Month: April 2005

  • Oh God…

    The tension is unbearable. People (like Brian Walden in his Radio 4 essay) are saying that this is a dull campaign but I disagree. Could it be less dull? Blair’s…

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  • Life after iPod

    The night before I left for NYC my iPod died. It’s four years old so I suppose I should be grateful it lasted this long. It went to consumer appliance…

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  • Well, I’m enjoying it…

    The prevailing mood of high cynicism makes it hard for me to say this but I have to say that this is a lively, fascinating, scrappy and wide-open election campaign.…

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  • [Insert ethnic group here] hysteria

    Good to know that the Daily Mail‘s stand on refugees and immigrants is at least consistent. From an excellent and moving BBC 4 documentary I learn that the Mail campaigned…

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  • 24 hours in New York

    I know. I know. I didn’t even see The Gates. I was in town to conclude a deal with my new friends Brad Bowers and Matt Comyns from Black Inc…

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  • Pope Idol 265, day two

    The second day of Pope Idol 265 saw the first eviction and… er… a winner. Not sure if I understand these rules (and not very happy with the TV coverage…

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  • Howard returns to type

    Nice to see Howard’s disreputable move into immigration and asylum come back and bite him but his campaign is still flatlining (I do like that phrase) and his team rebelling…

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  • Ivor Cutler

    When I was a kid (this would be about 1970), I discovered, in a cupboard at home, a huge open-reel tape recorder, bought by my Dad in the 1950s. I…

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  • Protect your family…

    Best spam this week… Easily. In the picture, that’s a model, right? “Armored Vehicle protection. So you have it covered, finances in place, investment portfolio don’t stable, don’t under control……

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  • Murdoch gets religion (finally)

    In 1995 I tried (for about ten minutes) to persuade Rupert Murdoch to give the keynote speech at the Internet World London conference that year. In my address book (which…

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