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Honda parachute ad goes down well
This live ad went out live on Channel 4 last night. It was LIVE. More after the jump.
Clever innit? Well, not so much clever, as well-organised. But with most car ads being slavishly over-produced, the focus on something that actually happened, rather than something that was brushed on in a post-production studio, is welcome.
The trick [...]
What’s the point of Twitter?
“Pointless fad.”
“Just how vain do you have to be?”
“Can’t think of anything more boring”
News blackout?
Everybody’s asking searching questions about Britain’s power network again, after a massive blackout yesterday that was said to have affected hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.
It sounds both intriguing, and slightly sinister
How do you put a price on ‘the cost of living’?
I was struck by the contrast between two news reports yesterday morning - the first on the cost of running a car in the UK, the second on the price of a loaf of bread in Egypt. BBC Radio Five Live’s Nicky Campbell was giving the Business Secretary, John Hutton a “hard time” (it is [...]
H2O so indispensible
“Water is not a finite resource,” A.A.Gill recently declared in a rambling restaurant review. “It isn’t a vanishing commodity; if you leave the tap running, it doesn’t vanish forever. Don’t let anybody tell you that you’re wasting it: you can’t.”
The perennial herb
I’ll confess – I’m on the reheated stir-fry again, so I’ve had to borrow a colleague’s grub for the final instalment of my week-long lunch diary. I had to be a bit quick with the photos, too – at least that’s my excuse.
A Chelsea Flower Show virgin writes
If you thought the Chelsea Flower Show was just a bunch of snooty west London ladies in hats, think again. I am.
Homebaked
Part four of my lunch confessional: I’m working from home today, so it’s a baked potato, baked beans, jalapeno chillis and cheese.
Lizard!
It’s not every morning you find a lizard at the bottom of your stairs.
But today our cat, which normally keeps us mercifully out of the loop when it comes to his night-time predations, decided to bring his spoils indoors. Presumably he realised he’d bagged something a bit special.
Tagged and bagelled
This week we’re asking how much packaging we need with our lunch. The sun’s out again, so today’s repast (from a favourite local chain) was eaten in a park – hence the empty packaging you see here.
