A few years ago we used to run a series called Friday Night Cocktails. Some said it was frivolous, and only encouraged people in dissipation and debauchery. Yet others liked it. They welcomed it as a lighter distraction form the exhausting work at the cutting edge of Science, Technology, Economics and all the other things, large and small , which is the lot of the LSS Reader.
Sadly, the feature flickered and died. This was not due to unpopularity. Frankly we just ran out of ideas. Even Shakespeare had days when he could not write another line. Even the Spice Girls, titans of intellect that they were, must have had the odd days when the wells of creative genius ran dry. But he have always missed that very special, bon viveur ambience of Friday evening when, after another week of intense labour at the forefront of progress, the urge came to kick over the traces, put on a little light music, and just relax. And so we have decided, on the advice of old friends, tom revive the old spirit in a slightly modified form.
The new feature, FRIDAY NIGHT FEAST OF FUN, will look at all aspects of life from the point of view of the gourmand. What are the best foods to eat? What drinks best partner them? For example would a KFC sharing bucket go better with a 2005 Chateau Lafitte Rothschild or a can of Red Stripe? Who really does make the best pork scratchings? Whatever happened to Newcastle Brown Ale? Of course there will still be cocktails, when these are appropriate. But we believe we have opened the door to a vast new world of experience. It will be like the change from black and white to colour TV. From the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. From referees to VAR From (that’s enough metaphors-ed)
We hope you will enjoy it too.
with sincere thanks to Ms Alison Reboul
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