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Monthly Archives August 2011

You may think you want the death penalty but you don’t have the stomach for it

Surveys suggest that a majority of ordinary Britons want a return to the death penalty for the most heinous crimes (this online poll on The Sun’s web site has 80% in favour). And, thanks to the government’s rules for e-petitions, our legislators may soon be obliged to debate the topic again. Some of them may [...]

Posted 06 August 2011 † Steve Bowbrick § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Steampunk radio

A remarkable story about Victorian platform innovation Radio is in flux. The first digital radio platform – DAB – is in danger of being eclipsed before most of us have even bought one. The second wave is evolving fast, but widespread Internet radio is years away so radio stations are investing in web sites and [...]

Posted 02 August 2011 † Steve Bowbrick § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,