Democracy, disintermediation & dining out at the all-day information buffet
Remember when you watched the TV news in the evening to hear about important stuff...
Go ugly early
Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is uncomfortable. The killing of Osama Bin Laden prompted this...
Loneliness and the late night vocalist
I’ve never really written much about my band, The Subtitles, on here. We rehearse most...
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...
Let love be genuine. abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good
The build-up to the royal wedding, all the hype and expectation, left me fairly cold....
The revolution will not be televised
The revolution will not be televised. That’s what Gil Scott-Heron told us in 1970. And...
Of statues, castles and spooky apparitions
I took this photo on 8 April 2011. It shows the statue of Queen Victoria,...
My mother springs to mind
Spring. The season of renewal – life, love and happiness. What does it mean to...
Do we have the press we deserve?
Updated 5 July 2011 On 4 July it emerged that the News of the World...
Coming of age: if the shoe fits
For most of us there are particular points in life that seem to mark the...
