Decanter Magazine sings the praise for Ferngrove wines of Australia

05-06-2010 07:04 - Source: www.barrelsandbottles.co.uk/blog
Two wines from Ferngrove have received good results in a tasting by Decanter Magazine : Ferngrove Frankland River Chardonnay Frankland River is one of the coolest regions in WA, hence the harvest occurs ... Continue

Wired UK crowns Foursquare King on cover, but UK peasants revolt

04-06-2010 10:41 - Source: www.techcrunch.co.uk
This month’s Wired UK magazine has pulled out the stops and put Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley on the cover. In spades. Crowley is pictured wearing a crown and is dubbed “The New King of ... Continue

Rather gloomy prognosis incorrect: shock

03-06-2010 17:19 - Source: markwadsworth.blogspot.com
From the BBC: A new geological study has shown that many low-lying Pacific islands are growing, not sinking. The islands of Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia are among those which ... Continue

Tee hee

03-06-2010 08:37 - Source: timworstall.com
Here’s one in the eye for a certain sort of climate campaigner. Professor Paul Kench, of Auckland University, who co-authored the study with Dr Arthur Webb, a Fiji-based expert on coastal processes, ... Continue

The Technology newsbucket: iDeathStar, Asthmapolis, is Digg deadd? and more

03-06-2010 07:30 - Source: blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology
Plus the need for tools for the data deluge, Microsoft hits back (gently), $100m scareware arraignment, how councils can open data, and more Steve Jobs introduces the iDeathStar.A quick burst of links ... Continue

Odds & Sods

02-06-2010 18:56 - Source: totalflanker.blogspot.com
A mixed bag of rugby news in the last week or so and that's without focusing too much on any of the matches played. The proposed "consultancy" arrangement between Worcester Warriors and Dean Richards ... Continue

Boris’s Booze Ban – Did Anyone Notice?

02-06-2010 15:54 - Source: boriswatch.co.uk
I was amused to read the following letter from a London Underground Train Operator (what we mortals would call a Tube driver, I believe) in the May issue of the LU staff magazine, On The Move: Lost our ... Continue

Nigel Slater's 'A Gratin of Spring Greens & Roasted Walnuts'.

01-06-2010 19:29 - Source: kitchen-delights.blogspot.com
I have lost the recipe for the above, it was in the April 2010 issue of Sainsbury's Magazine. Can anyone help me out on this please and email the recipe to margsblogspot@blueyonder.co.uk - I would be ... Continue