"Maxwell has more in common with Barley's nemesis, Dan"Yeah, that's what everyone would like to think... On the subject of Shoreditch, there was a huge road closure this morning, near where the filming was yesterday, busses on diversion and everything... Around the end of Great Eastern Street I think, th... Mine's so common I've met people with the same nameI'm fairly often in Private Eye, and there was him off Big Brother too.Mark ThomasCrossing the road, with a child thing. 13-Feb-00, in the morning.I didn't have a purely geeky weekendI went to Guildford Festival on Friday - it's a bit small innit? But it was alright, shame it wasn't a bit hotter on the Friday evening. We saw Tindersticks (who were exactly like I expected) and Pulp, who were a bit better - they started with that o... Effect on the common man who owns a small shop: KERCHING!The effect looks small when you are just considering one item, but it all mounts up, it's all extra cash in circulation.RE: Effect on the common man who owns a small shop: KERCHING!I suppose you're right, I must try to not be cynical. But it's hard, having worked for some of the banks that caused the trouble - and now I'm doing some work for the Tax Man so I'm a little too close to it all.People of the world, keep buying stuff ... I think I went for an interview at Sugar MediaSee Today's Standard regarding a journalist being CS gassed in the house of commons. See Google's cache of the website (currently down) of the chap involved in the kerfuffle...Interesting the number of sites that haven't reported this, I wonder if th... Tristram, Thee Single Spy, Jamie N Commons5.00Comedy on the Common7.00Tommy Tiernan - World Tour of Sligo, Leitrim & Roscommon '10Tommy Tiernan - World Tour Of Sligo, Leitrim & Roscommon '10Azu+ Melancholy Common Man + Rough Comforts + Funke and Two Tone Baby. Acoustic Live Night - Genres of Alternative Folk to Soul and Funk. 8pm £4 £3 with Flyer