Saturday, 8 March 2014

Just a Spoonful of Sugar

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.......but don't wash it down with a spoonful of Starbuck's Caramel Frappuccino, which contains 11, twice the World Health Organisation's recommended daily amount....

Meryl The Peril

Celebrating International Women's Day with the news that Meryl Streep
swaps The Iron Lady for  is  Emmeline Pankhurst in Abbi Morgan's latest film. See also: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/family-of-suffragette-leader-pankhurst-mark-international-womens-day.1394282333 


Thursday, 6 March 2014

Horse House

Highlands and Islands...The Council have removed a horse from a house in Lewis. The horse  had been living there for 2 years in a rent arrears battle
see: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-25734705‎


Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Al Capone's Cocktail Shaker

Al Capone's cocktail shaker, Nelson's teapot and Winston Churchill's chair...al up for auction as part of a bizarre collection. Capone's drinks dispenser read "To a regular guy, from the boys 1932"...

Eager Beaver

Wild Beaver family spotted on the River Otter.....European beavers were hunted to extinction for furs in the British Isles in the 16th Century...

West End Burp

 
Harry Hill sweats over his Musical debut "I Can't Sing", which opens in London on 15th March...

Viking Chess


Vikings invade the British Museum, including these chessmen from Lewis