Author: Alison
Me, just me. Mum to two lovely frustrating wonderful teenagers. Living in deepest darkest Oxfordshire. Ex Londoner and proud of it - though I don't miss the traffic. Chelsea fan, motorsports fan, avid reader. Love my food, wine and family!
Faringdon Manna is a fantastic little deli run by the hugely knowledgeable Rob the Cheese. Rob stocoks arounhd 80 varieties of cheese, everything from your standard Cheddars and Red Leicesters to a wi... Read More
Faringdon – Eating & Drinking – Fastfood & Takeaway – Indian I’ve had a couple of meals here and one takeaway and they’ve been okay but not great. One meal in par... Read More
Faringdon – Eating & Drinking – Fastfood & Takeaway – Indian One of two Indian restaurants in Faringdon, and my favourite by far. The food at Saffron is second to none –... Read More
Faringdon The Folly is a proper old fashioned locals pub, but a very friendly one too.It’s very small – two small rooms with a central bar area, and the toilets are in a block out the back. Sp... Read More
4Networking
I first came across 4Networking in autumn 2007; I was introduced to it by Stefan Thomas of Real Marketing, who was at the time publishing a local magazine similar to my own Community Times. I visited ... Read More
Listening to …
It’s been a musical afternoon with several plays of Elbow’s A Seldom Seen Kid, some Muse, some Turin Brakes and other assorted tunes. But the album of the day Foals – Antidotes I m... Read More
Reply from Ed Vaizey re: Axe the Beer Tax campaign
I’m impressed – Ed Vaizey MP has replied to my Axe the Beer tax email already! Here’s my original email (auto generated by the site), his reply and my response: Dear Edward Vaizey, I... Read More
Axe the Beer Tax – Axe the Tax
Nice to see my magazine got a head start on something that has become a national campaign 😉 I ran a feature in the January issue about The King and Queen pub in Longcot, Oxon. Having been empty for... Read More
Listening to …
I The Race – In My Head It Works The Race are most definitely my favourite band at the moment. They’re from Reading and In My Head It Works is their second album and was out on Monday (tho... Read More
Listening to …
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular I’ve heard this band’s name mentioned so many times but only knew one song by them, Time to Pretend – though having listened to the album now I also... Read More
Listening to …
This originally started an an album a day post, but I soon ran out of steam …. so thought I’d edit it to just pick up on some of the highlights of my CD collection. Feel free to recommend ... Read More
The Teenager Audio Test – Can you hear this sound? Created by Train Horns
The Teenager Audio Test – Can you hear this sound? Created by Train Horns Created by Train Horns... Read More
Win a wedding!!
I’m running an amazing competition in the March issue of my magazine, CT In The Vale* – the prize is an entire wedding worth over £15,000! More details of the prize are available here or ... Read More