No Way Out at The Prince of Wales last night - brilliant!

Bigotry with a warm glow.

All Saints' Day thoughts - posted a few days late.

More live music at the PoW, with the best band so far, in my view.

Do the media paint a true picture? Are things really worse than in the bad old days?

There's a really good comment on Chris Walley's blog about a Christian response to the Simon Singh libel case.

That's the edge of the blues. Or should be.

You might think that if a science writer is being sued by the British Chiropractic Association for saying they promote bogus treatments, then the court case would revolve around whether or not there is evidence that the treatments in question work.

I don't really see why the NHS has got caught up in US healthcare rhetoric - it's not a plausible model for US healthcare anyway. But if organisations are going to involve it, they should at least be honest and truthful.

Precautionary measure, or a government department out of control?

I'm noticing that more and more PCs that I see are being endured by their owners, rather than enjoyed, because they go so slowly. In many of the cases, there are simple fixes that can bring substantial improvements. So I thought I'd mention a few.

The Prince of Wales, "Caversham's Premier Music Venue". I suspect Caversham's only music venue. Tonight, Frankie the Fish (NOT Freddie).