Exclusive competition: Win a wine-tasting day out for two

The Dabbler has teamed up with Wish.co.uk to offer our readers a chance to win a special wine experience in London... The perfect day out for wine enthusiasts, one winner and his or her guest will visit London’s premiere wine establishment located near Borough Market, the Tate Modern and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, for the Vinopolis ... Read More...

Gilgamesh and Norbiton

This week Toby Ferris's mission is to boldly go where a select group of men have gone before: to help patch up the world's oldest piece of literature, a crumbling, fragmentary poem on the fear of death... I am struck by the vain but pleasing thought that the Anatomy of Norbiton ... Read More...

The Tunnocks Factory, Uddingston

The Dabbler ventures into the exciting world of travel blogging in the company of Anne Ward, the mastermind behind the remarkable Nothing to See Here blog and now the author of a Nothing to See Here book, subtitled A Guide to the Hidden Joys of Scotland. (Incidentally, it's published by Pocket Mountains where you ... Read More...

Break Up the Union?

With the United Kingdom under threat from Mr Salmond and his bravehearts, in this week's music feature Brit searches for the essence of its four constituent members... The Scottish National Party has been mugged by power and, as Daniel Kalder so brilliantly explained, the northern Britons are faced with the frightening ... Read More...

Belated Birthday Celebration

Last week Frank Key was placed in the unseemly position of having to shout his head off at the editors of The Dabbler for neglecting to devote Saturday to a celebration of Yoko Ono's 79th birthday. To placate Frank, we are using the space in his cupboard this week to publish, ... Read More...