Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
£208,251 spent on tea and biscuits The Tax Payers Alliance has discovered that NHS South of Tyne and Wear, which oversees primary care services for people in Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead, has spent £208,251 on catering for all meetings since 2006. The figures came from Freedom of Information requests, and revealed that people who attended Sunderland [...]
Of course, I could be wrong... (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Saint Francis was born in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, during the reign of that nasty Queen Mary. He grew up to be an excellent seaman and, single-handed, defeated the Spanish Armada which Pope Joan had sent to invade England because of our liberal abortion laws. (Pope Joan was a woman but the cardinals thought her enormous boobies were because she took hormones like the other "girls" in the Vatican.)...
core77.com (Free subscription) | 08/09/2007
The Dott 07 Festival opens in six weeks time in Gateshead, England. It brings together the results of projects and events that explore what sustainable life in one region could be like – and how design can help us get there. North East England, as one of the birthplaces of the carbon age, is anxious to help design its replacement. The 12 day Festival runs 16-28 October on the banks of the River Tyne....
