Death of the Chinese tea house

Fascinating series of photos on BBC Online today, on traditional Chinese tea houses struggling to survive. Pictures and words by Matthew Pistono.

blogging tool #1

My first tool for keeping this blog fresh will be this: the Nokia 6280 camera phone.

I'll be snapping pics as i go and uploading them here.

Size wise, it's somewhere between a packet of three condoms and a packet of twenty cigarettes- fitting as it's damn good fun but probably quite likely to kill you eventually.

This will be my fourth -yes, 4th - 6280 in a month, after sending back the others with dust in the screen, loose slide and wonky camera function- wish me luck with this one...!