Anthony Zacharzewski
National Gallery, reimagined at B3ta
A great B3TA image challenge: updating the pictures at the National Gallery, here.
Blackboys Inn
The Blackboys inn, in the village of the same name near Uckfield, has spruced itself up. As well as a very gastropub menu, there are new tables and chairs outside, palm trees and assorted greenery. Most strikingly, a double garage has been converted into a rather louche-looking boudoir in a
Can't disagree with this Grauniad review
Haweli
509 Hagley Road, Birmingham, 0121-434 5717
Birmingham is blessed with many fine curry houses – this is one of the finest. The food is consistently great, particularly the karahi and naan bread that’s perfectly light and puffy. Many of the regulars are Asian, which is testament to the quality
Brindleyplace, Birmingham
I know it’s been said before, but the bit of Brum behind the ICC is really a spectacular bit of regeneration. Not always perfect, but when you consider what was there before…
Shriti Vadera
Congratulations to Shriti Vadera, Gordon Brown’s no-nonsense special advisor, who makes in into the Lords, and into a junior ministerial office at DfID.
A map of countries that have not yet adopted the metric system
Link. via Innocent Newsletter.
Music on the train
Lyric (from the Dears, Ballad of Humankindness) that struck a chord with me on the train today:
And I turn on the news
And there’s always some dude
Who’s relentlessly bringing me down,
Telling me how there are too many dark people out there who’ll never be
Facebook : MySpace :: Waitrose : Asda
Interesting article by Danah Boyd on Apophenia Blog (here), points out a growing social division between young MySpace and Facebook users.
The goodie two shoes, jocks, athletes, or other “good” kids are now going to Facebook. These kids tend to come from families who emphasize education and going to college.
The Daily Mail and the hollowing out of society
I don’t normally read the Daily Mail, or its website, but I had to go over and check out how it reported the research from Keele University (pdf) that showed an endemic disregard for the law among the soi-disant respectable middle class. The Daily Mail’s article is here,