Words Dept.: archive

Now I wasn’t there and so I probably have no right to comment on the subject. But isn’t the purpose of a blog to prattle amateurishly about subjects one has no right to prattle amateurishly about? Well, exactly. To this end, I feel I must take issue with renowned man of letters Gordon Smart and [...]

Look, it’s Sky News’ most fragrant anchorwoman, Kay Burley (aka the Wigan Strangler), throttling a PA photographer. This all happened last week outside the Magistrates’ court where Naomi Campbell was appearing but has become a talking point among columnists over the weekend. The Daily Mail has pictures.     All of which raises the important question: Is Kay Burley a [...]

The Daily Mail apparently wants to charge freelance journalists to write for its newspapers. Yes, that’s right: the Mail thinks freelancers should pay £175 in order to be added to a list that will permit them to supply work. After that, a simple brown envelope containing £120 will suffice each year thereafter in order for the freelancer to remain on “the list”. This comes from [...]

Coldplay have started dressing like extras from Les Miserables. I saw them on Jonathan Ross last night; they were wearing vaguely military garb and seemed to have bits of flag tied around their arms. At least one of them was wearing a stupid hat. I suppose it ties in with the artwork for their new [...]

This blog, built and written by my own hands with only occasional assistance from my brain, was exactly one year old yesterday. It’s been a rollercoaster ride of pure emotion, I’m sure you’ll agree! During that time, I have steadily built the readership of the blog from a mere fourteen to a massive fifteen readers, [...]

Is it possible to write about motoring taxes without coming across like white van man or a Clarksonite right-wing boor? I consider myself part of the muesli-eating, Guardian-reading carrier bag-recyling liberal set but I’m up for a challenge, so lets find out. So Gordon Brown, in his wisdom, wants to increase road tax – or [...]

Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader, which was launched last November, appears to be undergoing what might be called a soft relaunch with the help of the Guardian. Apparently, nobody likes the expensive, horrible-looking gadget but it’s rated as Bloody Great by, er, Amazon. According to the paper’s report from the US BookExpo trade fair, Amazon CEO [...]

Just set the video for The Devil Wears Primark and found myself recording a shite film called Without a Paddle instead. As mentioned previously, I was quite looking forward to this (notwithstanding the fact that it’s presented by Alexa Chung, who manages to both look and sound annoying, as well as having an annoying name). [...]