Category Archives: Personalities

The Future is Medieval

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

You know, history has a habit of cheating us. Rarely are historic moments anything but moments in an otherwise uneventful week. It’s only when retrospect gets out its nifty little marker pen that we realise how head-slappingly naïve we’ve been … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is Bliss

Posted on July 11, 2008 by

Has it really been 6 weeks? Can I really pace through one full month and a fortnight without sharing or proffering an opinion on something people, media or communications-related? It’s not as if we’ve been short of news, after all. … Continue reading →

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System Failure

Posted on February 9, 2008 by

I don’t envy Mark Penn. As the architect of the Hilary Clinton’s formidable Democratic nomination campaign, he’s had a tough couple of weeks. Only last month he would have been looking at the polls and been pretty happy with the … Continue reading →

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Going Numb with Noise

Posted on October 22, 2007 by

This past week, I have been accosted by noise. Not single decibel blasts that deafen the senses and have you clasping cupped palms over perforated eardrums. No. More the unrelenting din that comes with too much said too loudly without … Continue reading →

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A Protagonist’s Diary

Posted on August 15, 2007 by

Diaries are so much more exciting than autobiographies. Where autobiographies conjure up images of an 800-page tome of door stopping magnitude, diaries smack of easy to read intrigue and insight – with more than a hint of dirt and grime … Continue reading →

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Caught in the Crossfire

Posted on July 23, 2007 by

The BBC has come in for some heavy criticism over the past fortnight. First it was a hefty fine for faking a Blue Peter phone-in competition. Then an off-with-his-head editing gaff at the expense of the Queen. And if that … Continue reading →

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