Red Tea:Renowned for hardline tactics, human rights abuses, and all manner of strangeness, it seems that Communists have branched out into
purveying anti-oxidant and refreshing infusions. After a recent workshop at Tir na nOg, some dissident students scrawled “Communist Teabags”
across non-Fair Trade tea bags. So be prepared for a Socialist attacks on food stuffs; Revolution Ryvitas, Gulag Gherkins, or perhaps Leninist
Lemon Drizzle cake.

Slash McCluskey:It seems that a certain lady from Body & Soul has been thrashing the axe recently. The Witch Hiker revealed previously that among her many talents, Agnes McCluskey, for ever more to be known as Slash, was a dab hand on the guitar, although we were lead to believe that she had a penchant for folk and salsa, not heavy metal. So, on a recent night out, she picked up a guitar, turned the amp up to 11, and blasted out Metallica’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, much to the amazement of the audience. The Snitch Hiker can also reveal that “Sweet Child of Mine” is her ringtone, but rumours of throwing TVs from hotel windows, and other such rock and roll happenings are as yet unfounded.

Any Old Iron: Still in the realms of Body & Soul, The Snitch Hiker, laid up with a bad head and suffering from daytime TV-itis, was tickled to see “Hard Sell” on Monday the 16th of September. In a rather uninspiring format where two teams try to sell stuff to the unsuspecting public, one of the teams descended on the Body & Soul event at the Royal Opera House in Glasgow and managed to pass on a rather iffy looking windchime for the princely sum of £125. The article, it has been confirmed, was an unwanted wedding present, and now takes ‘pride’ of place between two rowan trees at the owner’s country retreat. If you’re interested, I’ve got a wooden ‘wind sculpture’ in the shape of a branch which is available for £75.
Any takers?

We could tell you, but...:On a recent trip into the heart of Scotland, we arrived at a rather impressive establishment, offering a huge range of treatments, therapies, and host to the largest holistic and complementary health library in the UK. After a look around and a chat to a pseudo-management type, we then headed through to the impressive organic farm shop and restaurant, where we dined on hearty organic soup and bread. We would like to tell you where this place was, and what they had on offer, and relate to you that they have spent thousands expanding their establishment to four times the size of its previous incarnation, offering large and state-of-the-art treatment rooms. But pseudo-management type told us that they didn't want mentioned in "any magazine" as they rely on word-of-mouth only. So, to the first person who correctly guesses where this mythical place is, Snitch Hiker will reward them with £10 to spend there, or wherever else they see fit. Answers on a postcard to the Snitch Hiker, but you'll have to guess the address...