Monthly Archives: April 2011
The Original Winger meet the ‘original’ winger
By Calvin Palmer Searching for video footage of Stoke City’s 5-0 triumph over Bolton Wanderers in Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final, I came across a web site called The Original Winger. Now as every self-respecting Stoke City fan and devotee of … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Sports, Stoke City F.C.
Rampant Stoke’s 5-0 win books a place in FA Cup final
By Calvin Palmer In what was arguably Stoke City’s second greatest game in their 148-year history, the first being the League Cup final victory in 1972, they made it to their first FA Cup final appearance after defeating Bolton Wanderers … Continue reading
Filed under News, Sports, Stoke City F.C., United Kingdom
Fairy-tales have no place in the science classroom
By Calvin Palmer With important local elections coming up in Jacksonville, The Florida Times-Union yesterday chose a letter on five key political issues as its letter of the day. Only in Florida could the teaching of evolution be described as a … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Newspapers, Science
Railway station buffet brings back taste of Branston Pickle
By Calvin Palmer The taste of Branston Pickle, as in a cheese and pickle sandwich, had been a fading memory for the past 11 years. I knew when I moved to America that I would have to forego certain British … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, United Kingdom
