Origin:Both Lancashire and London claim to have invented fish and chips, although the exact origin is unclear. However, Charles Dickens referred to a ‘fried fish warehouse’ in Oliver Twist. And London did, indeed, have the first fish and chips shop, which opened in 1860. Where to try it...
Some FB pals (well one) has expressed a certain level of ignorance about the aforementioned John. I don’t feel inclined to help them out when they can easily google it, which is what I did in the first place. There’s a lot of stuff out there on tinterweb about Johnny boy, as y...
“Privacy”–“He’d come to understand that in solitude was the way people lived, even if they imagined otherwise. They pretended a knowledge of others they did not have. Now that he was elderly, the anxiety from loneliness had become palpable. He had to lie in bed with fists clenched ...
No longer did the liner notes tell the definitive story of Rodion-Ladislau Rosca and Rodion G.A. This was hugely disappointing and I was far from happy about this, and with the person who edited the liner notes. Having been mastered by the label’s in-house mastering engineer, the ...