Chelsea Charms and Me
I’m walking along the King’s Road with a galpal of mine, who, like me, is a recent mother, but also a wildly successful Primrose Hill restaurateur and a barrister to boot. ‘Where does she find the time??’, thinks me, who got a migraine thinking about the mere logistics when one of the other mums at [...]
The end of music
At the time of writing, I find myself in mourning. For this past week has seen the tragic early demise of Harpenden’s finest proponents of what has become known(to anyone with the right ears in their heads) as “Herts-core”. Late on Monday afternoon, the news broke via lead singer Felton Mowbury’s brother’s livejournal page that [...]
Manchester Egg Live Blog
CMF’s resident food-i-mentalist takes the latest northern delicacy for a ‘taste’ drive. Say what you like about Mancunian cretin Ben Holden and his ridiculous invention, the Manchester Egg – but Holden’s bold innovation marks the first true refinement to the age-old Scotch Egg recipe in more than a century. Indeed, the humble sausagemeat/egg combination hasn’t [...]
Cartoon – Brown’s Down (in the dumps)
Noel’s Election Twenty-Ten Drillbit Part Two
Goebbels Brown hits the road in desperate credibility gambit. It was the political clash that defined a British epoch. In the red corner, belligerent and incoherent, stood Rochdale gran Gillian Duffy, swaddled in a Primark anorak. In the other red corner, punctilious and puffing, with a face like a collapsing tower block, prowled Gordon Brown, [...]
Lost In Showbiz – Intrigue at the Royal Institution
A slight departure for Lost in Showbiz this week, as we turn our gaze towards Science – now officially a form of celebrity, thanks to lovely Brian Cox and his winning smile – and the machinations at the Royal Institution. Its all been pretty exciting. To wit: Baroness Susan Greenfield, first female director of the Royal [...]
This Shameful Waste of a Beautiful Life Sets an Example to us all
200 job reject does the wrong thing for the right reason. But what a lesson for the ranks of the indolent ‘other’ clogging our town centres. The horrifying loss of a beautiful, blonde, white princess over something as trivial as continual unsuccess at employment wounds all of us in our deepest sensibilities. Nobody should be [...]
Noel’s Election Twenty-Ten Drillbit Part One
Poll of David Cameron Reveals Confusion Among Conservative Leaders
Doctor Who Live Blog
Today’s Doctor Who episode has been guest written by reknowned science fiction author Peter F. Hamilton. Join David N. Guy here from 6pm for up to the minute coverage. 6.02 PM: It hasn’t started yet. 6.04 PM: I’m quite exciting about this episode, though. For those of you that don’t know, Peter F. Hamilton is [...]
‘New Twitter’ Launched by Ageing Media Collective
In Euston Premier Inn’s Wendy Richards Suite, at precisely 11am this morning, an invited group of journalists and business investors were granted a sneak preview of a new website that, its creators confidently predict, will soon be on mobile and laptop screens everywhere The application? It’s called Comedy, Literature, Art (or the more snappy, Clart [...]