If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I seem to be turning down far more broadcast work than I’m doing at the moment. I was supposed to be doing an hour on Talksport this lunchtime, talking about online shopping - advice, safe places to do it, […]

The Voice of America is America’s version of the BBC World Service, but while the World Service manages to produce very balanced output, which is as likely to criticise the UK and its government as it is to promote it, every time I have listened to VOA it has presented a very one-sided pro-US stance. […]

Well, I had planned on going out to take pictures this morning. Spring seems to have arrived overnight (or perhaps I’d just not noticed it creeping up on us) and the whole town seems to be full of white blossom and yellow flowers that will no doubt be murdered by the next batch of snow.
Walking […]

Is the BBC laughing at Vodafone’s misfortune?

And what do you click here? Click ‘yes’ and you’re stupid. Click ‘no’… and you’re stupid.

Yesterday was a long one. I arrived home (from the office, not a party) at quarter to one this morning, and immediately slipped into a hot bath with a mug of redbush tea.
Of course, that’s a stupid time to think of having a bath, but it was oh so relaxing, helped by the fact that […]

The US has announced it is about to try the first two prisoners from Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they have been held for the last couple of years.
‘The Pentagon announcement insists both men will be presumed innocent of any charges until proven guilty at a military commission,’ reports the BBC.
Does that mean […]

When Ralph Nader declared he was going to run for the American Presidency again last weekend he said it was because he wanted:
to join all Americans who wish to declare their independence from corporate rule and expanding domination (source: VodeNader)
So why is his campaign site so Mac-unfriendly? In Safari it only loads the menu running […]

Why is the BBC becoming so reactionary at the moment? It’s only a couple of weeks since they rang me up asking for someone to be outraged about the gay Tesco ads on Tottenham Court Road station and they rang off when I said I thought they were perfectly harmless.
Today they pick up on some […]

Well there you go. You turn your back for five minutes, then stand up to close the curtains and the cars are covered in snow.
I can guarantee that getting into work tomorrow morning will not be a pleasant experience.

OK. I think I understand Donnie Darko now. It’s taken three viewings to get it, largely on account of the fact I didn’t notice the last black screen said 2nd October on it. I’d worked out he went back in time, of course, but then didn’t connect that with the last few scenes.
Hmmm…
Anyhow, I feel […]