It’s been a pretty miserable week. I’ve been stuck inside because of the rainy, horribly, gloomy weather and to make it even worse I’m back to work. I have a feeling lots of people are in the same boat. To remedy this I thought I’d have upbeat, indie pop on today’s Three On Thursday in the form of American band The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Enjoy. Say No To Love – The Pains of Being Pure At…
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After 7 days the beer was conditioned and the BruBox was tantalizingly close to being ready. All that was left to do was rotate the box so that the tap was in the upright (ready to pour!) position and then leave for a further two days for the beer to settle. I had started my beer on such a date that it would be ready to drink from Christmas Eve, as the Christmas holiday is a perfect time for…
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I had the pleasure of seeing All Is Lost last night and thought I’d write a quick little ‘spoiler free’ review of it. All Is Lost stars Robert Redford and him alone. He plays an unnamed man who is the only character in the entire film. Lots of questions are left open to your imagination, for example who this man is and why and where he is travelling. I really liked this and throughout the film I was futilely…
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My brother bought me some awesome Christmas presents this year, one that I was especially stoked to get was some shaving cream, post shave balm and a shaving brush. Normally shaving products are a bit of a cop out gift, but these were all from one of the coolest men’s grooming brands – Bluebeards Revenge. Bluebeards Revenge are a grooming brand dedicated to men. You won’t find them selling ladies cosmetics that have just had the fragrance changed in…
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The Christmas lights at Mousehole are a Cornish institution now being in their 50th year! It was all started by a local artist called Joan Gillchrest whom, in 1963 decided to run a string of Christmas lights along both quays in the small fishing village of Mousehole, in order to make it look a bit more festive. Since then the display has grown and now uses an incredible 7000 bulbs, inexcess of 5.5 miles of cable and has an…
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