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The problem with politicians lecturing us on our personal lives - whether it’s Mrs Robinson’s views on homosexuality, or Mr Cameron’s obsession with marriage - is that they seem not only bigots when making policy, but hypocrites when they’re publicly hoist by their own petard.
A regeneration is a big deal for Dr Who and its fans, and I hadn’t been so excited since Logopolis. And yet by the time Matt Smith took over the role on New Year’s Day, I was hoovering David Tennant out of the TARDIS like an overstayed party guest. I never wanted to see his overexposed pointy Scottish face again.
I was too busy watching Jools Holland and tweeting to watch the fireworks. If you missed them too, here they are. Happy New Year!
So did you download Jer McElderry’s ‘Winner’s Song’, or did you Rage Against the Machine? Either way, you’ve given Sony a Christmas bonus, so that’s nice. But you can feel a warm festive glow if you kept Cowell’s soma-coma pop pap off the top spot. Charlie Brooker explains why. I bought neither. Yet I have [...]
Accusing the gay icon Danii Minogue of homophobia is a little like accusing Joanna Lumley of being anti-Gurkha. The Twitter backlash against her reveals the prejudice of the viewers - not the X Factor judge.
Yes, I have gone a bit quiet, haven’t I? Here’s why. I’m working on a book for FT Prentice Hall on online marketing for small businesses - due to publish summer 2010. If you’d like me to consider your business as a case study for the book, please get in touch!
The Tomlinson case is a symptom of a wider malaise in British society that I find deeply troubling. Protest is not a crime. Thinking about protesting is not a crime. I THOUGHT about attending the protest at Scotland Yard this week. Does that mean I should have expected Tom Cruise to come crashing through my window in a Minority Report style pre-cog bust?
I’ve discovered my photographic forté: local rag reportage. We had a bit of snow in the UK this week. I took advantage of the first snowfall on Monday, took a walk into town, and a few photos along the way. My local paper spotted them on Flickr and asked if they could publish one or [...]
The BBC drove me to it. It’s not just Gaza - but that was the final straw. The BBC’s eccentric, inconsistent, cravenly partial decision not to screen the DEC Gaza Appeal is just the latest sign that the world’s best broadcaster has become a weakened, withered, cowering institution. From sexed-up dossiers to mis-named Blue Peter [...]
