This week's devilishly fiendish Round Blogworld Quiz question (see the previous ones and their solutions here) has been set by expert solver and friend of The Dabbler Jonathan Law. As usual, find the link between these cryptic clues. A point for each item you get, and an imaginary cream bun of ... Read More...
Month: March 2011
Another London jaunt. An unusually quiet one. The quietness really set in on the East London line - London's newest stretch. I picked it up at Haggerston in Hackney having walked up the Regent's Canal from Islington. Like the other stations on the line, as well as the trains, visual design ... Read More...
Don't forget - tomorrow (Tuesday) is the last day to take advantage of The Dabbler's exclusive Bath Ales giveaway! Bath Ales produce the best beer in the known universe – as Brit explained here - and we’ve been in touch with the lovely people there to wangle one of you a ... Read More...
Inevitably, The Golden Ocean (1956) – Patrick O’Brian’s first nautical novel - can only be discussed in the shadow of his epic and much-loved 20-book Aubrey-Maturin series. Newcomers will want to know if it provides a useful run-up to the biggie; devotees suffering withdrawal symptoms will want to know if ... Read More...
In our occasional feature we invite guests to select the six cultural links that might sustain them if, by some mischance, they were forced to spend eternity in a succession of airport departure lounges with only an iPad or similar device for company. Today's voyager, Norman Geras, is Professor Emeritus in ... Read More...
Imagine the curl of the lip a few years ago when one of my brood handed me an unwanted Powerbook loaded with iTunes, and I discovered that the boffins at Apple had determined that every movement of every symphony I had ever known was now a 'song'. But, after a ... Read More...
London is a town of many centres. I'm not talking about the West End, but the local high streets and shopping centres of Greater London, which mirror many others up and down the country. Each is slightly different, but the general pattern isn't a very pretty one. I’ve already mentioned one ... Read More...
Japanese tsumani hits world media Jack Vettriano Gives Backing To SNP Leader Alex Salmond Go here for more cartoon brilliance from recently-relaunched internet legend The Spine - Ed. ... Read More...
This week something slightly different on the whisky front, as The Dabbler's drinks writer Ian Buxton – author of the bestselling 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die – looks at a unique artisan blender, and picks three of the best from the Compass Box... As it enters its second decade, ... Read More...
For the past seven years I have spent half an hour, nearly every week, babbling into a microphone on the world’s finest radio station, ResonanceFM. The show, Hooting Yard On The Air, goes out live, which means that my reading is sometimes accompanied by banging, crashing, and buzzing noises, or ... Read More...
