Willie's Wine Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Went to John Wilson's favourite Australians last night with BE as described here , organised by John McDonnell from Wine Australia. We had a fun time and managed to try 31 of the 70 wines which ranged in price from €7-99 for a Michelton Thomas Mitchel Marsanne to an eye watering €200 odd for a 2001 Penfold's Grange. The wines were divided up into sections (loosely) by grape and/or style as...
X1 News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
N603 APU Acquired from Thamesway in October 2001 in Greenline livery as fleet number 07. Used briefly in Norwich in Nov 2001, then allocated to Lowestoft where often in use on X99 to Ipswich. Occasionally substituted on X94 (seen through Kings Lynn on 6/3/02). No destination blind was in place while the vehicle remained in Greenline colours. Repainted into Barbie coach livery in April 2002 and use...
The Land of Lost Content (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
During the 1920’s Coates’s began to make a considerable amount of money from his compositions. He and his wife, Phyllis, were able to buy a house at Selsey in Sussex. This was to be a retreat when he wanted to get away from London. Writing in his autobiography Coates wrote that the house was in “one of the most barren spots on the South coast.” However the contrast of this “unpretentious...
Shouting At Street Lights (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Phew, what a week last week was, but as the song says, 'that was the week that was, it's over let it go'. So, last night I did in grand style at the wonderful Bridgewater Hall, in central Manchester, home of the Halle Orchestra. Last night was one of their famous Halle Pops evenings - Puttin' on the Ritz: A tribute to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. To put not to fine an edge on it - I was in my element....
OREGON LEGAL RESEARCH (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
An upcoming workshop on “ Local Treasures - Special Collections and Archives in the Portland Area ” ( presented by the Portland Area Library Association for Continuing Education ), alerts us to these excellent research resources. I’ve reproduced the descriptions right from the program announcement : 1) “ The Oregon Historical Society Research Library has gathered one of the...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Assembly Speaker Roberts and Senate President Codey are busy putting together the agenda for the lame-duck session and over this past weekend they reiterated that passing Medical Marijuana legislation would be a priority: Codey and Roberts say one big lame-duck goal is to make New Jersey the 14th state in the nation to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating illnesses. Corzine has said he would...
Robert Francis Wine (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
John Wilson’s Favourite Australians John Mc Donnell has come up with yet another fantastic tasting !! “During the summer I gave John (Wilson) the task of pulling together his selection of Favourite Australian wines. The task wasn’t to draw up a list of Australia’s best wines, but as John says, “My first criteria for choosing these wines was very [...]
Flashpoint (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
[ November 17, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Republican candidate Don Spurlin will be at Rosies on South Parkway for a Meet and Greet, starting at 7PM (Tuesday, November 17, 2009). He is running for State Senate District 9 (comprised of much of South Huntsville, Marshall County, and part of Blount County). The GOP Primary features Spurlin, John Wilson, and Tony Cochrane - all vying [...]
robertfranciswine (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Irish Times – John Wilson WINES OF THE WEEK Beaujolais 2007 Georges Duboeuf, 12%, €11.99 Nice light, juicy nose; very attractive light wine with a lovely strawberry edge and good, but not overdone acidity. Stockists: Super Valu/Centra; Kelly’s, Vernon Ave, Clontarf; ADM Londis, Yellow Walls; Martin’s, Fairview; Spar, Milltown and Leeson Street; Jus de Vine, Portmarnock (all in...
Gary Williams (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
On Saturday 21st November I am back with Kim Criswell and John Wilson conducting the Halle Orchestra for “Puttin on the Ritz” a music celebration of the great Fred Astaire. Come along and see us if you can. More details on the Diary page.
Reflections (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
S3M-05083 Christopher Harvie (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Scottish National Party): Imprisonment of Baha'i Leaders in Iran — That the Parliament condemns the continued imprisonment in Iran of Baha'i leaders Fariba Kamalabadi, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naemi, Saeid Rezaie, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, and Vahid Tizfahm, six of whom were arrested on 14 May 2008 and one detained since 5 March 2008,...
Robert Francis Wine (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Irish Times – John Wilson WINES OF THE WEEK Southern Right Sauvignon Blanc 2009, Walker Bay, 13%, €20.99 A very stylish take on Sauvignon; fresh breezy lime peel with vibrant light gooseberry fruits. Classy, quite subtle, clean, crisp wine, with edgy, cool fruit. This would go very nicely with fresh goats’ cheese or tuna. Stockists: Kingdom Food and [...]
Victorian Paintings (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
[Malta with the French ship 'Charlemagne' and the English ship 'Trafalgar'] 1850 35.5 x 59.5" . http://www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuInDepth/Biography.cfm'biog=225 http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/artist/2233/John_Wilson_Carmichael
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
You published an article by ex-minister Kim Howells ( Comment, 4 November ) calling for "necessarily intrusive" surveillance of Muslim communities in Britain because of the al-Qaida threat. The day after you reported that Irish Republican "dissidents" are committed to carrying out terrorist attacks in mainland Britain ( Report , 5 November). Will Howells now call for "necessarily...
Art reviw Alex Stalenbertg (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
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