Posh British soap Downton Abbey is a worldwide television phenomenon, but could the introduction of the 'vulgar' American character Martha kill the US's love affair with the show...? As dawn broke over Washington D.C. on Monday January 7th area residents were divided into two camps. No, not Democrats and Republicans this time, ... Read More...
Month: January 2013
Susan Muncey is our trendspotter-about-town, and this week she's dealing with soup, soap, and a "cornucopia of hair, teeth and beards" at a Harvey Nicks launch party... Sometimes, the things designed to make our lives easier have completely the opposite effect. Take my new food processor – the mini Magimix, designed ... Read More...
In the laminate section of CarpetRight I idly stroked a plank of Balterio Vitality Deluxe 4V Wood. To my mind the plank had a somewhat nautical look and I imagined how the living room thus bedecked might resemble a frigate from the golden age of British sea power, myself as ... Read More...
This week the London Underground celebrated its 150th anniversary, so to mark the occasion here are four Tube Station songs... I love the Tube (except, of course, the Central Line at rush hour) and have done since I was a child and first grasped the elegant logic of Harry Beck’s map. ... Read More...
This Saturday Worm begins his new weekly slot tunneling into the weirder recesses of Wikipedia and the world wide web... Hello everyone! May I say what a great honour it is to step into the Saturday slot here at The Dabbler. I have decided to use the space rented to me ... Read More...
In the fourth extract from our serialisation of Blogmanship (available to buy here), Noseybonk looks at some of the advanced techniques of winning internet arguments, including a methodology for squirming out of argyments you have clearly lost... “Gras-tyme is doon, my fodder is now forage.” Chaucer – The Canterbury Tales, The Reeve’s ... Read More...
In that corner of the ethereal realm where reside the Frankish kings, it was breakfast time... ...The kitchenette was overcrowded, as usual. There was much jostling as the kings, who each had very different breakfast needs, struggled to find space to prepare and consume their morning repasts. I was going to ... Read More...
This week Mr Slang is doin' it doggy-style with one of the counter-language's most well-used animals... Inspired yet again by in-house creativity, to wit Susan’s revelations vis-a-vis ‘Big Dawg’ parfum de chien, I tender slang’s firm hand on the leash. Ah, how we love them: movieland’s Lassie and Rinty, the Famous Five’s ... Read More...
'We seem to have lost any sense of what it is to be human'...Elberry reviews Lebanese intellectual Amin Maalouf's exploration of the post-9/11 world... In general, I try to avoid knowing anything about politics, foreign affairs, or the world; that way, I can’t have opinions and so avoid strife. I am ... Read More...
Cartoonist David B. is 'an exceptionally gifted artist who...reveals hidden truths inexpressible in another medium'. Quite a claim - but what think you? In earlier installments of these BD reviews I have tended to focus on psychedelic science fiction, the bizarre, or indeed the barely coherent. I like that type of ... Read More...
