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Recipe road test: Fried aubergine with chilli and salad onions

30 September, 2007 By

This week’s recipe is for fried aubergine with chilli and salad onions from the September 2007 issue of Waitrose Food Illustrated. It’s a vegetarian dish by guest chef Simon Hopkinson. Fried Aubergine with Chilli and Salad Onions A surprisingly rich vegetable dish here, considering the relatively restrained ingredients. Perhaps it is down to the remarkable [...]

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From skating by the Serpentine to a skating serpent

17 September, 2007 By

The Sunday Stroll yesterday took us up to Russell Square. It was a short route but a fun one, especially on the way back when there were some lovely, smooth surfaces. I had plenty of company as Natalie came along and a few other familiar faces. I got to the park early and did a [...]

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3.10 to Yuma

17 September, 2007 By

I hadn’t even heard of 3.10 to Yuma when we rocked up to the cinema on Saturday night. But we’d already missed the Bourne Ultimatum so we decided to give it a go. It was fantastic! It was one of the best movies I’ve seen this year, for sure. It’s a Western but it had [...]

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Moondancing with Van Morrison

15 September, 2007 By

It’s not every day that you get to dance along to Van Morrison singing Moondance in a private box at the Royal Albert Hall. That was me and my mate Steven last night, thanks to PR firm Eulogy. Van the Man is 62 now but he can still sing the blues with the best of [...]

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The purple-suited man and hairspray

10 September, 2007 By
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Before I went away, there were a few social events to keep me amused. I went to see Prince at the O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) with Yahoo!. They have a corporate box and they were hosting a number of journalists. Grant, their corporate PR, is a fellow Aussie and he made sure that there [...]

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Exotic travels abroad

10 September, 2007 By

One of the best parts of my job is the chance to see some amazing places that I would not ordinarily go as a tourist. This time work took me almost home to Australia but not quite – the closest I got was Papua New Guinea, which is only 70km from Australia at the closest [...]

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