robertbrook + uk 220
First-time buyers 'need £29,000'
august 2006 by robertbrook
"The average couple needs to save at least £29,000 to pay for the deposit and stamp duty on their first home"
uk
housing
august 2006 by robertbrook
Nestoria - UK property search engine
july 2006 by robertbrook
Interesting idea. Over-featured and *damnably* slow.
property
uk
london
july 2006 by robertbrook
British Gas raises prices by 22%
february 2006 by robertbrook
"The UK's biggest energy supplier will raise gas and electricity tariffs by 22% from 1 March 2006. "
uk
gas
energy
electricity
february 2006 by robertbrook
'...if you kill that dolphin you won't leave this f***ing town alive'
february 2006 by robertbrook
'you're the b****ards who killed that whale in the Thames'
uk
dolphin
whale
february 2006 by robertbrook
The future of television. Actually, the present as well.
february 2006 by robertbrook
"I bloody hate those shows with nagging women telling people what to do with their lives - it's got to be something in the shrivelled British psyche."
tv
uk
february 2006 by robertbrook
Home is where the disaster is
november 2005 by robertbrook
"We don’t like it when the price of clothes or cars go up, and we would positively hate it if the cost of an iPod was soaring. Yet when a semi in Croydon goes up 20 per cent we are supposed to leap about with joy."
housing
houseprices
uk
november 2005 by robertbrook
Sister forgives axe murder gang
august 2005 by robertbrook
Incredible effort of forgiveness: could you do it?
forgiveness
murder
christianity
crime
uk
august 2005 by robertbrook
AlterSlash on Uk wifi hijack fine
august 2005 by robertbrook
This makes no sense. Open networks are open, closed are closed. What's a password for?
wifi
security
crime
uk
august 2005 by robertbrook
Credit card advice site launched
july 2005 by robertbrook
Jumping before being pushed?
uk
finance
credit
banks
july 2005 by robertbrook
Music and drugs, sitting in a tree
may 2005 by robertbrook
"Ragga, on the other hand, is mostly puff [cannabis], so it's generally harmless, except that those guys become easy targets. We only play very commercial R&B in this club, and I would tell DJs to turn off any tune that was remotely underground."
music
drugs
london
uk
may 2005 by robertbrook
The Great British Kitchen
may 2005 by robertbrook
"English Soft Cheeses, Sharpham, Bonchester and Wheatland. From France: Reblochon, Bleu d'Auvergene and Chabichou."
food
uk
season
may 2005 by robertbrook
"Quite freaky."
march 2005 by robertbrook
" I know a very well-behaved man who will suddenly utter crazed, aggressive nonsense at the dinner table."
alcohol
health
uk
march 2005 by robertbrook
Er, boobs
march 2005 by robertbrook
"They feel heavy-ish but not particularly scary, like big, warm marshmallows constrained by a massive extra dose of surface tension."
surgery
cosmetics
uk
march 2005 by robertbrook
What happens next in the wider housing market?
march 2005 by robertbrook
"A few sellers will get desperate and cut their prices. Then a few more will, the market will start clearing at a lower level and suddenly you’ll see the panic in the house-price statistics."
housing
uk
march 2005 by robertbrook
Portland Bill, Portland, Dorset
march 2005 by robertbrook
"Victorian graffiti has a rarity and interest value that modern graffiti will not acquire"
portlandbill
portland
dorset
england
uk
graffiti
march 2005 by robertbrook
New Who: Derbyshire, Wales and everything inbetween.
march 2005 by robertbrook
"way weirder than Yu-gi-oh"
doctorwho
tv
uk
wales
march 2005 by robertbrook
Keeping BBC journalists safe
march 2005 by robertbrook
Extraordinary story of where your licence fee actually goes...
tv
mogadishu
somalia
uk
risk
march 2005 by robertbrook
Shelter: 'average first home is nearly 60% less affordable than a decade ago'
february 2005 by robertbrook
"a deepening crisis of affordability across England as mortgage payments as a percentage of income hit a 10-year high of more than 20%."
uk
housing
february 2005 by robertbrook
EastEnders 20th birthday: Your comments
february 2005 by robertbrook
"...wannabe gangsters, hard men, liars, bimbos, philanderers, and immoral fools"
tv
uk
celeb
eastenders
february 2005 by robertbrook
Ellen returns to hero's welcome
february 2005 by robertbrook
"The Tourist Information Centre had been renamed the Ellen Information Centre."
ellen
sailing
sport
uk
february 2005 by robertbrook
How should truancy rates be reduced?
february 2005 by robertbrook
"Why bother to reduce truancy rates? Someone has to flip burgers and clean toilets. Spend the money on those who want to put in effort to better themselves."
uk
society
truancy
february 2005 by robertbrook
Tumour diary: The time has come
january 2005 by robertbrook
Ivan Noble bows out
uk
cancer
journalism
january 2005 by robertbrook
'Winter sale' needed to sell houses
december 2004 by robertbrook
"The property market needs a winter sale with prices slashed by up to 8% in order to jump start it"
housing
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
Acorn Antiques tickets rejected after price hike
december 2004 by robertbrook
Acorn Antiques, the musical??!
musical
theatre
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
Waterloo dubbed a white elephant
december 2004 by robertbrook
Waterloo to collapse when Eurostar moves north?
eurostar
london
rail
transport
uk
waterloo
december 2004 by robertbrook
Where are house prices heading in 2005?
december 2004 by robertbrook
Out of five asked: two fall, two rise, one static. Helpful.
housing
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
Confessions of a teenage binge drinker
december 2004 by robertbrook
'I sat bolt upright, eyes like pinpricks (the joint hadn't helped), and cried out, "breast, arm, breast, arm", while pointing maniacally to the very same body parts. Why? I have no idea.'
alcohol
health
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
UK teenage binge drinking: Your reaction
december 2004 by robertbrook
'Nothing has changed in the ten years since I used to buy "White Lightning" cider and sit on a park bench.'
alcohol
alcoholism
drinking
health
teenage
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
"The amount of money owed by UK consumers broke through the symbolic £1 trillion in July."
december 2004 by robertbrook
"UK household debt is rising at 15% a year, faster than in the US and most major European countries."
banking
borrowing
debt
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
Revolting commuters
december 2004 by robertbrook
"British Transport Police travelled on the South West Trains 6.44am Alton to Waterloo service after commuters had warned they would pull the communication cord at Clapham Junction."
fares
inflation
revolt
station
transport
travel
uk
waterloo
december 2004 by robertbrook
Staff address (taken with mobile phone) to BBC
december 2004 by robertbrook
'The office gathers around a proposterously small television to hear the news on the "reorganisation" at work via a ringmain broadcast ...'
bbc
bectu
broadcasting
london
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
Tracey Emin: national treasure!
december 2004 by robertbrook
"In the meantime, her stance is infuriatingly defensive: that mixture of ultra-sophistication and childlike guilelessness which comes across as a sort of fatuous petulance."
art
emin
film
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
'Nobody ever asks: "when did you first realise you were straight?" or "how do you balance fatherhood and work?"'
december 2004 by robertbrook
(From the always excellent Gary Younge)
culture
paceoflife
society
uk
december 2004 by robertbrook
HERMENAUT: "I Like My Rails"
november 2004 by robertbrook
"In the end, the engines of the Railway Stories are animated solely by the Capitalist Spirit, without even the Grace of the Protestant Ethic to offer them solace."
culture
narrative
rail
steam
thomas
uk
november 2004 by robertbrook
Children to write slang letters
november 2004 by robertbrook
"Last year's winner, Jack Smoothy, wrote a touching letter to his teaching assistant that made her cry."
culture
english
language
slang
uk
november 2004 by robertbrook
'Discuss Archbishop Cranmer's role in the formation of religious policy between 1534-39'
november 2004 by robertbrook
"There's only two people in the country - myself and Diarmaid MacCullough - who could answer that question, and we would disagree."
education
history
tv
uk
november 2004 by robertbrook
Astonishing breakthrough!
october 2004 by robertbrook
"Some patients with more problems with their teeth would see their dentist more frequently, whilst others might not need to see their dentist as often."
dentists
health
uk
october 2004 by robertbrook
Wilde show flops after one night
october 2004 by robertbrook
"incredulous contempt"
arts
musicals
reviews
uk
october 2004 by robertbrook
Kosho
october 2004 by robertbrook
" Two opponents wear a boxing glove on their left hand and a lighter padded glove on their right, and attempt to knock each other into the pool."
sport
tv
uk
october 2004 by robertbrook
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