Why we love chips. From 1860 when they appeared to the 19th century – and how the chippy came to dominate the take away market in Somerset and the UK (with 25,000 chippies in 1910)
This article appeared in the Strawberry Line Times in 2013. I’ve updated it slightly. Harry Mottram The other day I…
Back in time to 1899 for a trip along the Strawberry Line in Somerset when a trip to Cheddar Gorge cost 4d and Axbridge had two banks
What was it like to visit the Strawberry Line in 1899? Using an 1899 guidebook Harry Mottram took a trip from Clevedon…
RAPSCALLION MAGAZINE FEATURE: the teacher, the preacher, the proto-feminist and the jilted bride – Hannah’s strange but true story of a West country life
I blame it on Four Weddings and a Funeral – the 1994 Richard Curtis RomCom that propelled Hugh Grant to fame when…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS NEWS – Sale of the century begins: Walmart looks to off-load Asda; David Lloyd gym could be sold; Riley Sports Bar looks for a buyer as Covid 19 prompts sell-offs, plus Antalis has a new owner
The Sale of the Century (for those of tender years) was a popular ITV show that ran from from 1971…
Rapscallion Magazine BOOK REVIEW: Evelyn Waugh’s satire of Phoney War Britain Put Out More Flags was written while the Second World War’s outcome was still in doubt giving it an added realism
Put out more Flags by Evelyn Waugh For an insight into wartime Britain Put out more Flags by Evelyn Waugh is…
AGENDA WEST BUSINESS COMMENT: Sweden 1 United Kingdom 0. No lockdown, no compulsory face masks, no economic shut down – Sweden and Covid 19
Sweden’s economy has been hit badly, unemployment is up and many people have died unnecessarily from Covid 19 in care…
Agenda West Business News: Hospitality takes big hits as Pizza Express seek a CVA and Wagamama shuts restaurants, while retailer Jigsaw mulls over sale and SoleTrader and Oliver Sweeney go bust
Red lights should be flashing in accounts departments when a major client publicly announces they are considering selling up amid…
Rapscallion Magazine Book Review: a coming-of-age story for forty-year-old male virgins in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project. By Graeme Simsion It’s an old adage: don’t look for love, let love find you. It’s the…
Rapscallion Magazine book Review: Africa’s ‘greatest novel’ – Things Fall Apart – a tragedy and an education
Things Fall Apart. By Chinua Achebe. For the first few pages I was slightly mystified by Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall…
Agenda West Business News: late payment special part three: how to spot the signs – what practical steps to take to get paid (and how to apply interest to an invoice)
According to City AM at any one time small and medium sized firms are owed around £50bn in overdue payments…