I was very nearly tied into a 12-month contract with T-Mobile. In fact, I only had two days left before my seven-day grace period with my new phone ran out. The issue was that I...
Well, the first issue of the new-look Guardian is out today after 18 months hard work by those in Farringdon and the first impression is “terrific”. In fact, the woman at the petrol station where...
The voice of the left in the UK, The Guardian, has radically redesigned the paper after falling sales thanks to its main rival, The Independent, going tabloid. The new design has been in the offing...
Just found a good series of anecdotes in The Independent's media section on interviews with musicians that have gone wrong. It has some gems including Mark E Smith being drunk and abusive (not all that...
You know what really pisses me off? Not so much when a commissioning editor says no to a pitch (even when you're certain it's ideal for their publication); no, it's when you write a piece,...
It's amazing the number of people who never quite know how they end up in the job and career they do. I'm no different. Journalism now looks like an obvious choice – although not at...