Today I wasn’t sure what to do with the arrival of the BBC executives’ expenses data. I didn’t find it quite bang on 11.30am - new releases were tucked into various corners of the BBC Freedom of Information site. I reproduced all the PDF links here on the Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog. @PaulMcNally, outgoing Press Gazette [...]
Polly Vernon strikes a chord with Mad Men preview
Feb 8th, 2009
Sometimes I’m with Observer Woman’s Polly Vernon, sometimes I’m not (though credit to her for making her living writing about not shaving your legs for three and half weeks* / how many cups of coffee she drinks a day / why she likes being thin - on more than one occasion**) but I’m definitely nodding along today [...]
Two new resolutions for non-computer related hobbies
Nov 10th, 2008
Inspired by tonight’s programme on BBC4 I am going to learn to do cryptic crosswords.
I’ve had a long-life resistance to them (owing to my parents being so damn fast at them during what could have been formative crossword solving years) but I am going to try again. It looks so satisfying. And all crossword setters [...]
Comic insurance: how Jonathan Ross gets to keep his job
Oct 30th, 2008
I’m interested in what’s going on with Ross, Brand et al, in so much as it’s always interesting to observe a media circus, although I always feel myself a bit worried when you get large-scale near hysteria like this… and like Stephen Fry, I think it’s troubling if you find yourself agreeing with the Daily [...]
The Welsh Wok is closed / @stephenfry on Twitter
Oct 10th, 2008
TV last night: So I was very sad to see the Welsh Wok go on last night’s The Restaurant… even though they were clearly doomed to failure (though competition isn’t great…) I liked their spirit. Raymond didn’t seem to get Peter’s modesty but I found it endearing! Roll on next week. Surely, James and Alasdair [...]
Ooo… I got all excited about tonight’s The Restaurant on BBC2 and then got distracted and didn’t watch it properly. And missed who got kicked off! (Now I know it was Harriet and Mike) None of them seemed to do very well serving at Oxbridge formal hall… I wouldn’t go into business with any of [...]
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