November 2008
95 posts
Watched This Week yesterday. Andrew Neil called Jason Burke ‘James’ and the producers spelt his book ‘Al-Quaida’…. http://bit.ly/pxTH
For anyone who didn’t see the fake ‘Iraq war ends’ New York Times recently you can find it all as pdfs here: http://bit.ly/ShvV
Can’t shake off the manly feeling of excitement ahead of a juicy Manchester derby….
Off to see The Baader Meinhof Complex. Very much looking forward to it. Hope it’s half as good as The Lives Of Others…
can’t believe it’s taken me so long to get around to watching Ben Folds Five’s reunion gig… just amazing… http://tinyurl.com/5axw7h
Watching 24: Redemption. So far all I know is that the French are spineless and the UN is useless.
very much enjoying spotify… thank you very much @ellielovell
swing, sweaters and chestnuts. maybe xmas isn’t so bad afterall…
not sure what it’s like elsewhere, but Times Online now won’t be updated til 10am-ish tomorrow…missing out on all the latest from Mumbai
From Frontline office to club. Party and awards tonight…it’s going to be very, very hectic. I’m off beer though. On best behaviour.
So The Times’ change means the Telegraph are the only style-guide imperialists left standing…any thoughts @shanerichmond?
Interesting to see that The Times have today decided to change their style - from Dec 1 they will refer to #Mumbai and not #Bombay… Hits?
don’t sing The Times’ praises that often but the coverage of #Mumbai in today’s 2nd edition was great
also, interesting that all the British nationals seem to have their India bureaus in Delhi, apart from the Times, who work out of Mumbai
wondering whether the Times and Telegraph are missing out on hits because they still say Bombay, not Mumbai…?
Indian government asks for live updates via Twitter to halt?! That’s slightly surreal #mumbai
great service to follow twitter updates on #mumbai http://roomatic.com/%23mumbai
Today is most certainly a day to forget.
Ahh my. Jacques Brel makes it okay. C’est comme ca! x
Am drinking Hydes mumpy pumpy or something similar. Is beautiful porter ale. Dark and mysterious joy.
When will bands realise that a double bass pedal doesn’t save everything….
watching a doc about afghanstar http://www.afghanstar.tv
The Channel 5 documentary title generator… http://tinyurl.com/6jfqm5
Morning all. Totally missed this y’day: http://tinyurl.com/5c63wy. Al-Qaeda now working with Iran… in Yemen?!
designing membership material for Frontline. anyone seen any snazzy membership packs recently?
Slightly surreal. Newsroom is full of laughter as everyone decides to watch the Hitler mashups… http://tinyurl.com/56j49g
Tried to resist but the forces behind the Cheshire Cheese were too strong. On the number 15 to work. Damn Murdoch for moving.
Weird choice of music on Newsnight - are Air really the right act to soundtrack a recession…?
TV fakery alert: Newsnight has made Paul Mason look like he’s taller than 5ft2.
Wandering around near Fleet St deciding where to have a tipple before work…
Has given up with the wireless and dead laptop and is off to ignore budget gloom by over indulging in new records.
sitting in the royal festival hall doing some work and dreading an evening of pre-budget report hell…
was hoping to sing the praises of the festival hall’s wireless connection but it’s bloomin’ rubbish. darn.
Laptop died and there’s a serious lack of plugs in the rfh. How comes everyone’s elses battery seems to last forever… Not fair.
Swindon - a perfect microcosm of the UK?!
“Ben Fogle could be forced to give up on South Pole trek after contracting a flesh-eating bug while filming in the Peruvian jungle”. Funny?
Is gearing up for a day of museums and galleries tomorrow. Please don’t rain too hard world. Need new shoes too. And some good ad copy.
“New poll suggests that changing rooms with hairdryers and full-length mirrors would help encourage women and girls to take up sport.” Hmm.
Off to see Body of Lies. Haven’t seen Russell Crowe in anything for a long, long time. I have a feeling his glasses are going to irritate me
Off to a shift at the Sunday Times. Leaving at 2am is going to cold.
Sitting in the Newsint canteen because there isn’t a spare computer… Quite happy to watch Villa-Utd instead.
Worst headline ever? “Money plizz,’ says Somali Cap’n Jack Sparrow” http://tinyurl.com/5h7syy
‘Expert’ on Hillary: ‘She’s going to be the mother-in-law you can’t get out of the house’ http://tinyurl.com/67y634
Tend to agree with India Knight on misery lit (http://tinyurl.com/6gra7p) - but aren’t there parallels between that genre and war reporting?
has eaten far too much. it feels like i have one of those belly-and-boob aprons on…
doesn’t understand why google bothered with their dreary new mail themes…
Trying to think of a less irritating way to say ‘brainstorming’…
Playing night editor. No news til after 2am please…
under half an hour until the first beer on my birthday…can’t wait!
You just can’t beat it. I interned at the Tribune a couple of years back and fell in love with the place. Wish I could afford a trip back!