It was renaissance man Martin Green who tipped me off to this fabulous piece of TV ephemera. when I went to hear his DJ set at Spiritlands on the South Bank here in London. I say TV rather than film, as most of the stars featured on the cassette and in the recipe cards were...

I am as old as the hills, so when Mr R brought over his DVD of the Christmas Top of the Pops from 1971 this weekend I thought, I might know some of these songs. But it turns out, I knew the lot! And three of them have special significance too. Slade’s Cuz I Luv...

Just a very quick post for any North Londoners amongst you… It’s been a bit quiet over at Silver Screen Suppers Towers lately due to my new found obsession with making bread and mustard with my nephew’s beer. He has resurrected the dormant family business The Hammerton Brewery.  Based in Islington, a stone’s throw from...

I am a Hammerton (it’s my surname) and I love beer. Can you imagine how happy I was last Wednesday to be at the soft launch of the HAMMERTON BREWERY?!  My genius nephew Lee has resurrected a Hammerton business dormant since the late 1950s, and his first brews were let loose on the world this...