A note for any fans of The Divine Comedy and Yann Tiersen...

...there's a limited French edition of "Absent Friends" that comes with a bonus 4 track CD, of collaborations and covers performed by Neil Hanlon and Yann Tiersen (who also plays on one track on the album).

Thanks to spride and the Wim Mertens mailing list for spotting this...

Finding places to eat in London...

...seems to be made easier with the London-eating website. Lots of different search options, as well as reader reviews. Not only useful when trying to find details of a place you've heard of, but also in deciding where to eat if you've got an inkling of a cuisine you'd like to try - like this list of Brazilian restaurants...

One for the bookmarks file, methinks...

Teh cuteness

On a recent trip back to Jersey, I spotted, sitting by a pond on the St Brelade's Bay promenade, one sadly over-worked single mother with 14 ducklings to support.