At last an end to locally-bought French wines that taste rather unpleasant misery Like many Brits of my age, I grew up with the ingrained belief that French wine was the quality yardstick in the vinibev department. In fact when I grew up, there was only really French and German available, and the German, being…
At last: an end to ‘sit in rock-hard pew for two hours waiting for concert to start without an adult bev or lose your place’ misery. It’s only fair to characterize this one as ‘in progress’, due to the many mishaps on its first trial. However, it shows some promise. The problem is this. At…
Announcers at the beginning of concerts quite rightly request all phones and things that beep to be switched off. What they don’t, and in my opinion, should request, is that no-one coughs. I am continuously amazed by the fusillade of barks, hacks and full-throated clearances that rattle around most London concerts, not just in the…
At last an end to aching backside caused by 90 minutes sitting on rock-hard pew at St Martin in the Fields misery. St Martin in the Fields (on Trafalgar Square) is a little gem for those with an hour to spare at lunchtime on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. It has an illustrious history, and for…
I had so much fun with my Sony Nex-5 plus old Nikkor lenses that I started to look for old Nikkors on eBay. To check which were the best ones for image quality and bokeh etc, I looked for sources of advice and reviews on the web. The self-styled ‘most widely read photo site on…
[singlepic id=2 w=534 h=400 float=left]This Spring in Cape Town I got back into serious photography after a lapse of many years. My focus in the last 10 years or so has been in compact cameras – following the incredible recent technology curve of sensors and lenses. My main interest was in capturing mountain panoramas,…
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