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Screw-top wines have no romance

Tim — 2010-08-26T09:57:00Z

I was in a big branch of the French supermarket carrefour in Lille recently and noticed that all the wines they sold had corks. From the cheapest 1.99 euro bottles up to the 100.00 euro-plus bottles and beyond. None had screw-caps.

How the skies clogged up after the volcano ash.

Tim — 2010-05-14T15:53:00Z

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to normal after being closed due to volcanic ash.

private joke

Tim — 2010-05-05T16:51:00Z

The future of documentary film-making?

Tim — 2010-04-28T17:09:00Z

I have seen the future. The future of documentary making that is.Prison Valley is a documentary you watch online. Only, you don’t just watch it, you sort of play it too. Beyond the short, elegantly shot intro, you must then create an account to

Memoirs of a Geisha, with interruptions

Tim — 2010-03-19T17:40:00Z

Modern life is rubbish, we all know that.

Childishness x10

Tim — 2009-10-03T17:24:00Z

Who wouldn't fall about laughing three quarters of the way into Simon Russell Beale's rather good series Sacred Music after hearing this....? Listen.

Doing better than good, and why that's never enough for Tesco

Tim — 2009-08-11T10:56:00Z

In 1998, the government commissioned a study of the impact of big stores on market towns(3). It found that when a large supermarket is built on the edge of the centre, other food shops lose between 13 and 50% of their trade. The result is “t

soft cell

Tim — 2009-07-07T22:45:00Z

Modern Life #23332 - In the future, all shops will...

Tim — 2009-05-12T21:24:00Z

Asda. In the future all clothing will work on a buy one get one free basis (already successful with socks)... At the news stand in Tesco... In the future all magazines will be distilled into one magazine called Jamie.

Profound messages printed on T-shirt packaging at NEXT

Tim — 2009-03-25T20:47:00Z

NEXT, makers of blue, grey and brown clothes, lead the way when it comes to making everyone in the UK look roughly the same.Well done I say. Having to coordinate colours, if we're honest, is beyond us. Go into any living room in Britain and you&#

Modolf

Tim — 2009-01-27T13:15:00Z