From the category archives:

Miscellany

Looking Back 10 Years

December 24, 2009

It’s not unknown for me to state the obvious, so here goes. This was/is that last working day before Christmas. And for many, including me, it was the last working day of the year. It has also dawned on me that it’s the last working day of the decade. I guess, therefore, that I’ll play the looking backwards game. You know, the one where we all try to find something interesting to say about the last year, or in the case, decade

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Eurovision Is Not A Serious Song Contest

May 26, 2008

So, what happened this year? Why are you so frustrated? Why are we suddenly upset about the bias? Simply because we did not do well? That’s a little childish, isn’t it?

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Sshh. Don’t Mention It.

September 13, 2007

There are some things in life that it is not good to mention in polite company. Heathrow Airport is one of them.

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Children In Need Is Britain’s Version of Thanksgiving

November 20, 2006

Children In Need is Britain’s version of Thanksgiving. It comes around every November and it changes the television schedules (not always for the better). And that’s about where the similarities end but they say you start a piece of writing with a punchy statement to hook your audience. So, there you go. Thank me later.

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Ten Years Of The Palm

March 27, 2006

Celebrating 10 Years of the Palm.

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Change Your Coffee Shop Now

November 24, 2005

The same, yet different.

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A Giddy Schoolgirl

September 9, 2005

Times, they are a changin’. Actually, Guardian. It’s a changin’.

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Catherine Tate

August 25, 2005

The Catherine Tate show has just ended its run on television. Sob.

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Memories Of The Walkman

August 13, 2005

I was a avid singles collector at the time and the little Walkman unit wasn’t ever going to play vinyl 45s. So, at this point in my life I became a compilation tape wizard.

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7 Million Londoners, 1 London

August 11, 2005

If you have been wandering around London in the last few weeks you will have seen the 7 million Londoners, 1 London campaign at bus shelters and poster sites around the Capital.

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The Final Push

July 5, 2005

The Prime Minister has arrived in Singapore to join the London team ahead of the crucial vote to elect the Host City for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

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What’s Your Pointless Obsession?

December 9, 2004

What’s your pointless obsession? It’s got to be pointless and yet take up lots of time that really you would be better spent working in a soup kitchen or raking the leaves. Mine is PIM (and I am not talking about the drink).

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The Whispering Years

November 1, 2004

It’s not dull or bland in anyway but, perhaps because there’s a little of the 60s hippy left in Bob Harris, you feel the measured approach is entirely appropriate.

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Lucky Man: A Memoir

October 23, 2004

An absorbing and very well-written book that proves that people in the public eye and just like the rest of us.

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Digital Download Chart

August 13, 2004

Is the new digital download chart a good thing?

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