There’s more to Camberwell than carrots
It may not be as hip as Hoxton or Islington, but has N1 had a butterfly named after it? Quite.
www.southwark.gov tells you everything you need to know about the history of the setting of Jenny’s novel, from Boadicea to Henry V’s historic return after Agincourt.
And if you want to know what Camberwell looks like now, click onto www.streetmap.co.uk to enjoy the joys of SE5 from the air. Camberwell Green almost looks pretty from this height.
Plumbing
the depths
Are you gagging for the services of a plumber? Or maybe you just want to get in touch with a plumber to talk about, you know, plumbing. Log onto www.worldplumbing.org, the official website of the World Plumbing Council. By leaving a message on their Global Discussion Forum, you can get answers to your plumbing problems from plumbers around the world.
Or take a trip through the toilets of history at www.theplumber.com. Before you know it, you’ll be bogged down in the hot plumbing questions of yesteryear. Did the Chinese invent the toilet 2000 years ago? What is the myth and reality surrounding Thomas Crapper? And just what are in the ins and outs of the White House waterworks?
Utterly butter(f)ly
The Camberwell Beauty was first discovered in 1748, but in an excellent example of evolution in action, it has long since left SE5. If you want to see one live, you’ll have to travel to mainland Europe. Or flutter your browser along to www.cal044202.student.utwente.nl for pretty pictures instead.
And if all this butterfly talk has made you coo for caterpillars, you could do worse than clicking on www.wwb.co.uk who specialise in sending butterflies by post (please do not bend). Our personal recommendation is the Convulvulous Hawk (‘Huge caterpillars, fascinating to rear. The pupa has a curious proboscis, like a jug handle’). Pupae at £12 for 2? Must have flown off the back of a lorry.
Read on
Conspiracies, assassination, bodily fluids and exploding budgies... all of this and more can be found in the novels of Christopher Brookmyre, at www.brookmyre.co.uk.
What drives a decent, happily married, contented man to uproot his family and move to a glittering new job in a glittering new town? Find out at www.hittingthegroove.co.uk.
Ever dreamt of returning to Manderley again? Now you can, in Sally Beauman's companion to the classic Rebecca, at www.rebeccas-tale.co.uk.
Fancy getting away from it all? By bike? One woman's pedal-powered adventures are revealed at www.josiedew.co.uk.
Are you gagging for the services of a plumber? Or maybe you just want to get in touch with a plumber to talk about, you know, plumbing. Log onto www.worldplumbing.org, the official website of the World Plumbing Council. By leaving a message on their Global Discussion Forum, you can get answers to your plumbing problems from plumbers around the world.
Or take a trip through the toilets of history at www.theplumber.com. Before you know it, you’ll be bogged down in the hot plumbing questions of yesteryear. Did the Chinese invent the toilet 2000 years ago? What is the myth and reality surrounding Thomas Crapper? And just what are in the ins and outs of the White House waterworks?
Utterly butter(f)ly
The Camberwell Beauty was first discovered in 1748, but in an excellent example of evolution in action, it has long since left SE5. If you want to see one live, you’ll have to travel to mainland Europe. Or flutter your browser along to www.cal044202.student.utwente.nl for pretty pictures instead.
And if all this butterfly talk has made you coo for caterpillars, you could do worse than clicking on www.wwb.co.uk who specialise in sending butterflies by post (please do not bend). Our personal recommendation is the Convulvulous Hawk (‘Huge caterpillars, fascinating to rear. The pupa has a curious proboscis, like a jug handle’). Pupae at £12 for 2? Must have flown off the back of a lorry.
Read on
Conspiracies, assassination, bodily fluids and exploding budgies... all of this and more can be found in the novels of Christopher Brookmyre, at www.brookmyre.co.uk.
What drives a decent, happily married, contented man to uproot his family and move to a glittering new job in a glittering new town? Find out at www.hittingthegroove.co.uk.
Ever dreamt of returning to Manderley again? Now you can, in Sally Beauman's companion to the classic Rebecca, at www.rebeccas-tale.co.uk.
Fancy getting away from it all? By bike? One woman's pedal-powered adventures are revealed at www.josiedew.co.uk.