‘Have I Got News for You’
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The Six O’Clock News: Opinion Poll-ish
The news I was planning on doing doesn’t exist, unless Google’s eaten it (someone wrote to JK Rowling saying she wasn’t letting authors get published by publishing so many books?) so this was going to be a cop out until I remembered that slow news days happen in actual newsrooms too! Do you guys remember when… Continue reading
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The Ten O’Clock News: Smart Videos
I got distracted by writing and re-writing CVs (well just one: mine) and I meant to write about Really Intelligent Stuff. But, er, here are some Have I Got News for You clips instead. A glimpse into one of my favourite cynicism sources, shall we say… Continue reading
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So Apparently ‘Kit Kat’ Isn’t One Word
I’m not sure if the stomach ache I have has been induced by the Kit Kat that was put in my milkshake earlier (who even puts a Kit Kat in a milkshake? You put in chocolate when someone orders a chocolate shake, and a Kit Kat if they order a Kit Kat shake) or if it’s because my recent… Continue reading
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Political/Musical Reflections
I’ve been trying to work out how to wax poetic on Margaret Thatcher without doing a cheap impersonation of the rest of the British media, so instead I’d like to encourage you to buy this fortnight’s edition of Private Eye. It’s a magazine which is definitely not like the rest of the British media –… Continue reading