Gin and Oyster Cards- May 16, 2008 One possibly unconsidered consequence of Mayor Bozza's attention-grabbing ban on drinking on the Tube will mean the end of the great Circle Line Party . (For those of you who don't know this involves commandeering a carriage or several on a Circle Line train and holding a party, as the train chunters round and round). There will be a final send off this Saturday, all you need is an oyster card, natty threads and a flask:Here's the blurb:"A dapperly dressed, terribly civilised, gin-soaked drinks.http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/05/gin-and-oyster-cards.html Lott on Lut- May 15, 2008 From the most recent issue of Granta Magazine (putting all their new money to good use with a snazzy redesign and new website) Tim Lott writes brilliantly about the murder of a friend - a grim tale about the toxic mix of sadomasochism, shame, religion and loneliness.Lot makes a passing reference towards the end to the fact that he gave up being a newspaper columnist. I, for one, am very glad of that as I didn't like him as a columnist, whereas he is a very good writer of these kind of long-form.http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2008/05/lot-on-lut.html |