About this blog – Page 22

Bonfire of the profanities

Swearing. It’s not big, it’s not clever, and it’s not funny. That’s what I was always told anyway. Plainly two out of...

3 May 2011

The build-up to the royal wedding, all the hype and expectation, left me fairly cold. I don’t have a problem...

30 April 2011

The revolution will not be televised. That’s what Gil Scott-Heron told us in 1970. And if that’s news to you,...

27 April 2011

I took this photo on 8 April 2011. It shows the statue of Queen Victoria, with Windsor Castle in the...

22 April 2011

Spring. The season of renewal – life, love and happiness. What does it mean to you? Warm weather for the...

16 April 2011

Updated 5 July 2011 On 4 July it emerged that the News of the World had done far worse than...

11 April 2011

For most of us there are particular points in life that seem to mark the passing of time. It could...

2 April 2011

I’ve lost count of how many times someone has talked to me about the move I made from journalism into...

26 March 2011

Europe is dead. Or at any rate, the notion of a unified Europe is now in serious decline politically and...

25 March 2011

I have been an active user of twitter for about two years. I’m no veteran or social media maven, but...

30 January 2011