Colours I: For me, it was SV Hamburg's home shirt, as they beat Aston Villa in the UEFA Cup.
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When was the last time you saw red?
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Colours II: For me, it's black and red.
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Which colour combination warms your heart?
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Colours III: For me, they're quietly red, occasionally yellow, rarely blue, not green enough, too late for white, and can be black when I'm inclined to amuse.
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What are your true colours?
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This will be the last post for 2008.
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Wishing you well, for all times.
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Thursday 18 December 2008
Thursday 11 December 2008
Retail / Words / Honours
Retail: Despite the fact that not enough people have been buying from Woolworths, I hear that it is - was - one of Britain's favourite high street fixtures. As grim as the unfolding collapse of that business has been for its staff and their families, this has made me wonder about whether I hold any affinity for any high street brands. I think I'd feel sad at the disappearance of Marks and Spencers, as it reminds me of my grandfather.
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Are there any high street names that you feel attached to, in a loosely emotional sort of way?
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Words: A novice writer is stuck. She needs help to complete the following sentence: 'As Clive opened the front door, the last thing he expected to be greeted by was...'
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What comes next? What surprised Clive?
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Honours: The very BBCish Sports Personality of the Year award for 2008 will soon be determined (best of a particular version of British and all that). My guess is that it'll go to the swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Talented as the whole short-list undoubtedly is, I wonder whether there are any prizes that would be equally - but differently - worth winning.
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Name a really worthwhile prize - British or otherwise - that has yet to be inaugurated? (The kind of prize that would be really worth winning and that would capture imaginations.)
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Are there any high street names that you feel attached to, in a loosely emotional sort of way?
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Words: A novice writer is stuck. She needs help to complete the following sentence: 'As Clive opened the front door, the last thing he expected to be greeted by was...'
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What comes next? What surprised Clive?
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Honours: The very BBCish Sports Personality of the Year award for 2008 will soon be determined (best of a particular version of British and all that). My guess is that it'll go to the swimmer Rebecca Adlington. Talented as the whole short-list undoubtedly is, I wonder whether there are any prizes that would be equally - but differently - worth winning.
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Name a really worthwhile prize - British or otherwise - that has yet to be inaugurated? (The kind of prize that would be really worth winning and that would capture imaginations.)
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Thursday 4 December 2008
Food / Sport / Television
FOOD: Until last Saturday, it had been about 15 years since I'd eaten fried bread. With enough salt to preserve the biggest bloodiest bovine through the harshest of mid-winters, it was great.
Have you revisited any old foody flames? What was it? And, how was it for you?
SPORT: The airwaves, news print and online media are full of reaction to UK Sport's funding allocations, as British sports organizations gear up for the London Olympics of 2012. The discussions are made most interesting by the implicit question of, 'Does that sport matter?', which underpins the post mortems (post morta?) of why some sports have received funding, whilst others have not. Rarely do we get the opportunity to hear from leaders in Shooting, Table Tennis and Fencing, in one hit (or smash, or lunge).
Do you hold any affection, whimsy, or flaming passion for any minor sport?
TELEVISION: I listened to debate this past week which has, at times, suggested that the great tradition of British and European TV cop drama may be at risk of being lost to American multi-writer ensemble pieces. This, on the back of an impressive first - and perhaps unlikely - outing of Kenneth Branagh, as Wallander - the Swedish detective. Here, the casting of Branagh was most interesting to me.
Could you envisage any good - but unlikely - castings in the 'TV cop' role? Name names. (On the theme of odd castings, I recall once hearing the suggestion of Germaine Greer as Dr Who)
Good whelk to you.
Have you revisited any old foody flames? What was it? And, how was it for you?
SPORT: The airwaves, news print and online media are full of reaction to UK Sport's funding allocations, as British sports organizations gear up for the London Olympics of 2012. The discussions are made most interesting by the implicit question of, 'Does that sport matter?', which underpins the post mortems (post morta?) of why some sports have received funding, whilst others have not. Rarely do we get the opportunity to hear from leaders in Shooting, Table Tennis and Fencing, in one hit (or smash, or lunge).
Do you hold any affection, whimsy, or flaming passion for any minor sport?
TELEVISION: I listened to debate this past week which has, at times, suggested that the great tradition of British and European TV cop drama may be at risk of being lost to American multi-writer ensemble pieces. This, on the back of an impressive first - and perhaps unlikely - outing of Kenneth Branagh, as Wallander - the Swedish detective. Here, the casting of Branagh was most interesting to me.
Could you envisage any good - but unlikely - castings in the 'TV cop' role? Name names. (On the theme of odd castings, I recall once hearing the suggestion of Germaine Greer as Dr Who)
Good whelk to you.
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