Anthony http://virb.com/ajz10 Virb 2.0 (@ajz10) en Two business cards from New York http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/988004 Two places I really liked in New York:


]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:39:50 -0800 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/988004 Kids busking in the Pavilion Gardens http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/881557 Kids busking in the Pavilion Gardens

]]> Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:10:31 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/881557 Hanover beer festival 2008 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/880415 Just found my drunken notes from the Hanover Beer Festival the other weekend.

Loved:
Naked Beacon (Breconshire brewery)
Fruitbat (B&T Brewery, Shefford, Beds) - raspberries!
Alton's Pride (Triple F Bewery, Alton, Hants)

Liked:
Festivale 30 (1648 Brewery, East Hoathley)
Winter Meltdown (Dark Star Brewery, Ansty) - needs a roaring fire and snow outside
Blonde (Saltaire Brewery, Shipley, W Yorks)

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:49:33 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/880415 At my local beer festival http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/867917 Basic instructions. At my local beer festival

]]> Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:13:20 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/867917 Burgess online http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/861153 I see that Kemp Town Parliamentary candidate Simon Burgess has <A href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TcR6ywvOHh0">broached the Interwebs</a> as part of his campaign.

]]> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:06:13 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/861153 Brighton beautiful http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/842043 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7626796.stm>Great win</a> for Brighton tonight at home against Man City in the Carling Cup. Lots of blather on Five Live, though. Quick guide for Five Live commentators:

1. We don't have SKINT on our shirts any more, though it's a shame given the opposition tonight.
2. We have got final planning permission for Falmer.

But don't let that get in your way. Good interview with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Knight">Dick Knight</a>, though.

]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:54:58 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/842043 Enjoy France! http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/828996 The US Government have now nationalised three major institutions in the course of a fortnight, so what could be more pleasurable than going to FreeRepublic, home of right wing nutcases, to hear them wail about how they are now living in a socialist republic?

]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:42:55 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/828996 The last of summer in the Pavilion Gardens http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/824055 The Brighton Food Festival on New Road providing the beer and sausages. The last of summer in the Pavilion Gardens

]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:15:13 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/824055 Still electioneering http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/820825 I find it odd that most media sources said that Thursday's commemoration events for 9/11 were in some way a 'suspension of electioneering'. Sure, the speeches were by George Bush II rather than John McCain or Barack Obama, but this extract from the president's speech at the Pentagon sounds to me like pure propaganda for his 'war on terror' notion:

When our enemies attacked the Pentagon, they pierced the rings of this building. But they could not break the resolve of the United States Armed Forces. Since 9/11, our troops have taken the fight to the terrorists abroad so we do not have to face them here at home. Thanks to the brave men and women, and all those who work to keep us safe, there has not been another attack on our soil in 2,557 days. (Applause.)

For future generations, this memorial will be a place of learning. The day will come when most Americans have no living memory of the events of September the 11th. When they visit this memorial, they will learn that the 21st century began with a great struggle between the forces of freedom and the forces of terror. They will learn that this generation of Americans met its duty -- we did not tire, we did not falter, and we did not fail. They will learn that freedom prevailed because the desire for liberty lives in the heart of every man, woman, and child on Earth.

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:49:50 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/820825 The city that only occasionally dozes http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/820824 The New York Times's City Room blog is appalled at an advertising slogan that suggests London is the city that never sleeps: link

]]> Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:49:49 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/820824 Class conflict on <i>Today</i> (no, not really) http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/816832 I know that Today is produced by the middle classes for the middle classes but even so I was astonished that the 8.10 slot today was given over to a long grumble by the well-spoken white middle-class sister of an armed gunman who was  shot by the police.

I don't doubt that she's grieving, and looking for answers, but her complaints about the police could basically be summarised as "Why did they have to shoot him - it's not like he was black or poor".

I remember Today doing interviews on unarmed people shot by police (Menezes, Harry Stanley) but never when the victim was an armed gunman taking potshots out of his window.

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:54:00 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/816832 Daily Mail admits it provoked anti-Polish tension http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/754139 Hurrah! Some articles to be deleted, others amended after deal with venerable Polish lobbying organisation.]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:27:43 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/754139 Constitutional reform http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/749543 Wasn't aware of Her Maj's new title until I saw this on a bus stop map in Westminster. (look top right)Constitutional reform

]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:33:58 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/749543 Magnificent municipal urinals in South Shields town hall http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/749542 Magnificent municipal urinals in South Shields town hall

]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:33:57 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/749542 Really ambitious environmental policies http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/745596 At least the Spanish government aren't in a funk about upsetting the poor widdle motorists:]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:28:02 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/745596 Students beware! http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/745595 Burning joss sticks 'as deadly as traffic fumes or cigarette smoke']]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:28:01 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/745595 Carey: Damn you, justice! http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/739599 George Carey, writing in the Church Times, sorry, in the News of the World, condemns the courts for their privacy ruling on Max Mosley. If the newspapers aren't allowed to pry into people's private lives, he asks, how on earth can we Church leaders find perfectly legal things to condemn?
Link:]]> Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:11:22 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/739599 D'oh! http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/716148 D'oh!

]]> Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:15:42 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/716148 Bills gets bought http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/684978 Not sure this is exactly a good thing, but the guy who runs the Ivy in London has invested in Bills, the cafe/greengrocers in Lewes and Brighton, with the promise of a big expansion. Will more mean worse, or will they be able to preserve their excellent Scrambled Eggs on Toast?

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:30:54 -0700 http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/684978 Why I will never understand Italian media http://virb.com/ajz10/posts/text/680658 I've just been reading the coverage of the woeful Italy-Spain game over at Corriere dello Sport, and not for the first time I've come across a feature that makes me wonder what they put in the water of Italian media companies. Under the title "Beauties on the sidelines", Corriere has a selection of 40 shots of female Italy supporters in the crowd in Vienna tonight. Unusual in itself by British standards, perhaps. Then the Italian media twist - you have to vote Yes or No on whether they're hot or not.

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