edinburgh Blog (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
'The Faulty Towers Dining Experience' reviewed at B'est restaurant, for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008. 'The Faulty Towers Dining Experience' is by Australia's Interactive Theatre.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Is modern-day American TV serial drama - The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, The Wire - far superior to its British counterpart? Period epics: have good ones become things of the past since the elegiac languor that was Brideshead Revisited?
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Stroll down Princes Street on what passes for a summer day in Edinburgh and it is not long before flyers find their way into the hands of the unwary.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
SOMETIMES it's hard not to be a little pessimistic. We have a sport minister who looks as if he'd have a coronary walking up a flight of stairs, a public enterprises minister who didn't know what was going on at Eskom, and a health minister who spent a lifetime not heeding the advice she now wishes to see embellished on wine bottles.
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France Well Fawlty Towers was awful but we still managed to have an amazing time in Nimes. We visited the oldest, largest and most complete Roman Amphitheatre's in the world - stunning. Also there was a temple - rather spoilt by more scaffolding but still impressive never the less. Nimes is small but packed with people during the day,...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Belinda Richardson reviews three restaurants based at manors.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
You can mention the war if you like, but just don't ask for more butter. Because if you do, your waiter, Manuel, will find an unsuspecting female diner and proceed to head-butt her. Welcome to Faulty Towers: the Dining Experience – a real-life night with Basil, his wife Sybil and the English-mangling Spanish waiter who are abusing audiences at the Edinburgh Festival.
