Anglo-American

People Like Us?
If you’re dangerously observant, you may notice that this post and the one below fall into a new Category, Anglo-American, which has always been where this site excels, and how...
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December 14, 2005

A Pollo Farewell
What with broadband internet, satellite TV and the like, news travels in micro-seconds these days. But sometimes, news that isn’t actually front page news takes a while longer to sink...
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December 14, 2005

(TRANSPORTATION) TALES OF (MY) TWO CITIES
1) LONDON "If you live anywhere near Crystal Palace, you’ll know that getting a black taxi home from the centre of London is not easy. The only time you’re likely...
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June 29, 2005

FOG OVER THE CHANNEL: CONTINENT CUT OFF
Talking of The Nation’s Favourite (that’s with an ‘ou’ for once), the same day I stick Radio 1 on my computer desktop, it’s announced that the BBC’s flagship station will...
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June 22, 2005

5) AND THIS IS WHY WE REMAIN, TWO COUNTRIES SEPARATED BY A COMMON LANGUAGE
“An English writer who made his name during the post-punk ’80s, Paul Morley is a sort of Lester Bangs for readers whose life experience owes more to The Human League...
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June 16, 2005