For the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/25/david-yarrow-best-photograph-wolf-wild-west-saloon ‘I asked the barman if he minded me bringing a wolf into the bar. “What’ll he … More
Category: Writings
My Best Shot: Mitch Dobrowner’s best photograph: a monster landspout in Kansas
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/20/mitch-dobrowner-best-photograph-monster-tornado-kansas It was early evening, maybe six o’clock, when we stopped the van. The storms usually fire up at … More
Around the world in six cookbooks.
Scraping the bottom of the culinary barrel with this page-filling ignora-feature. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/19/around-the-world-in-six-cookbooks-review-dave-hall Review: Bring back those travelling memories from the … More
How close should you get to a tornado? Guardian G2 shortcuts.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2017/jun/05/how-close-can-you-get-to-a-tornado A tornado touches down near Three Hills Alberta, and a flurry of footage appears on the web. But … More
Plastic bread.
Now I taste-test sliced white bread. I do it for the glamour. I couldn’t give this stuff away afterward. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/mar/16/white-sliced-bread-recipes-monte-cristo-sandwich-bread-pudding-taste-test
Eating chocolate eggs for money
This week I tried posh Easter eggs. One was an eye-watering £136. The Guardian. 8 April, 2017. Easter egg taste … More
Supermarket pork pie taste test. Seriously.
The west’s throwaway culture has spread waste worldwide: but we can stop it: the Guardian, March 2017
Twister tales: the Guardian, June 2016
Not too many people go on holiday hoping for bad weather. Here I’m surrounded by them. We’re at yet … More
Peter Hall: an obituary. The Guardian, August 2015.
As a lecturer in tourism at Manchester Metropolitan University, my father, Peter Hall, showed students at the university’s Hollings campus … More
