Just a thought on election honesty…
As we watched many stalwarts of British politics and their parties decimated today in a Conservative and SNP pincer movement, a wave of farewell speeches ensued.
May 8, 2015
Newsroom
Author: Mark Waugh
Resist the urge for a polling station selfie
Today’s election is notable for many reasons – not least of which because no-one has any idea of the government we’re going to end up with when the voting is done. What’s also striking is that it seems to have become the first General Election for which there has had to be guidance on taking selfies!
May 7, 2015
Watch the social explosion as royal baby Charlotte is named
Twitter has published a map of how the world reacted when the name of the new royal baby, Princess Charlotte, was revealed yesterday. It’s fascinating in more ways than one.
May 5, 2015
Brand might be important – but not THAT one
You have to wonder about the prism through which Labour leader Ed Miliband’s advisors view the world. Putting him into an interview with off-beat comedian and actor, Russell Brand, appears to be wrong on so many levels.
April 29, 2015
Could Dolce and Gabbana have got it more wrong?
It’s a good job that PR and media consultants exist! Why? Because there seem to be soooo many people in the world who fail to understand basic principles of having a public conversation. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana did a fine job on themselves this week. They expressed an opinion on adoption by gay couples.
March 17, 2015
Caroline Lucas radio interview goes horribly awry
It’s the nightmare scenario for everyone who might find themselves in front of a live mic. The fear that you’ll get caught out, go blank, just generally do that rabbit in the headlights thing. It happens and when it does it’s excruciating for everyone – but we love to listen… Here is one of the
February 24, 2015
So, can we just speak English?
Trends in how people speak seem to come around like flu viruses. I recall very well the ranting of my first chief reporter at a sudden proliferation of the use of ‘sooooo…’ at the end of a sentence. Suddenly, everyone seemed to be doing it (this was about 20 years ago). It was, as she quite
November 18, 2014
New vacuum rules don’t suck… marketing execs do
An awful lot of people, egged on by certain quarters in the media, are thoroughly up-in-arms about vacuum cleaners. You can’t fail to have heard about the recent EU ban on machines that have a motor larger than 1600w. It’s perfect grist for the “look what those idiots in Brussels have gone and done again” brigade.
September 8, 2014
Ten places you can stick your ‘listicle’…
The English language is a truly amazing thing; dynamic, diverse, evolving, complex, sometimes unfathomable and irrational. Very, very few people are true masters of it and those who really understand it would never think to claim that they’ve fully tamed it. The fact that it does evolve is one of the most marvellous things about
August 14, 2014