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I used to read The Guardian until last week but gave it up after Polly Toynbee's stupid article about the new press charter, I'm feeling very angry and depressed about the whole thing....Also I've never understood Doonesbury
I used to take the Observer but it went downhill after Donald Trelford, I've been a devoted Sunday Times reader for some years as it has the best writers and the best review section by a country mile...
I used to read The Guardian until last week but gave it up after Polly Toynbee's stupid article about the new press charter, I'm feeling very angry and depressed about the whole thing....Also I've never understood Doonesbury
Similarly, I have never understood Doonesbury. When the Guardian altered its format to berliner, they 'lost' Dooonesbury for an edition or two, to my delight, but there was a sudden eruption of anger (and angst) from Doonesbury-philes and it was restored.
One of the few points of principle in my life is never paying for anything involving Rupert Murdoch, his family and their organisations, not matter how good the review section is.
What is there not to understand? Some references to the arcania of USA politics might go above my head, but enough information/knowledge can be gleaned from news reports to understand the underlying despair. And the stories about Ray & BD & the aftermath of their war experiences were truly moving. A pity we don't have a similar strip here - 'If...' just isn't a patch on it.
& now, back to courgettes. Has anyone mentioned stuffing flowers?
I think Cardinal O'Brien might have done in a "homily"
I've only been to Raymond Blanc's Le manoir once many years ago and the lunch price included a tour of the organic grden. There were polytunnels containing courgettes and another containing aubergines, both tuneels providing flowers, not veg, for the restaurant.
The yellow courgette flower is served stuffed and the amazingly blue aubergine flower is used as a table decoration. Other tunnels are used to grow the courgettes/aubergines as veg.
Back OT again, and I know flosshilde has already attempted to put you straight, but so much of Doonesbury has great relevance to our own political and social shortcomings that you really ought to give it another go. Use this to help.
Back OT again, and I know flosshilde has already attempted to put you straight, but so much of Doonesbury has great relevance to our own political and social shortcomings that you really ought to give it another go. Use this to help. http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip
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