Year: 2004
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The return of Shock and Awe
I remain (queasily) supportive of the overall aims of the invasion of Iraq and even (implausibly) optimistic about the likely outcome but I’m certain that AC130 gunships, first used to…
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Management lessons from Ramsay and Blair
I always had Gordon Ramsay down as a superannuated Sunday Supplement wanker. Tonight I saw the first of his Kitchen Nightmares on Channel 4, in which he was parachuted into…
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Sharing recipes
Foodster is a lovely idea but shouldn’t it be a Wiki?
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On two wheels
If you’re a parent (or if you’ve ever been a small child), you’ll understand the significance of this picture. Olly, 5, learned how to ride his bike without stabilisers. We…
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Misguided spam warrior
If you’re the Northern gentleman who calls me on my mobile at all hours of the day and night (01:15, Saturday morning, for instance), withholds his phone number and then…
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Big journalism
Vintage Vanity Fair this month (May). Great pity you can’t get this stuff online (can you?) – you’ll have to buy a copy. Dominick Dunne forgives Martha Stewart (he’s a…
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The New Localism
Alan Milburn, proper Blairite (retired), has got the faith (you’ll need to have a FT.com subscription). He thinks Labour’s third term goal should be ‘subsidiarity‘. He wants Labour to embrace…
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Do me a favour, Ms Figueroa!
The sainted geeks at Google want to read your email and embed relevant ads in return for 1GB of free storage. News at 11. Sounds like a pretty good trade.…