February 2009

Let’s give the Camerons time to mourn their beautiful boy

Like so many others, I was shocked and saddened today to hear that Conservative leader David…
Apple must offer cheaper laptops if it wants to be more than a niche player

Great article from Charles Arthur, the Guardian's Twechnology editor on the paper's website. Arthur convincingly shows…
Severn View motorway services: no view, no heating but usual rip off prices

We rarely stopped at motorway services before Owen was born last year. We'd drive non stop…
Chelsea’s firing of Scolari underlines the bankruptcy of football’s czars

Scolari has gone after just seven months. Chelsea's regime has shown its ruthlessness and its impotence.…
Bankers’ bonuses: end these rewards for disastrous failure

I'm usually suspicious of media headlines that begin 'fury at…'. The fury usually only exists in the…
Our survey said: time for PR people to kick their addiction to research stories

If you hear or read the words 'according to a poll' in a broadcast or newspaper story,…
The British media’s Twitter obsession continues: Saturday’s crop of stories

I blogged on Wednesday about the British media's love affair with Twitter, the micro-blogging website. Today…
Note to BBC boss in Carol Thatcher row: ‘fulsome’ does not mean ‘full’!

Carol Thatcher, the daughter of the former British prime minister, has been fired by the BBC's…
Facebook is five – but is Twitter the star of the party?

You could hardly have missed Facebook's fifth birthday. The BBC went to town on the story,…
Simply snow: Britain stops in its icy tracks

Yesterday, snow fell over London and South East England. Roads, railways and airports came to a…