http://www.hanway.co.uk It's a Blog. It's Ciaran. It's for whatever I want it to do. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've been chomping on salad from the garden for the last few weeks. It was incredibly easy to grow the salad: Get a few growbags (£5) Get some seeds (£3 - actually I got a load of Rocket seeds for Christmas) Sprinkle the seeds onto the growbags Sprinkle water ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/06/24/our-garden-delivers/ ... could it? Are we getting closer to the horror of the American redneck warehouse-style "Charismatic" Christian movement here in our beloved "Live and let live" UK? Here's a fascinating documentary on the threat of Christian fundamentalism in the UK. It's on Youtube, so it's broken up into five parts.  ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/05/24/it-couldnt-happen-here/ After my tomato crop was wiped out in the summer, I decided to plant some carrots and broccoli to grow during the autumn. The broccoli's almost ready to eat, and we've got the steamer on standby! This stuff usually retails for quite a pretty penny, and it's usually best ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/04/22/purple-broccoli/ I'll nail my colours to the mast: I'm a big fan of Barack Obama. He's not perfect: he's a politician after all, but I can't help being moved by his increrdible rhetoric, and the apparent transparency and fair play his campaign demonstrates. Having said all that, Obama's not only winning ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/04/21/can-hillary-win/ Despite the snow today, summer's definitely coming. I can feel it in the air: there's this frisson of ozone. I can also hear it: the birds are singing. I can see it too: it's light when I go home (usually), and my flowerbed and veggies are starting to wake up. Summer also means ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/04/06/the-nev-burger/ You may have read about the thrilling and gripping adventures I had in the garden last year here. Well this year, I'm starting early. I had already prepared the frozen soil by digging it up in late February. Now, I've pulled together something that vaguely resembles a project plan for my garden. Yesterday, ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/03/16/a-fresh-start/ I was at a work party the other day in the Barbican. We'd booked out one of the cinemas for the company pow-wow, followed by the arboretum for drinks and nibbles. Magicians and cartoonists worked the room and one of them drew this of me: I'm as vain as ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/02/23/is-this-really-me/ I was two minutes late. My barrister friend had invited me to attend a lecture on the subject of Sharia Law and British Law. He'd invited me in early January and I'd pencilled it into my diary. I was two minutes late arriving at the British Court of Justice ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/02/08/when-in-rome/ "Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."  L. Ron Hubbard - founder of the Church of Scientology An internet movement called "Anonymous" has declared war on Scientology. ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/02/07/3-days-and-counting/ I watched Hugh-Fearnley Whittingstall's Chicken Run. There's not really much to add to what he's done; he's kept the issue of industrialised food production up in the public debating space, but I did stumble over this: That's right! It's a Cheeseburger in a can. If McDonald's burgers don't look anything ... http://www.hanway.co.uk/2008/01/29/bon-appetit/