An Englishman's CastleThe jaundiced views of a free born Englishman from behind the barbed wire of a Wiltshire farm - blasting the Bogusmongers and other assorted pondlife.Magic Mushrooms- August 19, 2008 And with all this wet weather the field mushrooms on the Downs are the biggest ever. Out with the Jane Grigson Mushroom Feast book and a lot of butter!...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006299.html We plough the fields and scatter.- August 19, 2008 Last Thursday we started combining the wheat field, today (Tuesday) the last of the bales are being collected, the muck is being spread and the plough is at work preparing the seedbed for next years crop....http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006298.html PR Talk - what a joke.- August 19, 2008 James Corden to write jokes on Wall's lollies - Telegraph A spokesman for Wall's Ice Cream said: "We want to re-launch the jokes on lolly sticks and we thought that using a comedian like James would be ideal. "James is...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006297.html Gold Medals for Grasping- August 19, 2008 Race to find 100m for London Olympic stars - Times Online Just because we, as everyone now calls the athletes, have won some full fat milk bottle tops for sports that can be done sitting down the bastards are clammering...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006296.html Rubbish Reporting- August 19, 2008 Plan for anaerobic digesters in every town to recycle leftovers - Times Online Waste-disposal units designed to turn leftover food into electricity and fertiliser could be built around every town and city as part of a scheme being considered by...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006295.html France, signs of improvement.- August 19, 2008 Supersize ... moi How the French learnt to love McDonald's - Times Online Stop any Frenchman on the street - and we stop plenty - and he will shrug and snarl and say that he doesn't eat in McDonald's, either....http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006294.html Rays of Sunshine and Scotsmen- August 19, 2008 August set to be 'wettest in 100 years' - Telegraph...with the constant deluge of rain showing little sign of letting up, forecasters have warned. SCOTLAND'S miserable summer has triggered a surge in winter depression, according to new figures published yesterday....http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006293.html Environ mental weapon buying- August 18, 2008 MoD to require tally of environmental impact - Times Online Under new rules being introduced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), weapons manufacturers have been told to account for the environmental impact of making depleted uranium shells or the social...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006292.html Return to Southfork- August 18, 2008 Cross me at your peril, Brown warns plotters - Times Online Gordon Brown returns to the fray tomorrow after a three-week break with a plan designed to show that he is the politician best placed to lead Britain through the...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006291.html Home Furnishing Tips- August 18, 2008 High-flying furniture - Telegraph Military enthusiasts might enjoy a cold beer around the MK-84 Blockbuster table - constructed from a 'Blockbuster' bomb, which was used extensively in Desert Storm Just the thing for the bar area, though i think I...http://www.anenglishmanscastle.com/archives/006290.html |