At last, Colin Stagg has received an apology from the Metropolitan Police. Sixteen years ago, the police ruined his life when they brought false charges against him for the murder of Rachell Nickell. Now, with Robert Napper having confessed to the crime, the police have magnaminously sent Stagg a letter of apology. We don’t think [...]
If you’re going to make staff redundant, especially just before Christmas, you might think that sweetening the blow is a good idea. After all, not only would doing so be courteous, not to say merciful, it might also be strategic, for in this funny old world, you never know what will happen. Today’s sacked associate [...]
The recession is spawning a new language. Click here to learn of the delicate deployment of terms such as “transformed”, “enacted” and “piloted”, which, as the FT suggests, have somewhat sturdier synonyms in the form of “pear-shaped”, “soaring losses” or “unemployed”. But how else should an outplacement company cast its lexicon? Said company is Fairplace, [...]
The case of Ian Clegg reminds Blade of a former colleague. This individual was not quite such a fantasist as our man in the north east, but when push came to shove he was hard pressed to provide evidence of his lawyerly qualifications. What he was very good at, however, was talking the talk, as [...]
According to the Sunday Times, a new trend has been heralded by the knock on the door of a New York investor by Richard Kiplagat, a world-class distance runner from Kenya. Kiplagat turned up at businessman Michael Chambers’ Manhattan home to accompany him for his morning jog. This was Chambers’ 40th birthday present, one arranged [...]
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Excellent Nike ad
Memo to would-be hacks: good writing is no longer a tool of your trade
Released almost a year ago, Spada’s groundbreaking research report, British Professions Today, is available for free download
This bank is so well designed that many of its staff never go home (allegedly)
In the latest of our series of white papers, Spada Research examines trends in environmental reporting.
After a raft of phone-hacking admissions and allegations, we are no longer seen as the gruff but dependable watchdog. Neville Thurlbeck, formerly of the News of the World (part of his Damascene conversion; to be continued).