22/08/2004 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Belgian pie

I reckon Gayle Tomlinson has let herself be suckered for the purposes of this story in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, passed along the counter by that notorious pie-lady, Margaret Marks: Belgians are turning their backs on the traditional buns and taking the Geordie stottie to their hearts. Greggs [a] has launched its fourth shop in…

Money for old rope

When the Maoists take Kathmandu, what do you think they will say to the entrepreneurs who sell Che Guevara t-shirts to Westerners looking for an alternative? “Hey, no sweat, Che was one of ours.” “Who? See that wall?” Elsewhere on the Nepali Times site there’s a review by Kunda Dixit of an interesting new book…