There’s a great story floating around in the press today (Metro and Daily Star at the moment) about the EU bringing an end to rules on bendy cucumbers etc. And this one is no Euromyth, it’s true! The Commission has proposed to the Member States that we rationalise the marketing standards for fruit and vegContinue reading “The renaissance of the bendy cucumber”
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Hayfever strikes
My weekend was wiped out by the sky-high pollen count, and given I was out in the country, it hit me hard. Still, it was lovely to see Dom, my brother. He’s just bought a house in Buckingham so I went to see that – it’s lovely and I think he and Esther (the blackContinue reading “Hayfever strikes”
Welcome to London Transport
It had all been going too well – turning up to Balham station, getting on the train – I even got a seat one morning. Last night coming back from Notting Hill the Circle Line was disrupted so I got the Central and then Northern, which stopped at Kennington, so I had to change… AndContinue reading “Welcome to London Transport”
Following up the experience
I’m in London now, having spent a couple of weeks in Brussels since arriving back from the Eisenhower thing. I started getting the house sorted, went down to France to sort things out with the house purchase there, and then had to pack for the move to London. One of my action points in myContinue reading “Following up the experience”
Euonymics
euonym (n): 1. (obscure) A name well suited to a person, place or thing so named. 2. (contemp.) The name of the weblog of the new head of media at the European Commission office in London. That’ll be me! So. I arrived from Brussels on Sunday, and settled into my temporary home staying with the lovely RobContinue reading “Euonymics”