Posts tagged 'Blog' - page 15
19 November 2009
Antony Gormley And 2 Modern Icons (Or Maybe It's 4)
I have just been for a short family visit to Corbridge which is from where I hail. I am born and bred in Northumberland and have Northumberland, the Tyne and the North coursing through my veins and deeply embedded in my psyche. I love the North and...
Read more17 November 2009
Keep Governments Out Of Saving The World
One of the areas of society that is exercising my thoughts at present is how societies organise themselves, are governed and whether we (as citizens) are actually free ... or just whether we are being told that we are free, but in reality are all jus...
Read more15 November 2009
Recipe - Quince & Ginger Steam Pudding
A good friend of ours - Jane - gave us 8 large quinces the other day and I have been racking my brains as to the best way to use them. They have a gorgeous light green-yellow colour and an almost eye-like shape, but finding recipe ideas for them is...
Read more07 November 2009
Give A Christmas Present Today
It's the end of the ancient British year as we move from the bright, warm summer period into the winter period. It's a time to reflect on where we are. As we move into the colder, winter months, it is a time to be thankful for what we have got and...
Read more06 November 2009
Bonfire Night and Delicious Parkin Recipe
Another symbol of the passing year. Another memory of cold, dark evenings. Another thread perhaps back to simpler times, perhaps even to pagan times. Bonfire Night has a special place in our annual celebrations, even though I know it’s not very PC...
Read more04 November 2009
Autumnal Leaves Falling
Autumnal leaves are falling everywhere. They have hung on in there for quite a while longer as we have had a short spell of decent warm weather and very little wind. But even so, nature cannot be stopped and even the delicate finger-like leaves of...
Read more02 November 2009
First Attempt At A Coffee Cake Recipe
We all like coffee cake, and Sadie in the office has been demanding one for ages (and without walnuts on the top), so we’ve decided to try various recipes to see if we can come up with our favourite recipe. After all the effort of making it, she sai...
Read more01 November 2009
Recipe For Pumpkin Pie
What to do with all that lovely pumpkin that you've got after scooping out your pumpkin, or just because they are such good value discounted in those shops that have overstocked. This year we've made a classic pumpkin pie - which was deliciously ind...
Read more31 October 2009
For Halloween let's enjoy Calan Gaeaf
It’s Fright Night which seems to be the name that Halloween is now being marketed under. This is not its first branding makeover as All Saint’s Day was shifted from 13 May to 1 November, and so All Hallows’ Even to 31 October, to hijack and repress...
Read more29 October 2009
Recipe For Homemade mincemeat - Countdown To Christmas
Mincemeat is delicious and really easy to make. The aroma and flavour of homemade mincemeat is fantastic, making the shop-bought commercial stuff pale into insignificance – a travesty of taste, lacking in depth, rich or any booziness.
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