When I was a journalism student, I was taught how to write and investigate and check sources, how to structure a story and present information as dispassionately as possible. I was also let into a little secret. There was a rather enlightening moment when I first started getting current press releases, writing articles, and then seeing [...]
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We need a bigger cake!
Imagine you’re having dinner with four friends, and your host serves up a cake. Great. Everyone loves cake. When it is cut up into five slices however, it looks like this. Did I say five slices? You need to look closer – the smallest slice is at the top there, between the green one and [...]
Choose your climate headline
Walking past the newsagents yesterday morning, I had to laugh at the contrast in front page headlines: The Guardian led with ‘Top climate sceptic calls for $100 bn fund to fight global warming.’ On the same day, the Daily Express had ‘Climate change lies are exposed.’ Quite an insight into editorial policy on climate change, [...]
Why the world needs wikileaks
A fascinating TED interview with Wikileaks‘ founder Julian Assange.
A toast to the Shell oil company
This was the ad that Amnesty International had booked in the Financial Times on Tuesday, which the FT pulled without warning. All the more reason to publish it as broadly as possible on the internet. You can follow the campaign here.
Re-skill for farming with the BBC, and win your own farm
If you’ve ever thought about changing career and going into farming, here’s an invitation worth considering. The BBC are looking for couples to take part in a programme about farming in the UK. Participants will learn the skills needed to run a farm, including animal husbandry and handling machinery. As its a reality-tv style show, [...]
The greatest danger on the streets today
A great Charlie Brooker piece in the Guardian today: It’s perhaps the biggest threat to the nation’s mental wellbeing, yet it’s freely available on every street – for pennies. The dealers claim it expands the mind and bolsters the intellect: users experience an initial rush of emotion (often euphoria or rage), followed by what they [...]
The internet and the edge of the world
I recently read this rather amusing/tragic story about the Flat Earth Society. Believe it or not, there is such a society, and they really do believe that the earth is flat. It’s preposterous of course, but the president of the society is adamant that he isn’t trying to be difficult. “To look around, the world [...]
Living with a changing climate
There’s a neat interactive feature in the Guardian today that’s well worth a browse. It tells the stories of a series of people whose lives are being affected by climate change, right around the world – a vineyard owner who has to plant higher up the hill each year to get a decent harvest; a [...]
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