I love old adverts. They are so uncomplicated. These days it takes you most of your time to work out what is actually being advertised….. Old advert for Drambuie , posted with vodpod
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Old adverts
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes I have baggage!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baggage allowance, BMI, British Airways, Ryanair on March 30 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Madonna flew into Heathrow with a couple of bags today…..The Telegraph shows her 25 pieces of luggage being hauled by a porter across Terminal 3. So there are two conclusions from this article:- One is that she was sensibly not flying with British Airways, otherwise she would have been in Terminal 5, and the other [...]
Beatrice Chalangat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Beatrice Chalangat, Human Rights, San Francisco, UNPFA, women's rights on February 25 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I met an amazing young woman who is really trying very hard to change the world or at least a part of it. Beatrice Chalangat is Director of the REACH programme in Uganda, where she works tirelessly to stop female genital cutting (FGC). This practice is something more than just the physical act, it [...]
Hacked off!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Hacking, viruses, websites on February 23 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have developed a loathing of hackers. It has just started today when I found out that my website (not this one but a local newspaper which I have just started) has been compromised by persons unknown. I am very angry indeed but of course this does no real good. It is of no use [...]
FOI unearths photos from 9/11
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, FOI, New York on February 12 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ABC news reports on the new photos which are available of 9/11. These were taken from a police helicopter which was apparently one of the very few, if not the only, aircraft allowed to remain in the airspace above New York that day. The photos give a different perspective of the devastation.
Testing Times in Dundalk
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged driving tests, Dundalk, Ireland, Tweetdeck on January 21 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have just realised that I am sitting outside the Driving Test Centre in Dundalk. I didn’t mean to. I am here because of other reasons entirely. I can drive. In fact I drove here today. But, upon finding that they have free wifi in the hotel (yes I am in a hotel) I sat [...]
How to add filmstar to my CV
Posted in journalism, Napier University, Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh Napier University, film, filmstars, graduation, internet, Masters in Journalism on January 21 2010 | 2 Comments »
With all the technology that is around us it is easy to forget that when I started at school aged five we did still use little black slates for some of the work, we did have coloured sticks to help us learn to count and I have more than glanced in the direction of an [...]
The World’s Media Hasten to Haiti
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Geo Eye, Haiti, Media, The New York Times, Twitter on January 15 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Following the devastation caused by the earthquake earlier this week in Haiti, the world’s media are hitching lifts on aid planes to reach the island. Once there they are using whatever means they can to get the story out to the world. The New York Times has an article on this and in particular highlights [...]
Sleepy?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Huffington POst, Power Nap, Sleep on January 14 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The goddess of the online world in the US, Arianna Huffington, famously described as the most upwardly mobile Greek since Icarus, has gone to sleep. Actually she is trying out an experiment to sleep for a minimum of 8 hours each night – and she has just ‘fallen off the wagon’ as she describes in [...]
The (very public) Eye of the Tiger
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Colin Montgomerie, golf, Max Clifford, The Telegraph., Tiger Woods on December 14 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why does it matter that people in the public eye should behave themselves, even if some of us don’t? Well there is the point that they are usually earning money from our pockets in some shape or form. Thus the shenanigans of various politicians is of interest to us even when it does not involve [...]
Tomato sauce with that?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Italy, Milan, Silvio Berlusconi on December 13 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Silvio Berlusconi has finally been attacked in a manner so direct that even he cannot ignore it. Someone in Milan has thought enough about him to give him a bloody nose according to the BBC. This after he told a political rally that although his critics paint him as a monster he is actually good [...]
Rushin’ off to the defamation courts….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Court action, Defamation, Libel on November 30 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Press Gazette tells the story today of the Russian billionairess who is suing for libel on the basis of a report in The Sunday Times claiming that she is buying London’s largest home. The claim is that the article has damaged her reputation and standing, which is of course the prerequisite to any defamation [...]
Plastic surgery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged plastic bags on November 13 2009 | Leave a Comment »
See my latest article on Technorati.
Have you heard the one about the MP who flipped?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Capital Gains Tax, Freedom of Information, Heather Brooke, Michael Martin, MP, Westminster on November 1 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is reported by the BBC today that a comic drama will be released next autumn based on the story of Heather Brooke’s fight to bring the truth about MPs’ expenses to our attention. Of course it is true that in dark moments one must turn to black humour but it is debatable that anyone [...]
Honours
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So Christopher Lee has finally been knighted, appropriately the day before Hallowe’en, given his Hammer House of Horror career. Lee is now 87. He walked with a stick when attending Buckingham Palace to receive his honour, although he is clearly very fit for his advanced years. But he is still a very old man by [...]
Punishing the prisoner
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The case of Baby P caused much public outcry and thus to most people reading the news today that Jason Owen will now be released from prison in just two years might seem unjust. Jason Owen was the lodger in the house where Baby Peter lived with his mother and her boyfriend, who is also [...]
Celebrations
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23 2009 | 1 Comment »
Halloween is big, Christmas is even bigger and then of course there is Labour Day, Thanksgiving and New Years! All these holidays are a time to have fun. Maybe the Americans have it right after all. In Scotland we are very big on Hogmanay, although a little more restrained at Christmas, traditionally a family time [...]
Careers advice
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged careers, Technorati on October 22 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Go to Technorati to get my latest post about changing careers……
Farmers’ Markets
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh, Farmers' Markets, Porridge, San Francisco on October 21 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is amazing how we do similar things no matter which city we are in at the time. On many Saturdays I can be found wandering up and down at the Farmers’ Market on Castle Terrace in Edinburgh. The quality of the food is very good indeed, even though the prices can be noticeably higher. [...]
U2 go global
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged California, Music, U2, Youtube on October 21 2009 | Leave a Comment »
U2 are in California this weekend with their 360 tour. I saw them back in July in Paris and the whole show was just fabulous. The Stade de France is huge but the circular stage arrangement called The Claw lends itself to giving you the best musical experience, both acoustic and visual. Now you can [...]
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