Did you know that Lamborghini made, and still make, tractors?
Well, yes, they did and yes, they do.
After World War II, when there was a high demand for agricultural machinery in much of Europe, Porsche made tractors, and even Ferrari dabbled…
Cornish brewer Foodswild is facing a backdated excise duty bill after HMRC concluded that its Cornish Stingers nettle beer was not, in fact, a beer.
The stumbling block for this niche product, which is presumably more palatable than its name suggests, was the absence of malted barley or wheat in the brewing process.
On 22 June, George Osborne introduced his Emergency Budget. With all the hype about belt-tightening, one wondered what draconian measures were in store.
‘Yes, I could have been a judge but I never had the Latin, never had the Latin for the judging, I just never had sufficient of it to get through the rigorous judging exams. They’re noted for their rigour. People come out saying, ‘My God, what a rigorous exam’- and so I became a miner instead. A coal miner. I managed to get through the mining exams – they’re not rigorous, they only ask one question, they say, ‘Who are you’, and I got 75 per cent on that.’ (Peter Cook in ‘Beyond the Fringe’)
A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (where I’m studying for a Diploma in Wine and Spirits) listening to Sally Easton MW lecturing on the global business of alcoholic beverages.