The other week Centre for Journalism shared ten must-reads for journalists, as selected by John Saunders. They were, he said, ‘unashamedly green and left-wing’: not surprising then, that Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop didn’t get a mention alongside Monbiot as inspiration for trainees. It is, however, a timely read, given recent expenses discussion…
(2009) Stephen Fry might possibly [...]
Leopards&spots? Expenses à la 1938
Jun 2nd, 2009
You can’t even escape Brand, Ross and the BBC when you’re frolicking among the lemurs
Oct 29th, 2008
It doesn’t stop: everyone’s obsessed with Brand, Ross and the BBC today. I think I’m with Stephen Fry on this one. He tweeted (from Madagascar):
“One of the pleasures of being abroad is I don’t have to have an opinion about the Brand/Ross debacle. I hate unkindness & rudeness but …”
“but - how can one ever [...]
Twitter politics - why on earth does it matter?
Oct 24th, 2008
People use Twitter in very different ways and does it really matter? Charles Arthur discusses Twitterquette and how he’s binned many of the people he’s following. Use it for links and relevant information people, seems to be his message. Comments below don’t agree. I don’t think it really matters: use it in a way that [...]
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 [...]
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