2008-10-14UTC06:50:30Yeah shame7k a month is not a lot of profit though I don't think for a place that size. Did not realise it was owned by a brewery, are you sure? I think it was independent.I heard the owners were scuppered after being fined for cutting down a tree, or somethin... 2008-08-17UTC08:33:48RE: How did we miss this anniversary?Hi<br /><br />I didn't the Independent covered it on the 14th. I did notice both our local papers managed to miss it. Still if it's not praising the Tory's it don't get in our locals.2008-07-15UTC07:17:38The George in Rye July newsletterWe've been rather quiet on the newsletter front lately, having been nominated for UK Newcomer of the Year in the CATEY Awards, the Oscars of the Restaurant and Hotel world (sadly, the ceremony was not in LA). This award has previously been won by the... 2008-07-13UTC11:33:02Simple Simon's: GONE!Simple Simon's has reopened as "The Parrot". Still very similar, less independent beers on the bar and more Youngs, as that's who owns it now. Had a brace of pints there yesterday afternoon and it was very nice. They now sell bottles of beer at the b... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11407/Simple+Simon%27s%3A+GONE%21">Rated 5.68/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-10-18UTC12:14:53Good job too !Nah, I'm afraid the station took a bit of a battering (DDOS attack) from a bunch of Turkish hackers who for no obvious reason took a dislike to the station website. They went after who they thought was our ISP & ended up taking out internet access fo... 2007-02-23UTC08:59:57Kings of Leon review<a href="http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article2296904.ece">review here in the Independent</a>, I'd have loved to have gone to this, don't feel I can manage gigs in the week now, I'm too old! <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10024/Kings+of+Leon+review"><img alt="Kings of Leon review" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/10024/Kings+of+Leon+review">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-01-05UTC03:10:29The story must have been deleted from the IndependentIt was quite a long time ago... no idea what it was about now, probably some mention of the great and the good of Folkestone (and Michael Howard) meeting up for some sort of regular lunch at La Tavernetta...2006-12-04UTC11:04:23Fareham: NOT the worst place in the country to liveFrom Portsmouth today, in reopnse to a recent survey...Leader forces climbdown by newspapersTWO national newspapers have been forced into a climbdown by a council over stories about a survey that claimed it was the worst place in the country to buy a... 2006-10-15UTC11:22:32John Peel in FolkestoneThere's a new John Peel bootleg of a forty year old pirate radio show, I didn't realise the Folkestone connection before: As he signed off his final late-night Perfumed Garden show, pirate DJ John Peel was convinced it was the end of his brief, subve... 2006-10-02UTC07:28:39Poor old FarehamThis property hotspot list from The Independent is a bit harsh I feel. Not just that there's no room for Folkestone in their top ten, fair enough, but:At the bottom of the pile, in dismal 1,833rd place, is Fareham - the small town on the north-west t... 2006-08-18UTC09:14:31Clarkes in the National Portrait GalleryJust searching for Sir Fred Clarke, who seems to be related to the wife's family but not to our Clarkes, and I'm not sure if this is him in the National Portrait Gallery or not, but here's a list of other Clarkes who are. Hold your mouse over their n... 2006-07-12UTC01:07:46Squalid dressing room...The Independent has a profile of The Zutons, where they were interviewed in The Leas Cliff Hall. The interviewer describes the dressing room as "squalid", that's about the highlight of it. Read on...... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8704/Squalid+dressing+room..."><img alt="Squalid dressing room..." src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8704/Squalid+dressing+room...">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-14UTC08:40:57Yeah as I say it was before I lived thereOh no, I sounded like one of those "Folkestone Arts" types... I loved Fresh and Wild, most people do, but I'm just saying that some people (the early adopter bohemian meeja types who lived in Stokey in the early '90s) see all chains as bad, but then ... 2006-04-13UTC12:39:52This Saturday's comedyALEX HORNE (we had alex booked for the literary festival gig last september, but he cancelled because he was filming the wkd adverts which are currently on tv! we spoke to him on tuesday and he was still on then so hopefully it's all go for saturday... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8115/This+Saturday%27s+comedy">Rated 5.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-12UTC09:17:43Where starbucks lead, yo below will followHmm, that's another chain, and lots of people don't like them, but I'd rather have a few quality chains like Nandos, Fresh and Wild, Pizza Express and so on, than street after street of independent pound shops.Is there such a thing as English Sushi? ... 2006-03-15UTC10:29:57All about vegansGiving this article from the Independent a plug here because a) I'm a vegan and b) there's a mention of Folkestone in it!One of the biggest producers of vegan fare, Plamil Foods, has seen revenues rise by between 10 and 15 per cent a year. Its 30 pro... 2006-01-03UTC01:29:21Folkestone Creative QuarterSomeone's been having some fun with the Folkestone entry in wikipedia... it says:The Creative Foundation is a new charitable organisation which is acquiring a large number of run-down properties in the Creative Quarter of Folkestone (the oldest part ... 2005-09-19UTC02:22:57My Life In The Making – American TourMLitM fly out to the states on the 18th September for a week’s tour. They play four shows with American band ‘Another Tradgedy’ playing Lexington, Indianapolis, Chicago and Detroit. They have also been invited to play this year’s Mid-point festival i... 2005-06-08UTC09:36:16Some would have you believe the people of Folkestone are madThe evidence cited in support would be that most locals there are firmly behind a planned shopping development, says the Guardian... I think the HMV is a GOOD THING, not so sure about Asda but who knows. We have plenty of little independent shops, an... 2005-05-02UTC06:35:43Charles Kennedy's in Folkestone this week<a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=634701">according to the Independent</a>...2005-04-18UTC09:11:45Rodney Hylton-PottsBumped into independent right wing game show winning candidate Rodney Hylton-Potts on Saturday night, or rather he started SPOUTING in the restaurant we were in. First clue something was going on were shouts of "castrate paedophiles" - hard to argue ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/3236/Rodney+Hylton-Potts">Rated 2.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2005-04-06UTC09:39:16Folkestone in the news!Did you see Folkestone on the BBC news last night? John Prescott came to town to unveil a monstrous poster of Michael Howard with the slogan "Forward not Howard". Where in town did this happen?Here's what Labour say they've done for Folkestone, here'... 2005-03-17UTC11:05:46Footballers WivesSo, two of the Footballers Wives (Zoe Lucker and Sarah Barrand) live in Stokey, according to this Independent Article... I don't think I've seen paparazzi hanging around here recently. Did see something being filmed at Stoke Newington High Street en... 2005-02-23UTC07:50:03Mail::Bulkmail - Platform independent mailing list module2005-02-18UTC01:09:30"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... 2005-01-26UTC07:08:37Folkestone lunch club?Why have I not been invited to take part in <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=604548">this</a>? <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/2663/Folkestone+lunch+club%3F">Rated 6.38/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2004-12-01UTC12:24:02Stokey in the news<a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=588481">An article in the Independent</a>, about leaves on the line...2004-11-10UTC08:40:29PLEASE not Ben EltonThere's to be a Smiths musical... this is good news actually, as previously mentioned musicals are my biggest seller on popex.Lordy looks like there are Wedding Present tickets on sale too for next year...... 2004-10-20UTC09:24:10I read a Q&A with her in the Independent the other day. She came over as a bit stuck up and nasty. Bit disappointed, frankly.2004-10-13UTC01:01:39Suede reunionArticle in the Indie here... not sure how much of a Suede reunion it's going to be, I hear on www.popbitch.com (oh yes, always reliable) that they'll not be playing any old material, so there is NO parallel with the recent fantastic Pixies shows...If... 2008-08-03UTC07:28:10Electric BallroomTonight's venue is crammed with indie's brightest and best, all happily expectant according to the review in the Independent, that's me in particular to which they were referring...... <br /><a href="http://www.claremahon.com/v/2069/Electric+Ballroom">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>