July 6, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Friend of Europhobia Alan Connor has done a nice summary of the state of the political interweb in the UK for the BBC’s The Daily Politics – along with lovely little video clips where his cheeky face crops up in … Continue reading
June 19, 2006
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Lacking the facility to do a screengrab before they realise the cock-up, nonetheless this is worth flagging. A BBC news story with the headline “Homes crisis ‘down to immigration’” would tend to make you think that an official body has … Continue reading
June 13, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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I love the BBC (part 98,476) – their already superb news site promises to get even more addictive with these dinky real-time stats of the most popular stories. Of course, the results are likely to be skewed by what’s on … Continue reading
June 12, 2006
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It has been far too hot for me to even contemplate thinking for at least the last week. I’m British, damn it – I can’t handle nice weather. As the various Sharpener people I had a drink with on Sunday … Continue reading
June 1, 2006
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Blog response time, example 56,798. Massive explosion at a major chemical works in the middle of the night. BBC News website reports at 1:03am (though it will have been updated by the time you read this in the morning). Blogs … Continue reading
May 28, 2006
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Britblog Roundup 67 is up, including something from me. And now I’m off to get drunk at a barbeque (which, no doubt, is an example of the utter lack of any politics or discussion of the EU that I’m told … Continue reading
May 24, 2006
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Free this morning? Tim Ireland wants you to risk arrest in the rain. (Hey, at least that way you’ll be grateful when they bundle you into the back of the van…) Here’s why.
May 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Norman Balon, landlord of the infamous Coach & Horses in Soho, has retired. Shame. Shame, I say. For those unfamiliar: “Mr Balon, 79, has told more people to drink up and leave than Jeffrey Bernard drank large vodka-ice-and-sodas at his … Continue reading
May 22, 2006
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Those lovely chaps at the Hansard Society want our opinion on Labour bright young thing and government minister David Miliband’s blog.Take the survey – but be nice. It may not have been the most interesting in the world, comments may … Continue reading
May 9, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Seeing someone arrive at this blog (at least, while Blogger was working) via Cafe Babel was rather nice, at first. It’s a decent site with regularly interesting content – nice to be noticed by them at last. Or so I … Continue reading
May 8, 2006
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Superb reshuffle analysis from Tim Hames in The Times (neither a columnist nor a paper that I normally find myself in agreement with): “This reckless reshuffle has thus imperilled the Prime Minister to an extent that five Conservative leaders and … Continue reading
May 7, 2006
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Every now and again for the last year or so, I’ve had random emails from people “studying blogging” – normally as part of some kind of journalism course. (Advice, guys: learn QuarkXpress and InDesign, pick up a bit of photoshop, … Continue reading
May 4, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Today, the day of the local elections, the Metro newspaper – a freebie given out to commuters every weekday morning in around 15 major cities, including London, Manchester and Birmingham – handed the Tories between £11,000 and £16,000 worth of … Continue reading
April 19, 2006
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Journalists “finding it easier to write a load of nonsense about something vaguely similar to their dayjobs than to go out and uncovering genuine news stories” shocker! Or, in other words, a study has found that “blogging has received disproportionate … Continue reading