Entries from February 2009

February 25, 2009

Pancake Day a flop? Try a cupcake instead

At the moment, I’m in a bit of cupcake frenzy, having written and researched a feature on them the other day. Once the darling of the children’s tea party, cupcakes have recently experienced a revivial in the grown-up world and it’s not hard to see why.
Friends in London rave about The Hummingbird Bakery and [...]

February 19, 2009

The RBS 6 Nations website makes a grand slam error

There are certain sites that you trust to provide the correct facts. The official RBS 6 Nations site is one of them.
Whilst researching my Six Nations feature below, I was concerned to find that two official sites were quoting different figures for the number of Welsh 6 Nation wins throughout the 1970s:
1. The Welsh Rugby [...]

February 7, 2009

How to blag your way through the Six Nations

Don’t know the difference between a ruck and a maul? Wondering why there’s a hooker on the pitch? Not got the foggiest about the Wooden Spoon? My guide to the Six Nations will bring you up to speed in a country that’s rugby-mad…
It’s that time of year again. The city centre is full of [...]