A few words from Rob Mansfield

Local food for local people

rob — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:36:11 +0000

The above beach is the view 5 metres from my front door while on holiday. Nice, eh? Anyway, the point about this post is that Cornwall seems to be a law unto itself, when it comes to produce. One of the advantages of coming somewhere like Cornwall is that the fish in all the restaurants is [...]

Dancing with the Primrose Hill Mob

rob — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:40:35 +0000

Last night my wonderful other half, C, got to have a night out on her own and went up to the ‘cool’ part of town to see a gig with a friend of hers. But this wasn’t any ordinary gig. Oh no, it was The Peth. For those of you not quite up-to-date with their [...]

Why smoking celebs are no role model

rob — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:01:13 +0000

According to today’s news reports, doctors want film censors to be more rigorous with their certificates if actors are smoking. Experts believe that seeing someone such as Brad Pitt or Uma Thurman smoking, for example, is likely to encourage young, impressionable kids to start smoking. Oh cobblers! There are many reasons why kids take up smoking [...]

Why BT and Peter Jones don’t fit

rob — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:10:13 +0000

BT (otherwise known as British Telecommunications) decided that Dragon’s Den entrepreneur and millionaire Peter Jones was a genius fit when they replaced Gordon Ramsay with him in their current Gremlins ad campaign. The idea, of course, is that if Jones used BT, he’d never have a problem with his IT ever again. All well and good, but [...]

New favourite podcasts

rob — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:55:57 +0000

Recently came across a great set of podcasts called Coverville. Hosted up to 3 times a week by a guy called Brian Ibbott and he puts together a really great show. He has a great laidback delivery and it’s just a great way to hear new artists. As the name suggests, every song he plays is a [...]