I was having a conversation about the music industry with a friend who PRs several big acts, and we came to the conclusion that more than ever before, it’s TV and radio that breaks acts. The mainstream media’s role has ...Read More
During the election, I would hope that I was reasonably easy to get hold of for members of the public, maintaining a website and blog, twitter feed and facebook group (in addition to flickr, myspace and my photography blog) - ...Read More
well, it's been a while since I did one of these so thought I'd share what tunes have so far struck me during the opening weeks of festival season 2010. if you live near my flat, this has also what ...Read More
Gordon Brown (you may remember him, greying scottish bloke who had a tendency to be quite grumpy) had a great idea to boost Labour's support in the marginal cities: take the cabinet out on a day trip, hold cabinet there ...Read More
Well, ok, he hasnt said it directly - but in the debate around VAT, I was reminded of a contribution William Hague made to the Higher Education Bill debate. I was sat in the public gallery when the former Conservative leader ...Read More
I know absolutely nothing about investing in the stock market. If I had to choose, I'd pick companies I felt had strong leadership, a product I liked and a good CSR track record. I would not buy shares in companies ...Read More
It's something I heard time and time again during the election, and perhaps became my biggest ‘bang-head-on-table' issue of the last Parliament. Now it seems Lord Myners - former City Minister under Labour - agrees with the many other sane ...Read More
Politics is a strange business. Addictive, corrupting, alienating and inspiring, being even a small part in the campaign leaves you asking yourself any number of questions. I'm currently enjoying a break from frontline politics, and reflecting on what might be ...Read More
Not a huge post from me - just some remarkable statistics that really did make me gasp. Unbelievable one of the world's largest economies, not to mention one of the oldest welfare states, could allow a situation to emerge where: 1.4 ...Read More
I was pretty amazed to see the head of the Electoral Commission lambasting problems in polling at the General Election evidence of a "19th-century system for running elections was "buckling" under the weight of 21st-century democracy." Jenny Watson has launched an ...Read More